Here’s a Hint- Don’t Whisper

ceb — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:30:36 +0000

Here’s a brilliant move: place your customer service department in Bangalore, on VoIP lines to cut costs, and then have them call me to make a business transaction.

Thank you, GMAC, keepers of my car loan. Because I really heard what “Susan” was trying to tell me this morning. Oh, I can guess: “You didn’t pay your bill. Want to pay it?” And so I said, “Yes, I’d love to pay my bill. Can we do it right now?” But oh no, I have no idea what came next, because your cost-cutting efforts dealt me a crappy phone connection to a quiet-voiced woman who couldn’t help me transact a basic business process. Brilliant.

So then, just to top it off, when it became clear that neither of us could hear the other, I asked her to call back. Well, that won’t happen, because “call back” isn’t in their protocol.

Customer service isn’t a chore. It’s the new PR. Do it right, please. (But then, we all know they don’t have to. It’s not like I’ll move my car loan somewhere. Will I?)

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Here’s a Hint- Don’t Whisper