Happy Holidays to you! Thank you for continuing to come back again and again to read my thoughts on customer service and my tips on treating one another with patience, empathy, and kindness. And this holiday season, let’s put those tips to good use! The end of 2021...
Last month, I wrote about a not-so-hospitable Hilton Embassy Suites experience. This week, I will tell you about an awesome encounter at the Hilton in Oxnard, CA. Yay, I FINALLY have a great customer service story to share!!! Real World Story: I’m staying at the...
Two thousand twenty-one is nearly over and much has happened in the last 11 months—good things and not-so-good things. The good things have given us great memories, no doubt. The not-so-good things have helped shape us to be stronger and more resilient. May we...
Real World Story: As a CSI (Customer Service Investigator) who helps clients learn to JUMP for their customers, I jumped at this opportunity to send the Hilton Embassy Suites’ general manager a message in which I explained that most Hilton properties hire people who...
Have you noticed the latest in-dining restaurant trend in which ordering food is done ONLY via a smartphone app or by QR code scanning? Sounds like a genius idea for proficiency and accuracy, doesn’t it? Well, I can tell you that not all restaurants combine this...
Today’s HEART word is Thank you. Saying Thank you is the easiest form of acknowledging someone else’s service to us—or gift or compliment or gesture. Always thank customers and fellow co-workers after you interact with them—if only for the mere fact they shared some...