Response from Appliance Service of Houston
Periodically, we encounter a customer that is frustrated due to their inoperable appliance. In this case, the customer's washer as indicated by the customer, had been inoperable for approximately ten days. Our service technician arrived right at 4 PM (the scheduled appointment time), and within one minute of his arrival the customer asked if he was experienced with her type of washer. He replied that he was and that the company would not have sent him to repair the appliance if he was unfamiliar with it. There was an obvious issue with the drain pump, which required the removal of the top and front panels in order to gain access to the pump. The technician had difficulty with two remaining screws on the front panel, which appeared to be tightened/torqued too much via the manufacturer. The technician attempted to remove the two screws with several different phillips bits as well as some rust buster solution, but no luck. After approximately fifteen minutes of attempting to remove the two final screws from the front panel, as a courtesy, the technician informed the customer of the difficulty in removing the two remaining screws. As a reaction, the customer, in a very negative voice stated that she had provided the model number to us and that we should have known what to expect. The technician replied that the difficulty in removing two screws had absolutely nothing to do with her model number or appliance! The difficulty with the removal of two screws could have occurred with any appliance, regardless of the model. The customer then replied in a condescending and negative voice tone "I don't care about that just get it done". This tone of voice reminded the technician of someone talking to their child. The technician stated that she appeared to have an attitude. She stated that she did not have one and accused the technician of having an attitude. At that point, the technician decided to reassemble the parts that had been removed and leave the customer's home, which is our company policy. We do not condone confrontations with our customers. The service technician informed the customer that he was ending the service on her appliance as he was reassembling the washer parts. He gathered his tools and stated to her " have a good day". No fee was charged for the visit to the customer's home. We suspect that this customer had experienced at least one other service company that either was unfamiliar with her washer or that she probably caused them to leave prematurely with her negative behavior! It is our sincere belief that customers that rely on others to perform service on their behalf should realize that if they refrain from disrupting the technician while servicing the appliance, the results would be productive rather than non-productive. Our service technician arrived with a very positive attitude as is the case with every service appointment. We greet our customers with a smile and introduce ourselves to them, establish a friendly rapport with them, and then quickly begin to assess and resolve their appliance issues. Our numerous "A" ratings attest to that. Appliance Service of Houston