Thad B.
Yelp
Came in around 4:10pm on a Tuesday afternoon. Beautiful sunny day. I come here often because I like the location. Coffee is ok and the decor is quite nice. I have also frequented the Vets, Severn, and Harahan locations.
I stepped up to the counter and I could see the girl working was swamped with drive through orders. She said, "Welcome to Puccino's sir. I'm sorry, but I'll be with you in a minute." No problem as far as I was concerned. She was pleasant and acknowledged me and let me know I would be served. After about 10 minutes she took my order, I paid, she apologized again. I went to sit down.
After taking my place, I turned on my laptop and realized I did not have the password for the wifi. I went to the counter to get it. A different worker was behind the counter and just as busy as the first one. She was at the drive through window. She looked up, saw me at the counter, and quickly looked away. She waited on four more drive through customers with out even acknowledging me.
Finally, I said, "Excuse me." She looked over with an irritated look. Never did ask if I needed anything, then turned her back on me and face the drive through. I asked if I could please get the wifi password. She turned to me and yelled, "No, you have to pay for it!" I told her I just spent $9 on coffee and a cookie (including a $2 tip). She yelled, without turning towards me, the it is the company policy that I have to pay for the password. However, she never asked me if I would like to purchase it.
As I walked back to my seat, two other customers who heard our exchange said that they didn't have to pay for wifi access. They gave me the password. I was here about 4 times last week, and I never had to pay for access to the wifi.
it has always amazed me how terrible customer service is in the New Orleans area, and I'm really sorry that I experienced it at Puccino's.