Here is your Daily Dose of Amazing Service:
Give your customer a cookie
And here are some additional thoughts on this topic…
At my favorite coffee shop, they do a lot of things right for their customers. A recent example is how they handled a service recovery situation.
I had placed a lunch order and it didn’t get prepared and served right away like usual. Someone forgot to process the order. After I asked about it, the employee apologized and took care of it very quickly. And, she included a chocolate chip cookie in my order at no charge.
This might seem like no big deal. And it’s not. It was a simple, honest error with a nice recovery. No harm no foul. And that’s how it should be. Service recoveries should not be turned into an earth-shaking event. Apologize, fix it, offer a little extra and move on.
The other thing they did well was they paid attention. They chose a chocolate chip cookie to give me as an extra because they know I like them. They know this because they pay attention. (Apparently, I buy them often). Simple, easy and entirely effective.
Do you know what cookies your customers like? How could you fit them into a typical service recovery?
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