Samantha James wrote:
CAMiiLLE wrote:
- Coming up and saying "I have a hold for Jessica" or "I called earlier about a table." It's 3:30pm. My shift started at 3:00pm and I don't know anything about your table. You have to provide specifics when you come to pick something up. I shouldn't have to go "What was the item you put on hold?" "A dress." "What color is it?" "Blue." I have a lot of hold items and without a description, it's kind of tricky to find your item. I can certainly find out where it is but I need you to provide a description for that to happen.

Maybe you guys need to create a system. Why ask a customer for their name when they put things on hold then? How is a customer supposed to know you just started your shift?


I understand some of you guys have legitimate annoying pet peeves but some are just lazy about their job.
Or people could just describe the item, so that I can find it. Maybe it's just me but I would just go "Hi, I put a blue dress on hold for Jessica." I have to pull the information out of some people piece by piece. There are people waiting in line behind you and things would go a lot faster for yourself and others if you just communicate what you need from me. Nothing lazy about it.


ITA agree with Camille. It takes what, maybe 20 seconds to ask a follow up question or two? This is what we're paid for. People aren't mindreaders, and most aren't automatically going to volunteer all the information you need in their first sentence, because: (1) they probably don't want to bombard you, and (2) they don't know exactly what you need. Kinda like how when I order food and the person answers the phone, the first thing I say is that I want to place an order for delivery, not my name, address and entire order.