Contemptuous Service Staff St. Vincent Street Glasgow Branch
Costa Coffee Shops have been my only coffee stop for over three years now and all have offered sterling service throughout this period no matter where you go, staff are friendly, customer centred, go out of their way to engage and are basically the best across so many aspects, beating hands down every other coffee company in the UK, that is until yesterday, where two staff found it sporting to mock a pensioner, who had a simple request, the coffee (a flat white skinny extra hot) was too full and spilled over, I asked for napkins but even four folded over could not stem the liquid in the saucer, so I took it back and said it was also not extra hot and that every time I lifted the cup the wet napkins came with it and threatened to soak my t- shirt. That was when it became a mocking drama for the barista. ‘I was told ‘it was hot when he gave it to you’ yet less than a minute had passed when I brought it back. There was no manager in the shop, just two individuals who sneered and mocked me. In the end I walked out, having paid for my coffee. The tall one when I was offered another coffee and he was about to over fill the cup again, was informed not to and I had to repeat it as he was more engrossed in his colleague said 'please don’t shout at me' (there was no shout), so I said just forget it which was followed by ‘well you just have a lovely day then.’ I have been in this new shop before and service was excellent, but this was on a new and demeaning level and mocking level, so I have written to Philippe Schaillee their CEO for comment. I am a quality standards analyst who has published much in the way of service standards over four decades and this was on a new level of contempt that required cutting out for this shop and for Costa.
1 August 2025
Unprompted review