JL
Abusive & Rude Staff
Last month, I went to Circle K store in Bat Dan, Hanoi and it was the worst experience in my entire 2.5 weeks trip to Vietnam! There was a man working there, wearing glasses. I went with my two young daughters to buy ice creams. When I was choosing with them, the man working there came over and asked me what I was doing. I said I’m choosing ice cream then going to pay. He stood next to me, then as I walked away, he said are you leaving it like that? I said “sorry, I forgot to close the freezer door as I thought you were using it”, so I went to close the freezer door and walked to pay. After he served us and we paid, he followed me to the shop exit and started shouting at me and telling me I left the ice cream freezer door open again. I said I closed it then I came to pay, someone came after me and left it open and he was blaming me again! Then he said it wasn’t just about the freezer door being open or close, it was because we had messed up the ice cream freezer and we should have asked for help. I said there was no one there to help or ask, so we had to look ourselves. By now; he was shouting at me so much and other customers were looking. This was so embarrassing for him and for everyone in the shop because I was a customer and no one was helping me from the shop but instead he was shouting at me; not to mention, he decided to follow me to the exit and keep shouting at me that it was my fault. I then explained that again, no one was there to help me and that he’s very rude to customers. As I walked out of the shop with my kids, he was still shouting at me. What a way to treat customers! I was insulted and rudely spoken to because I went to buy something from the shop. I have 2 small children with me and they endured the abuse and listen to the shouting I also received as a customer and that is absolutely not ok. Totally disgusted and upset by how I was treated and nothing like the Vietnamese culture and politeness I have experienced so far on my holiday. What a massive letdown and despite my hotel being 500m away, I never visited that store again to be so rudely spoken to. Totally unacceptable. Yes I understand my daughters were looking through the freezer to decide what to buy, but so was other customers and no one working was standing there asking us what we wanted to buy and help us find it. But I feel it was unnecessary to blame us for everything and shout at us so much. We were extremely upset and distressed by this and this completely spoilt our experience in Vietnam.
