Complaints Management International

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Techniques for

Overcoming
Objections
Coffee University
International
Version 1
NINE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF COMPLAINTS:

1. Unfriendly
2. Unhelpful
3. Employee Appearance
4. Value for money
5. Slow Service
6. Bad guarantee
7. Poor Quality
8. Dirty Store
9. Poor product selection
CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS CHANNELS:

Customer Comment Cards

Telephone / Written / Email

In-store - Verbal

Silent
UNUSUAL CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS:
• I like the appropriate use of the apostrophe in the store name
• the coffee was too sweet and not bitter enough
• On the 1st and 2nd attempt the coffee was undrinkable, they got it
right the 3rd time
• The coffee tasted like sweet dishwater
• Don’t put plastic bag remnants in the chillers!
• The menu board could be cleaner
• Coffees aren’t being served with the ‘swirls”
• Please label the condiments properly, I thought the pepper was
cinnamon
• store needs privacy enclosure
• girl making the coffee was squeezing her face
• make the coffee taste like coffee
• have a super size
• not enough d’s in delicious to describe the drink
• staff member wiped excess cream from drink with his finger and
licked it
• make the products more affordable as “I need coffee”
Complaints Management Accronym

L Listen to what the customer has to say –


do not interrupt.
A Apologise for not living up to their
expectations, AND/OR, Acknowledge their
concerns.
S Solve the problem by exploring with
questions, and discuss the solution. Take
responsibility.
T Thank them for taking the time to discuss
the opportunity.
LAST process model at work:

L A

T S
LAST in action:

Actively Acknowledge /
L A Apologise

Thank
them/Respond T S Solve/Explore
HOW TO TRAIN STAFF IN COMPLAINTS MANAGEMENT

1. Ask participants to table ‘typical’ complaints


2. Go through current complaints channels for your
country
3. Introduce group to LAST process model
4. Explain process model and role play an example
5. Distribute role play sheets and explain
6. Allow opportunity for participants to practice the
process model via role plays
7. Review session

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