Today (6th july 2019), i visited dmart hongasandra, bangalore.
While shopping, i clicked a photo of price board shwoing wheat flour prices. It was for my future reference as there were multiple varieties with respective price board.
Immediately, one sales staff comes to me and tells that photo is not allowed.
I found it strange as many malls don't have such restriction.
Still i deleted the photo as per staff's request.
By then one manager named naveen kumar v s approched me and started talking in very rude way.
I told him that i didn't know that photo is allowed here and the photo is already deleted.
I even told him that this is the first time someone informed me about it.
So i told him to be polite and calm down while talking to customer.
Even then he threatened me by saying if i repeat to capture photo, i will be in danger and i am standing in dmart property.
When i asked him that prices of the products can anyways be seen in the bills. What big difference does it make to click a photo of price board?
He says prices shown in bill is ok but clicking photos of price board is not allowed.
Not sure how it make sense. But anyways i had already deleted the photo and he continue to behave like my boss.
I didn't feel like i am in a repute dmart mall.
It was so cheap experience any customer could experience.
Inspite of me assuring him that single photo is deleted, he kept blaming me that i have many more photos in my phone of dmart price boards.
Though phone is considered to be private gadget, i still handed over my cell to him.
Asked him to verify and understand that i am not lying.
Being a customer, i did so much but after finding no photos on my cellphone, he says that i have hidden those photos.
God knows what made him says so without any evidence in our first interaction.
I told him to unhide all photo and check if he thinks so. He then replies that he don't know how to unhide photos.
But he knows to blame.
A manager behaving his stupid and rude is heights of pathetic service.
He still goes on asking me to show if i have purchased anything in dmart or am have just come to capture photo?
When i told him that i have a trolley in corner full of items, instead of beliving me, he ask me to show the trolley!!
He didn't believe customers words. He was behaving as if it is mandatory to buy item after entering dmart.
Else, he will throw the customer out.
Being suprised by his behaviour, i asked him to show he id card so that i can note down this name.
He shows is id card and says that he is not bothered even if i complaint to modi.
His rude, unprofessional behaviour.
Then his confidence in saying that complaint won't affect him in any ways make me think if dmart is bothered about customer service quality or not?
Many other customers were watching this drama.
If dmart complaint wants to verify this manager's rude behaviour, they can even check the camera recording for 6th july hongasandra dmart around 2:30 pm.
I wish you have audio recording too, so that you can hear his threatening dialogues.
Because his colleagues and other staffs will definitely support him and not the customer.
Few customers even came to me and said that dmart staff is being very unprofessional and rude.
It looks like dmart has hired rowdies.
If the manager is like this, what could we expect from sales staffs working under him?
What will a manager like "naveen kumar v s - from dmart hongasandra" teach to his staffs?
Even in the small shops or road side vegetable sellers are far more polite, understanding and sensible.
Even if you give them business of 10 rupees, they will built trust. They will be ready to lend products so that payment can be made later.
But in dmart, even giving the business of 1000 rupees, customer are treated in very disappointing behaviour.
I would like to know that action dmart is taking for "naveen kumar v s"
He shouted and insulted me in public.
Is higher management of dmart capable of returning respect to the customer?
Can you make him apologies to the customer for being rude and unprofessional?
Even if you need bill to verify my genuinity as regular dmart customer, let me know, i will email the bill to you.
But i want to know that action you take for such people?
How you restore customer trust and faith about your customer service?
Regards,
Dmart customer
D-Mart / Avenue Supermarts customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.