Bad experience in Doha Bank

Bahraini83
By Bahraini83

the other day i went to Doha Bank, to enquire about couple of things ..
took a number for the customer service and stayed waiting for it to be called, once it was my turn the customer service representative had a call on his mobile
he picked it up, discussed with his girl friend how to best deliver him a book .. and discussed as in, the best time, location, and if the bank's main gate was closed she can ask the security to call him .. many other things were discussed while i was sitting facing him and he did not even make any eye contact .. mad and upset i left he did not bother himself even to wave for me or ask me to wait another minute as it seems like the standard here
i went out done couple of things that i had to do .. then back to the bank .. in the same day myabe an hour or less than that .. to the same staff .. he did not even apologized for what happened earlier!!!
even worse, i wrote a complain e-mail through their website and received a call in the same day .. guess who called .. the other customer service representative and asked me to go to him (the person who called) directly if i needed anything specially that he remembers me for some reason .. and asked me one more strange thing he said "next time u don't have to complain, as the system here in Qatar is different from Bahrain and don't expect the same level of service, yes we are trying. and he is only a poor man"

where on earth a front desk staff can pick his mobile up when attending a customer??
and then the customer is being asked not to complain much!!!

By askme• 20 Oct 2008 21:20
askme

hahaha... This is DOHA .. QATAR... Love it or Hate it...

By chichi• 20 Oct 2008 14:42
chichi

and Doha Bank releases salary very late

By somwerNdmiddle• 20 Oct 2008 13:45
somwerNdmiddle

that does not happen in doha bank only my friend, in a lot of commerical/business places here in doha this happens most of the time. people assigned in the customer service department should know first what CUSTOMER SERVICE is about before they apply for this kind of job.

By svelte_saggi• 20 Oct 2008 13:11
svelte_saggi

it's a good thing i have my account in QNB.....Doha Bank and commercial bank are going to the dumps,in terms of customer service,i guess!

Keep smiling!

Saggi!

By sojiliza• 20 Oct 2008 12:54
sojiliza

Doha bank customer service very veryyyyyyyyyyy bad, some times they behave very rude. i had lot of experience.

By Vegas• 20 Oct 2008 12:43
Vegas

We might get better service...

Funny thing is McDonalds has perfect customer service...

You can't teach experience...

By Formatted Soul• 20 Oct 2008 12:23
Formatted Soul

Sorry to hear about your bad experience... The customer service here sucks big time..

If you do a search in QL you can find many posts on bad customer services in all fields. HSBC is even worse....

Complaining won’t be of much help… sending a mail to Gulf times letter to editor might help.

By Bahraini83• 20 Oct 2008 12:11
Bahraini83

hey solomon

how have u been buddy?

no bad intentions at all .. just wanted SOME real customer service .. eye contact for example!!

By Bahraini83• 20 Oct 2008 12:09
Bahraini83

and this doha bank got an award for best bank in the middle east 2008

i can tell they bought it

By anonymous• 20 Oct 2008 12:09
anonymous

same scenario, but I had a good thing from the Bank Manager herself. The young Qatari staff was relieved of his position. Do the complaining with good intention and you will get what you want. But if you complain with bad intention, you'll just get more frustrated.

"dgoodrebel will always be the rebellious good one"

By owen• 20 Oct 2008 11:58
owen

that's their lame strategy to piss you off and leave them alone... i have experienced this many times...but due to health reason and i don't want to have a heart attack throwing fits inside their facility..will just leave and forget it... they are useless as always...

[img_assist|nid=12867|link=none|align=left|width=|height=0]Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

By anonymous• 20 Oct 2008 11:54
anonymous

that's the problem here they dont know how to deal with a customer. they should have put the right person for that because the action of one reflects what kind of service they offer.

By mjamille28• 20 Oct 2008 11:50
mjamille28

some great customer service huh..... ;)

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