Operational Inefficiency = Unhappy customers

Many times, people assume that great customer service will keep customers happy and focus all their time in training their customer service executives. Yes, the customer service team faces the customer so they need to be well trained and can make a mess of the customer interaction or really delight the customer. But the real … Read more

Whose convenience….time to get back to basics

The other day we had gone to buy groceries from one of the ‘Fresh’ outlets(of the Heitage group) in Chennai, located in Pallikaranai. We were there by about 8.30 am. Within few minutes of being inside, we started feeling stuffy and looked around to see if the air conditioners were switched on. They were not. … Read more

The hoax of a service call

I am expecting “a” manager to call me back anytime now … That is, if the process works in ICICI Prudential life Insurance company. For the past several months, I have been getting these innocuous loving “service calls” from ICICI Prudential wanting to service my existing policy. When I ask them what service will they … Read more