Rovers admin returning to the dark old days pre the Walker years. They need to treat supporters as "customers" cos that is what they are.... and as everybody knows the customer is always right.
On a similar note I rang the BLACKBURN number of the Skipton building society recently to check out my balance. What sounded like a school leaver answered the phone asked me about 6 security questions and then said she couldn't go any further because one of the answers was wrong. The questions were account number, name, dob, another couple and then the killer one which I couldn't answer "how much is in your account". FFS!
"There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza".
I named two employees in Blackburn and asked her to put them on. She then informed me that she couldn't do that as she was in the head office in Yorkshire! No 'please', no 'thank you', no "can I help you with anything else?" etc.
FFS what is this country coming too? She was rude, not at all helpful, poorly trained and if it were my company unemployable. I take a very dim view of all these dreadful business methods and shall be emptying my account asap.
On the plus side there could be hope and relief from all these wet behind the ears management consultants who seem to be able to bamboozle company Directors into stupid decisions. Booths are taking out those infernal self service checkouts!
I shall be switching my 'posh shop' from Waitrose to Booths pretty shortly in appreciation. Nice to know that I have outlived the SSCO tills, but what is the real reason? Is it a return to good old fashioned business ethics? Is it recognition that by being a more expensive store their customers need and deserve treating better? Or is it because of the increase in shoplifting that is costing them more than paying another couple of check out girls?