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Shocking behaviour from Dominos

  • 09-02-2012 4:31pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭


    Howdy all, don't know if this is the right place to air this but received a dreadful experience from dominos over the last few days, here's the email I sent them the other day and received no reply (personal info edited of course!) :

    "Dear Sir/Madam,

    I have been looking for a contact email for the Republic of Ireland and this has been all I have been able to find so hopefully you can help me and if not then point me in the right direction.

    On Monday evening I ordered from your branch in castleknock in Dublin at five past eight. My order arrived on time and everything was fine with it.

    At a quarter to nine I received a phone call from one of the drivers saying he was outside with a pizza. I'm not the type of person to take advantage of situations like this so I informed him I had already received my order and that I had not called for another so he went off.

    At twenty past ten I received another phone call. The man (who had an Indian accent) on the phone was shouting down the line at me asking why did I ring up to say my pizza had arrived with no sauce to send a new one and then send the driver away. I informed him I had not called and he proceeded to shout at me asking who did because somebody at my address did. I once again informed him that I had not rang and neither had my girlfriend, the only other person at this address. He then asked who I had told I was getting pizza and I once again told him I had not informed anyone. The conversation ended with him saying "Okay then". Throughout the whole conversation this man was shouting, accusing and shouted over whenever I tried to speak. Not once did he apologise.

    The following day I was still highly annoyed at this and decided to make a complaint to the manager. I rang and asked to speak to the manager and explained what happened to him and he said he would pass me on to the manager from the previous evening. This manager from the previous evening turned out to be the man who was shouting down the phone. I explained to him I was extremely annoyed about what had happened the previous night and that I felt it was no way to treat a customer. He kept saying "yeah but you see where I was coming from", I said that I do but that issue was nothing to do with me and I did not deserve to be spoken to in the manner he spoke to me. At this time he said "well if you think I was being rude I'm sorry for that". I explained to him that it was not a manner of me thinking he was being rude at all, this was undeniable. He repeated again and I said that I work in a business where I call customers a couple of hundred times a week and if I spoke to a customer like that then I would have no job. He then laughingly stated "what do you want? Do you want me to come to your home to apologise". At this stage I had given up and told him I couldn't believe he was mocking me and that he should enjoy his managerial position as he does not deserve it.

    I just want to highlight how badly treated a good customer was. I did the right thing by sending the second pizza away. During the course of the second phone call he told me that he had actually sent the pizza to the wrong address, it was meant to go to ** ********* park, where as my address is ** ********* court.

    I would appreciate a response to this email as this has taken up a lot of time and I just feel no one should be spoken to like that.

    Best Regards, "

    Any thought anyone? A justified moan?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭newbie2


    Eh, he apolgised
    well if you think I was being rude I'm sorry for that

    - what do you expect to get from complaining to his superiors? Another apology? Him removed from his position? Free pizza?

    This can't end well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    choobles wrote: »
    Any thought anyone? A justified moan?
    Sounds like he f**ked up, and tried to blame you?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    newbie2 wrote: »
    Eh, he apolgised
    well if you think I was being rude I'm sorry for that

    - what do you expect to get from complaining to his superiors? Another apology? Him removed from his position? Free pizza?

    This can't end well.

    He didn't apologise. His tone of voice was not apologetic at all. Even what he said "if you think I was rude", he didn't see an issue with ringing me and shouting down the phone


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    the_syco wrote: »
    choobles wrote: »
    Any thought anyone? A justified moan?
    Sounds like he f**ked up, and tried to blame you?

    Yeah seems that way. Not really "customer focused"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    newbie2 wrote: »
    Eh, he apolgised

    In a derogatory fashion. This guy is giving Domiono's a bad name. If Head Office was to be informed, this guy may be reprimanded properly.

    Oh, and I wouldn't be purchasing ANYTHING from that particular branch anymore. Not just out of principle but I'd never be sure there weren't any extra surprises in the pizza


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭BunShopVoyeur


    Yep, "shocking" alright.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    RangeR wrote: »
    newbie2 wrote: »
    Eh, he apolgised

    In a derogatory fashion. This guy is giving Domiono's a bad name. If Head Office was to be informed, this guy may be reprimanded properly.

    Oh, and I wouldn't be purchasing ANYTHING from that particular branch anymore. Not just out of principle but I'd never be sure there weren't any extra surprises in the pizza

    Oh staying away like the plague. For principle and fear of spit based extra toppings!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 JAKEYCAKEY


    try to find out who owns the franchise as the are all privatley owned franchises. And complain directly to them . As they would be the managers direct superior.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    JAKEYCAKEY wrote: »
    try to find out who owns the franchise as the are all privatley owned franchises. And complain directly to them . As they would be the managers direct superior.

    Any idea how to get such information?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    www.dominos.co.uk operate the UK and Irish franchise. I'd say that should be your first port of call. As far as Ireland Dominos is concerned, they are top dog.

    Edit : Sorry, their business site is http://www.dominos.uk.com/


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    RangeR wrote: »
    www.dominos.co.uk operate the UK and Irish franchise. I'd say that should be your first port of call. As far as Ireland Dominos is concerned, they are top dog.

    Edit : Sorry, their business site is http://www.dominos.uk.com/

    The email posted above is the one I sent their uk contact centre obtained through the second address. Still awaiting a response though! Have to play the waiting game I guess


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Howjoe1


    the Country is on its knees and you are moaning about a pizza delivery:rolleyes:

    get over it I say.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    Right, seems to me that he apologised twice. You may not have liked the way or manner he apologised, but he did - perhaps this is his particular manner? Some people are unintentionally abrasive, it's just the way they are or how they were brought up, and unless you know them on a personal level, you may be assuming he was being sarcastic.

    To be honest, I'm not sure where you are going with this and more to the point I don't understand why, when he started getting abusive, you didn't just tell him to 'eff off' and hang up?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    the Country is on its knees and you are moaning about a pizza delivery:rolleyes:

    get over it I say.

    Only a matter of time before a "country is on its knees" comment

    Retail situations are bad so you're suggestion is put up with terrible service and just get on with it?

    It is a retailers responsibility to provide a good service to keep their customers and therefore keep money coming in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭tvnutz


    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    the Country is on its knees and you are moaning about a pizza delivery:rolleyes:

    get over it I say.

    Nonsense post. Hate this excuse,"the country is on knees", ye so I guess then we should give up expecting to get good customer service when we pay money.

    Some people.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    RoboRat wrote: »

    To be honest, I'm not sure where you are going with this and more to the point I don't understand why, when he started getting abusive, you didn't just tell him to 'eff off' and hang up?

    Taking the higher ground!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    Taking the higher ground

    Fair enough if that floats your boat but surely if you believed in taking the higher ground, you would accept his apology?

    Personally I wouldn't be (a) bothered to listen to someone being abusive to me or (b) spend time looking to complain about someone, but that's just me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    You did absolutely right in contacting a higher authority in Domino's than him. The franchise owner I'm sure will be delighted to hear from you.

    I had a difficulty with Domino's before where they made and sent the wrong Pizzas and wrong chicken, got in touch with the branch and in turn the franchise owner contacted me, could not have been more apologetic, accepted that they had problems in the branch that they would be sorted out and credited my account with €100.00, I said no to it as I didn't think the credit amount justified the height of the complaint but he insisted and was very apologetic. Now that's what I call customer service.

    I imagine Domino's will sort the attitude of this manager out.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    RoboRat wrote: »
    Taking the higher ground

    Fair enough if that floats your boat but surely if you believed in taking the higher ground, you would accept his apology?

    Personally I wouldn't be (a) bothered to listen to someone being abusive to me or (b) spend time looking to complain about someone, but that's just me.

    You'd just accept it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,328 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    choobles wrote: »
    Only a matter of time before a "country is on its knees" comment

    It usually comes from the complainent. "You'd think they'd want my business with the economy as bad as it is". But it certainly comes up in 80% of these threads.

    Sounds like you were treated poorly OP, but what are you looking to get out of it? Write a letter to the franchise holder and forget about it would be my suggestion. if it happens often he'll lose his job. if its a one off, then hopefully he'll learn from whatever disciplinary action is involved.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭Offside


    Try getting on to the Domino's Ireland facebook page, they should get back to you very quickly, http://www.facebook.com/DominosIreland


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    vicwatson wrote: »
    You did absolutely right in contacting a higher authority in Domino's than him. The franchise owner I'm sure will be delighted to hear from you.

    I had a difficulty with Domino's before where they made and sent the wrong Pizzas and wrong chicken, got in touch with the branch and in turn the franchise owner contacted me, could not have been more apologetic, accepted that they had problems in the branch that they would be sorted out and credited my account with €100.00, I said no to it as I didn't think the credit amount justified the height of the complaint but he insisted and was very apologetic. Now that's what I call customer service.

    I imagine Domino's will sort the attitude of this manager out.

    Wow that's a result!
    Not looking for anything like that either just a sincere apology and to know that people won't be spoken to like that.
    I work in retail myself and would never speak to anyone like that and so see no need for it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭Zab


    An "apology" with a qualification such as that is no apology at all. I have no issue with you complaining to his boss. I don't think you can order from that Domino's again though.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    No one forces you to use Dominos. If you don't like the service, go somewhere else. You paid for a pizza and got a pizza. Best you will get is a few free bodily fluid covered pizzas. Good customer service is not a right.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    You can be sure the franchise owner will not want this type of non caring customer service to occur in his franchise.

    They'll sort it out one way or the other.

    The day of accepting any aul type of customer service is long gone, people demand more now and so they should have in the past but alas.

    Don't matter if the country is on it's knees or what, the OP paid good money for a service and the continuance of abuse by this Domino's is unacceptable. Simples.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    You'd just accept it?

    No, I said I would have hung up. You said you were 'taking the higher ground' which is essentially stating that you are taking the moral high ground. If that's the case then I would assume that you would just accept his apology?

    I have dealt with many foreigners, and some can come across as quite abrasive when they are actually very nice. I'm not saying that he wasn't being sarcastic but unless you know someone, its impossible to correctly say whether they are sarcastic or not.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    No one forces you to use Dominos. If you don't like the service, go somewhere else. You paid for a pizza and got a pizza. Best you will get is a few free bodily fluid covered pizzas. Good customer service is not a right.


    Maybe not on your planet, but on mine good Customer Service is a must as well as a right :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,441 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    the Country is on its knees and you are moaning about a pizza delivery:rolleyes:

    get over it I say.

    The country is on its knees and you are moaning about a post on boards.ie ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    geeby wrote: »
    No one forces you to use Dominos. If you don't like the service, go somewhere else. You paid for a pizza and got a pizza. Best you will get is a few free bodily fluid covered pizzas. Good customer service is not a right.

    Once again, we should just accept poor customer service? And not even the service itself that's the issue it's what happened after that's the problem, you think that's perfectly fine to accept?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    No one forces you to use Dominos. If you don't like the service, go somewhere else. You paid for a pizza and got a pizza. Best you will get is a few free bodily fluid covered pizzas. Good customer service is not a right.

    As a business owner, I would fully understand if a customer walked away from MY business and went to a competitor. However, I would fully appreciate knowing that they were treated badly by someone representing my company. I [and have] could then take appropriate action to minimise this happening to another [potential] customer.

    It's not about what you can get for free as a consumer, hard done by. Honestly, it's for the greater good. If we provide a great service, we get revenue and the customer goes away feeling good.

    If you have a problem, complain to the appropriate person so it can be dealt with. Usually it's a reprimand, rarely [but does happen] it's a P45.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    RoboRat wrote: »
    I have dealt with many foreigners, and some can come across as quite abrasive when they are actually very nice. I'm not saying that he wasn't being sarcastic but unless you know someone, its impossible to correctly say whether they are sarcastic or not.

    Those sort of people should NOT be in public facing positions.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    Those sort of people should NOT be in public facing positions.

    Agreed, but some employers actually put them there!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    RoboRat wrote: »
    You'd just accept it?


    I have dealt with many foreigners, and some can come across as quite abrasive when they are actually very nice. I'm not saying that he wasn't being sarcastic but unless you know someone, its impossible to correctly say whether they are sarcastic or not.

    Honestly, doesnt matter the person is from, speaking to people in that manner is not acceptable.

    Not even starting on the "I have dealt with many foreigners" statement......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,095 ✭✭✭Liamario


    Anyone who thinks that that was a legitimate apology is a tool. Going by the story, the "manager" behaved like an immature little **** and how he got his position in the company is mind boggling.

    He was completely out of line and the OP was right to send that letter of complaint.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    choobles wrote: »
    Not even starting on the "I have dealt with many foreigners" statement......

    Dear God, what is wrong with that statement? I have dealt with many foreigners and their mannerisms can vary from country to country. That's not a racist remark, just an observation. I was just pointing out that what you perceive to be sarcastic, might be their particular manner.

    Anyhow, take the high ground but I hope you don't get altitude sickness.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Howjoe1


    choobles wrote: »
    Only a matter of time before a "country is on its knees" comment

    Retail situations are bad so you're suggestion is put up with terrible service and just get on with it?

    It is a retailers responsibility to provide a good service to keep their customers and therefore keep money coming in.

    Maybe I read your post wrong. Are the facts:

    1. you ordered a pizza...it came on time.

    2. you paid for what you ordered only.

    Now ...Dominos get a later call from someone saying there is an error with your Pizza.

    Dominos do the decent thing and send out a replacement Pizza.

    But you did not make the 2nd call. But Dominos did get a second call ? yes , and responded appropriately...very fairly in fact.

    Who made the 2nd call? probably a neighbour as a prank. is that Domino's fault?

    were you charged extra?

    Did you enjoy your Pizza?

    Did the member put his side of the story and apologise? yes...obviously not in a grovelling enough manner for you.
    The only time the OP has piped up excited is when he heard of the €100 voucher someone else got. So that's what you really want....4 Free FAT PIZZAS

    Like I said ...in my opinion..this shouldn't be keeping you awake at night.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    RoboRat wrote: »
    choobles wrote: »
    Not even starting on the "I have dealt with many foreigners" statement......



    Anyhow, take the high ground but I hope you don't get altitude sickness.

    Thanks for the input John terry


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    Thanks for the input John terry

    Explain please?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    choobles wrote: »
    Only a matter of time before a "country is on its knees" comment

    Retail situations are bad so you're suggestion is put up with terrible service and just get on with it?

    It is a retailers responsibility to provide a good service to keep their customers and therefore keep money coming in.

    Maybe I read your post wrong. Are the facts:

    1. you ordered a pizza...it came on time.

    2. you paid for what you ordered only.

    Now ...Dominos get a later call from someone saying there is an error with your Pizza.

    Dominos do the decent thing and send out a replacement Pizza.

    But you did not make the 2nd call. But Dominos did get a second call ? yes , and responded appropriately...very fairly in fact.

    Who made the 2nd call? probably a neighbour as a prank. is that Domino's fault?

    were you charged extra?

    Did you enjoy your Pizza?

    Did the member put his side of the story and apologise? yes...obviously not in a grovelling enough manner for you.
    The only time the OP has piped up excited is when he heard of the €100 voucher someone else got. So that's what you really want....4 Free FAT PIZZAS

    Like I said ...in my opinion..this shouldn't be keeping you awake at night.


    I like how you say that I "got excited" at that and ignored the fact that I said I don't want anything like that


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    choobles wrote: »
    Howdy all, don't know if this is the right place to air this but received a dreadful experience from dominos over the last few days, here's the email I sent them the other day and received no reply (personal info edited of course!) :

    "Dear Sir/Madam,

    I have been looking for a contact email for the Republic of Ireland and this has been all I have been able to find so hopefully you can help me and if not then point me in the right direction.

    On Monday evening I ordered from your branch in castleknock in Dublin at five past eight. My order arrived on time and everything was fine with it.

    At a quarter to nine I received a phone call from one of the drivers saying he was outside with a pizza. I'm not the type of person to take advantage of situations like this so I informed him I had already received my order and that I had not called for another so he went off.

    At twenty past ten I received another phone call. The man (who had an Indian accent) on the phone was shouting down the line at me asking why did I ring up to say my pizza had arrived with no sauce to send a new one and then send the driver away. I informed him I had not called and he proceeded to shout at me asking who did because somebody at my address did. I once again informed him that I had not rang and neither had my girlfriend, the only other person at this address. He then asked who I had told I was getting pizza and I once again told him I had not informed anyone. The conversation ended with him saying "Okay then". Throughout the whole conversation this man was shouting, accusing and shouted over whenever I tried to speak. Not once did he apologise.

    The following day I was still highly annoyed at this and decided to make a complaint to the manager. I rang and asked to speak to the manager and explained what happened to him and he said he would pass me on to the manager from the previous evening. This manager from the previous evening turned out to be the man who was shouting down the phone. I explained to him I was extremely annoyed about what had happened the previous night and that I felt it was no way to treat a customer. He kept saying "yeah but you see where I was coming from", I said that I do but that issue was nothing to do with me and I did not deserve to be spoken to in the manner he spoke to me. At this time he said "well if you think I was being rude I'm sorry for that". I explained to him that it was not a manner of me thinking he was being rude at all, this was undeniable. He repeated again and I said that I work in a business where I call customers a couple of hundred times a week and if I spoke to a customer like that then I would have no job. He then laughingly stated "what do you want? Do you want me to come to your home to apologise". At this stage I had given up and told him I couldn't believe he was mocking me and that he should enjoy his managerial position as he does not deserve it.

    I just want to highlight how badly treated a good customer was. I did the right thing by sending the second pizza away. During the course of the second phone call he told me that he had actually sent the pizza to the wrong address, it was meant to go to ** ********* park, where as my address is ** ********* court.

    I would appreciate a response to this email as this has taken up a lot of time and I just feel no one should be spoken to like that.

    Best Regards, "

    Any thought anyone? A justified moan?

    If a shop doesnt make customers happy, through poor value or service, it will lose customers and ultimately lose enough to be forced to close. A form of natural selection. However the OP clear states that the person apologised twice and this still wasn't enough. They also explained why the mistake was made. Despite denying it, it seems to me like the OP is looking for something for free. An apology isn't going to be any more sincere now or after further complaints from the person who called her. I would also draw your attention to the OP's statement - 'The man (who had an Indian accent)' which in no way needed to be stated as it has no relevance whatsoever. Unless the OP has extensive knowledge of Indian and Asian dialects, I would suggest this complaint is more to do with a previous experience with 'Indian' customer service or some racist issues.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    Thanks for the input John terry

    May I also add that YOUR statement was the racist one, an 'Indian sounding guy'. What exactly does his country of origin have to do with the matter at hand? There was no need for YOU to being race into it, you could easily have said the duty manager.

    Don't imply that I am a racist, you know absolutely nothing about me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,666 ✭✭✭Howjoe1


    choobles wrote: »
    Wow that's a result!
    Not looking for anything like that either just a sincere apology and to know that people won't be spoken to like that.
    I work in retail myself and would never speak to anyone like that and so see no need for it

    "WOW THAT'S A RESULT"

    did you say that or are my eyes deceiving me?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    "WOW WHAT A RESULT"

    did you say that or are my eyes deceiving me?


    Yes your eyes are indeed deceiving you :D

    OP actually said "Wow that's a result!" (oh you've edited your post now)

    And they are right, it was a result, not the one I wanted but a result nonethless.

    This issue is about having a customer, treating them right, so they are happy and you are happy - as they return to you.

    I would be very surprised if the franchise manager sides with the branch manager, I expect him to have more at stake than the branch manager and therefore will wnat to sort this matter out to the satisfaction of the customer.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    vicwatson wrote: »
    Howjoe1 wrote: »
    "WOW WHAT A RESULT"

    did you say that or are my eyes deceiving me?


    Yes your eyes are indeed deceiving you :D

    OP actually said "Wow that's a result!" (oh you've edited your post now)

    And they are right, it was a result, not the one I wanted but a result nonethless.

    This issue is about having a customer, treating them right, so they are happy and you are happy - as they return to you.

    I would be very surprised if the franchise manager sides with the branch manager, I expect him to have more at stake than the branch manager and therefore will wnat to sort this matter out to the satisfaction of the customer.

    And he also missed this in the post:
    "Not looking for anything like that either just a sincere apology and to know that people won't be spoken to like that."

    Eye tests all round :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    geeby wrote: »
    choobles wrote: »
    Howdy all, don't know if this is the right place to air this but received a dreadful experience from dominos over the last few days, here's the email I sent them the other day and received no reply (personal info edited of course!) :

    "Dear Sir/Madam,

    I have been looking for a contact email for the Republic of Ireland and this has been all I have been able to find so hopefully you can help me and if not then point me in the right direction.

    On Monday evening I ordered from your branch in castleknock in Dublin at five past eight. My order arrived on time and everything was fine with it.

    At a quarter to nine I received a phone call from one of the drivers saying he was outside with a pizza. I'm not the type of person to take advantage of situations like this so I informed him I had already received my order and that I had not called for another so he went off.

    At twenty past ten I received another phone call. The man (who had an Indian accent) on the phone was shouting down the line at me asking why did I ring up to say my pizza had arrived with no sauce to send a new one and then send the driver away. I informed him I had not called and he proceeded to shout at me asking who did because somebody at my address did. I once again informed him that I had not rang and neither had my girlfriend, the only other person at this address. He then asked who I had told I was getting pizza and I once again told him I had not informed anyone. The conversation ended with him saying "Okay then". Throughout the whole conversation this man was shouting, accusing and shouted over whenever I tried to speak. Not once did he apologise.

    The following day I was still highly annoyed at this and decided to make a complaint to the manager. I rang and asked to speak to the manager and explained what happened to him and he said he would pass me on to the manager from the previous evening. This manager from the previous evening turned out to be the man who was shouting down the phone. I explained to him I was extremely annoyed about what had happened the previous night and that I felt it was no way to treat a customer. He kept saying "yeah but you see where I was coming from", I said that I do but that issue was nothing to do with me and I did not deserve to be spoken to in the manner he spoke to me. At this time he said "well if you think I was being rude I'm sorry for that". I explained to him that it was not a manner of me thinking he was being rude at all, this was undeniable. He repeated again and I said that I work in a business where I call customers a couple of hundred times a week and if I spoke to a customer like that then I would have no job. He then laughingly stated "what do you want? Do you want me to come to your home to apologise". At this stage I had given up and told him I couldn't believe he was mocking me and that he should enjoy his managerial position as he does not deserve it.

    I just want to highlight how badly treated a good customer was. I did the right thing by sending the second pizza away. During the course of the second phone call he told me that he had actually sent the pizza to the wrong address, it was meant to go to ** ********* park, where as my address is ** ********* court.

    I would appreciate a response to this email as this has taken up a lot of time and I just feel no one should be spoken to like that.

    Best Regards, "

    Any thought anyone? A justified moan?

    If a shop doesnt make customers happy, through poor value or service, it will lose customers and ultimately lose enough to be forced to close. A form of natural selection. However the OP clear states that the person apologised twice and this still wasn't enough. They also explained why the mistake was made. Despite denying it, it seems to me like the OP is looking for something for free. An apology isn't going to be any more sincere now or after further complaints from the person who called her. I would also draw your attention to the OP's statement - 'The man (who had an Indian accent)' which in no way needed to be stated as it has no relevance whatsoever. Unless the OP has extensive knowledge of Indian and Asian dialects, I would suggest this complaint is more to do with a previous experience with 'Indian' customer service or some racist issues.

    If you had read the full post you would see I had made reference to the accent as this was an email to dominos and this would help identify who it was on the phone.

    I would repeat I ain't looking for something free and I dont have any deep seated issues Indian people but thanks for attempting to pscho analyse me :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭RoboRat


    So are you not going to bother to answer why you called me John Terry? Happy to just throw those sort of remarks out there?

    Care to also tell me why YOU mentioned the guys accent when it has nothing to do with the point you were making?

    I was only making a point based on the fact that YOU said he sounded Indian, yet you have the gall to imply I am a racist?
    If you had read the full post you would see I had made reference to the accent as this was an email to dominos and this would help identify who it was on the phone.

    Really? Surely saying the manager on the night was the person responsible could have cleared that one up. Probably more accurate that saying the guy with the Indian accent; there may be more than one 'guy with an Indian accent' or perhaps someone from Pakistan or Sri Lanka or Bangladesh might also work there?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    RoboRat wrote: »
    Thanks for the input John terry

    May I also add that YOUR statement was the racist one, an 'Indian sounding guy'. What exactly does his country of origin have to do with the matter at hand? There was no need for YOU to being race into it, you could easily have said the duty manager.

    Don't imply that I am a racist, you know absolutely nothing about me.

    Your quote is incorrect as I said he had an Indian accent and as explained this was an email sent to dominos and this was used to help identify the person in question.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    RoboRat wrote: »
    So are you not going to bother to answer why you called me John Terry? Happy to just throw those sort of remarks out there?

    Care to also tell me why YOU mentioned the guys accent when it has nothing to do with the point you were making?

    I was only making a point based on the fact that YOU said he sounded Indian, yet you have the gall to imply I am a racist?

    Em I did reply clearly just at same time as you posted that


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Enough of this waffle, which goes nowhere to addressing the issue raised.

    OP - I've sent Domino's Ireland a tweet with a link to this thread, and they have responded saying that they will look into it.

    Thread closed for now

    dudara


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