Amber L.
Yelp
Wanna first-hand experience the absolute Worst customer service in the 2023 bakery industry game? Look no further than Hayley's! my entire experience couldn't have been more superficial, apathetic, & un-personable - and that's under the circumstances that a friend referred me to these guys...
This business' biggest downfall: Hayley's Bakery does not pay a human person to answer their damn telephone. for A BAKERY! HOWWWWW?!?! wut. where tf am i??? You cannot place your order over the phone; you must do it online. You cannot speak directly to anyone physically working, located in the bakery. Rather, if you call Hayley's Bakery, you are at the bloody mercy of a phone tree system, and speaking directly to any one from the company is *NOT* an option.
i never celebrate my birthday. i can't accurately tell you how long it's been since i've had a birthday cake on my birthday. that said, this very specifically ordered birthday cake was meant to make my 35th milestone bday special. Even though i made it very transparent and clear in my order notes (as pictured, via their online ordering system) that i NEEDED for them to call me to discuss what i wanted and needed out of my cake order, i never got a single call from Hayley's Bakery. to this day. not a 1 call.
On the scheduled pickup day for my birthday cake, i called Hayley's around 4:15p, N/A, so i left them a voicemail letting them know a friend would be picking up my paid-for cake on my behalf. This friend of mine tried calling the bakery herself as well to ensure that someone would still be there at the bakery by the time she got there, which was 3 minutes after closing, or at the very worst, that an employee could throw it outside of their front doors / on their doorstep so that my $85 cake could be retrieved by my friend a mere few minutes later...all of which, we not only suggested, but pleaded & requested, they do for me in the voicemails we left them...but, NOPE. NADA. N/A ALL DAY @ HAYLEY'S BAKERY ! Allllllll of this because they choose to make the business decision to NOT have a business phone line that is consistently, solely answered by an in-house employee HUMAN, who is physically present at the bakery where the goods are made & picked up from...
I called the bakery after my sour-inducing, 35th-birthday-cake-less party and experience, and actually did get to speak to the vice president by chance, not per my request, i'll just make that clear! Ofc, i explained the entire context etc to him, and he chose to savagely respond that their open hours of operation are stated on their website, so neither a partial nor full refund would be given to me......a blatant lack of self-awareness, and a blatant lack of care for the sensitive context of your paying customer's transaction with your business, which is the very nature of the bakery industry that you cherry-picked for yourself, so what the hell are y'all over at Hayley's Bakery even doing, or tryin to do???
TLDR; Hayley's Bakery is no better of a business than blind highway robbery. i was completely robbed of not only the $85 for the cake itself, the $20 custom cake topper i created for its purpose from Etsy, and having a milestone cake for my special birthday occasion, but was also robbed of the fruitless time, energy, and effort put into designing & creating the cake itself for my themed party.
if there's any good news, i guess it's that Hayley's Bakery has every chance & opportunity now to CHANGE their absurd business model for a bakery in 2023 to HAVE & MAINTAIN A PHONE LINE CONNECTING YOUR CUSTOMERS TO A BREATHING EMPLOYEE PHYSICALLY AT THE BAKERY, AT THAT TIME ! jeeze louiseeeeee #havemercy the fact as a consumer nowadays that i have to consult a bakery on this basic, foundational BIZ 101 bs...get it together, Hayley's! for all of us, including urself