Horrific Experience At The Cobham Branch, Time To Shop Elsewhere.
I had the most horrific experience in the Cobham branch recently, I am not well and have several clear visual as well as hidden side effects to the drugs I take, painful, sore nails being one of them that I am very protective of, yet when shopping for a bunch of flowers that morning a member of staff was totally unaware of me and oblivious to this and pushed right in front of me, bumping my trolly that I use to steady myself, a few minutes later I heard something being said to my back, which I didn't catch, it was her again so I said something to her. She had the nerve to say I was in her way! On asking to speak to the manager as I was by then very upset, it turned out not only was she the duty manager but a 'customer care lead'. The job she was doing was one that should have been done before the store opened but hadn't and she was clearly rushing around trying to get it done.
On emailing the CEO, (the address is on line) as expected he got his 'executive office' to reply with lots of excuses and lack of sincerity, things like it was a 'terrible misunderstanding' and 'miscommunication', I didn't misunderstand a member of Waitrose staff pushing in front of me. They said they would send me a £20 E-voucher, it never arrived, I didn't want their money I wanted to feel safe on entering the shop, I wasn't.
I have shopped here since the store opened in the eighties and it has gone down hill rapidly in the last couple of years and I have exsperinced other bad customer care situations as well as out of date food, rotten fruit, tough meat, the useless loyalty scheme, low stock levels, being unable to buy a single apple or a few grapes despite posters up about food waste and having to look at uncared for and sometimes dead plants on entering the store.
I'm now using Ocado, Sainsbury's, M & S as well as the local independent shops and have told numerous people about my experience as they clearly don't deserve my custom. Shame on them.
August 2, 2025
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