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Is customer service be dehumanised
Bought my wife a green dress which she had been after for some time Bought it even though the size was 18 not 16 that she wanted I paid cash 14 00 and unfortunately lost the receipt My wife wanted to wear the dress today and when she put it on it was too small The size labels were obviously wrong and it was probably a size 8 The first manager we spoke to said there was nothing she could do as it was a manufacturer fault and the dress itself was not faulty The law is that no receipts no exchange I would have to use an email inquiry to head office As we strongly suggested she was being unreasonable she suggested we spoke to another manager This we did and were offered an immediate exchange as the labels were wrong We accepted the exchange even though the price offered had dropped to 7 00 My wife picked out a green blouse and we paid the difference just to get the matter sorted How can one manager tell us one thing and a second manager settle the situation so quickly It is my overriding opinion that Customer service as a service no longer exists The human element is being lost due to AI and the use of computers I and my wife were customer facing for over 30 years between us so we are not talking without prior experience