Lisa S.
Yelp
There is a new Church's Chicken in Bernalillo - yay! Right? Not so much...
I went there shortly after they opened to try their food (I'd never been to Church's before). I'll start by saying that the chicken and sides were fantastic - fresh, still hot by the time I got them home - I have few complaints about the food (except the fries were mushy and not crispy).
It's the customer service I received. Twice!
I had ordered the 20 piece strip meal. The price for this meal, on the menu, was $32.99. When I looked at my receipt, I saw that it had actually rung up at $33.99. Now I know it's only a dollar difference, but I thought they might like to know that their menu and register prices are off. They were new, and I know mistakes can happen. So I pointed it out to the cashier. It went something like this:
Me: "I'm not sure why, but my meal rang up at a dollar more than the posted price."
Her: "What do you mean?"
Me: "You charged me $33.99, but the menu says $32.99."
She turned, looked up at the menu price, then at my receipt, then put her hand out for my credit card and said, "Well, that's the right price."
Me: "What is the right price?"
Her: "Whatever your receipt says. It's only a dollar."
Hmmmm...only a dollar? Okay. Whatever. I was in a hurry, there were 3 people behind me in line, and I just wanted to get out of there.
Fast forward to this past Thursday night. Again, I decided to stop to pick up dinner again. Again, I went inside and placed an identical order. Only this time, I wanted the fries well done.
Me: "Could I get the fries well done, please."
Her (might even be the same "her" as the first visit): "Okay."
Me: "Do you need to tell the cook?" (I only asked because she had been hollering our order back to him, item by item, as I placed it. While still facing me. 'EIGHT SPICY STRIPS'...'TWO LARGE FRIES'...)
Her: "No, there will be fresh ones up by the time your chicken is done."
Me: "They will be well done?"
Her: "Uh-huh."
Me: "All of your fries are well done?"
Her: "Uh-huh."
Me: "I'd like them more done than your normal fries, please."
(Which earned me an eye-roll worthy of any teenage girl.)
So she walked to the back counter, got the attention of the cook, pointed to my order on the monitor, and said "This lady wants her fries well done, I guess."
This lady?
Anyway, the cashier rings up my order, and it rings up at, you guessed it, $33.99. So I checked the menu again and it still says $32.99.
Note to self: Pick your battles, pick your battles!
Me: "You overcharged me by a dollar."
Her: "Why?"
Note to self: Keep your sarcastic answer to yourself.
Me: "I would like to pay the posted price."
Her: "I don't know how to do that."
Me: "Is there a manager on duty?"
Her: "Yeah." And she glanced at a woman running the drive-thru, who happened to look up right then.
Manager: "What's the problem?"
The cashier explained about the price difference by saying "This lady (seriously?) is complaining about the price difference between the menu and her receipt and is only a dollar different and she wants to pay the lower price."
Which earned me ANOTHER eye-roll, but this time it was from the MANAGER! But, when she saw that I was not going to just go away, she came over and looked at the register and said, to the cashier, "Did you already hit the #!@$ button?" (I couldn't understand what button she asked about.)
Cashier: "Yeah."
Manager: (Keep in mind that they are standing right in front of me) "Just give her the dollar she's complaining about out of the till and I'll put one back in there after SHE leaves." And, walking away, adds under her breath, "It's only a dollar!"
Only a dollar.
I told the manager to keep her dollar. This is not about the stupid dollar.
It's the fact that not once, during either visit, did I receive an explanation as to why they can charge more than their posted prices.
I never received an apology.
I was made fun of, between employees, right in front of my face.
Flat-out fact - I was bullied!
They had two weeks between my visits to fix the register (or the menu), and didn't.
Both times I was made out to be the bad guy...the "lady" who kept complaining about ONE DOLLAR.
So, even though I happen to love their chicken, I will not be returning to this store. I can get treated like crap lots of places...for less than $33.99.