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I come to this Publix just about everyday and have never had an issue until this evening at the customer service desk. I purchased an item from the deli that was outdated and I found this out after getting back to my car. I came back in to the customer service desk, and the black lady with the strong face & half up half down pony tail, didn’t ask me for my receipt, took my item and quickly put my money on a gift card. It happened so quick I barely had time to process what happened because I’d never been refunded on a gift card in Publix before. Additionally, it was only $3.25 so I left with it, then I had a change of heart 5 min later and decided to go back n have it reversed. I went back inside and this lady was SO RUDE unprovoked, and met me with a stone wall as soon as she saw me walking back with the GC. I told her that I’d prefer an original payment method refund and she spawned into a Walmart associate and retorted in a nonchalant demeanor, that it’s non refundable. I continued and pointed out that she didn’t give me the opportunity to choose how I’d like to be refunded, and that’s unfair. She then started losing her cool and retorted that when a customer has a receipt, they usually give it right away and BECAUSE I DIDN’T PRESENT ONE she ASSUMED I didn’t have one—so in two two’s DECIDED ON HER OWN, to give me a gift card. Mind you, there’s a manager walking back and forth seeing this interaction becoming an escalation and doing nothing about it. She started going off the deep end to her manager to explain why she took the actions she did and BLAMED ME for not doing the due diligence that she’s responsible to do which was kindly ask for the receipt and set the expectation that if a receipt isn’t provided, it’ll be an irreversible gift card. But no, she punted accountability into the abyss of her delusion and blamed me for not speaking up. This is my 2nd time in 2 years getting a refund at Publix, the last time I came in without a receipt with a stale loaf of bread, the rep just refunded me in cash so I thought that’s how it worked. Perhaps the previous rep didn’t follow protocol, and that’s neither here nor there, but that goes to show why HER DIALOGUE WAS IMPORTANT. I could care less about the measly $3 but at that point I wasn’t letting up because SHE TRIED ME. My receipt was DIGITAL! She was in such a haste to end her shift that she stormed off on me when her manager overrode her decision to hassle me and decided to do the reversal and refund me. It’s like she got a kick outta giving me a hard time. Marthe, the manager did not apologize for the disrespect and negative experience on behalf of the rude employee & she herself seemed like she just wanted to rid the area of the problem, me. 🙂 So she reversed the “non-refundable” gift card and put the money back on my card. I’ve worked in the customer service industry for 20+ years and would NEVER handle a customer like this from any angle. I didn’t raise my voice, give attitude, or anything. Marthe seemed to be afraid of her and could benefit from retraining in leadership. Please do better. Train your team on professionalism, tact, diplomacy, the proper way to escalate an issue that is above their tier, etc. Leave the emotions at home! …and when all else fails, BE KIND, because the Wheel of Fortune ALWAYS turns.