loodiamexican
Google
Alright, corporate. Since you won’t answer the phone, I’ll write it here. I was in for an Instacart order. I, personally, never shop at Albertsons unless I’m paid to do so because the prices are outrageous. I pushed the liquor buttons and no one came. I will assume the liquor buttons are broken and one must notify an employee anyway. Again, I’m only there on someone else’s behalf, therefore on a timer. Your staff constantly put me in the red which goes against me and paints a bad picture. I have to constantly reach out to my customers apologizing on YOUR behalf because you’re making them wait. When I finally did flag someone down to open the liquor cabinet, your staff act like I’m inconveniencing them. Maybe if you’d adequately staffed your store, it wouldn’t be such an inconvenience for them? So I get to the lines. I’m forced to wait FIFTEEN MINUTES!!!! Only three people were in line. Only three of us had a handful of items each. Each order should’ve taken less than three minutes. But no. The lines stretched longer because your staff won’t step it up. Someone ahead of me needed a liquor item as well, which set ALL OF US back further. It is not the job of security to do the job of the staff you should’ve hired. You don’t pay them well enough and it shows. You don’t respect them enough and we, the customers, are feeling it because their disdain caused by YOU, ALBERTSONS, is taken out on us. Our time is wasted. We have things to do. GET IT TOGETHER. One of the cart guys walked in and had to help bag because NO ONE ELSE was around. That’s your fault. He didn’t do a good job so I had to complete my transaction, go off to the side, RE-BAG MY ORDER, and apologize to my customer AGAIN for your staff’s negligence. The woman who I’ve dealt with two another time walked up to me with a smile, asking if I’m re-bagging my groceries. 1) Wipe that smirk off your face. We’re all tired. We’re all underpaid. Don’t give me your time when you see I’m fixing the staff’s carelessness. 2) I said, “Yes, they were poorly bagged.” I didn’t apologize. I’m grateful my customer was nice and tipped me anyway. They didn’t have to. They were understanding but they were still kept waiting. I was supposed to be in and out, and gone in under ten minutes.
On a positive note: you need to give the tall, young man with the long dreads at self-checkout a raise. He’s polite to everybody, has urgency, he CARES for people, and he gives respect to all. And don’t you DARE keep him from advancing within the company and doing what he so desires to do. Don’t make him clean up the mess of your other employees, don’t cut his hours, and don’t reward him with more work. NO. PAY him what he’s worth because he’s the ONLY thing I look forward to at your store because I know I’m gonna get answers and a decent transaction time out of him.