Customer Service: When A Customer Jumps Ahead In A Line Of Waiting Customers

1. When a Customer Jumps Ahead in a Line of Waiting Customers By VanSight

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3. The Situation One of the most frustrating things for customers is when someone pushes ahead of them in a line and for the employee to serve the more aggressive customer first, ignoring the fact that the aggressive customer has pushed in. To ignore The situation almost ensures that the customer Being delayed is going to blame the employee for The aggressive customer's rude or oblivious behavior. 3

4. Techniques Used 4 Verbal Softeners Face-Saving Out

5. Dialogue 5 This situation could occur in any context where people line Up for service — grocery stores, other retail establishments, banks, hotels, restaurants. There's a line of five people waiting to be served and a sixth person steps into the middle of The line. Before any of the other customers says anything, the Employee intervenes.

6. Dialogue 6 Employee: [to the customer who has pushed in] Perhaps You didn't notice that the line actually ends after this Gentleman. If you could move to the end, I'll be glad To serve you in turn. Customer: Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see that. Employee: No problem. It's easy to miss.

7. Explanations 7 In this situation it's important to point out that the customer has jumped the line without doing anything that might humiliate or embarrass him or her. If employee uses a very gentle way of letting the customer know about the line, careful not to accuse the customer. The word "perhaps" is a good example of a verbal softener. providing a face-saving out. Since the customer has apologized. The employee can soften any embarrassment by making it OK, indicating that it's a mistake that's easy to make. That ends the interaction on a positive note.

8. How to Diffuse the Situation 8 It's important that an employee who deals with situations where customers line up make a conscious effort to monitor The line in order to address "pushing-in" issues before another customer does. You don't want two customers arguing about something that is ultimately your responsibility.

9. How to Diffuse the Situation 9 When a customer cuts in, you can't know whether it is an intentional act of rudeness and in-consideration or simply a result of inattention. For this reason, you should always give the benefit of the doubt. To accuse a customer of pushing in intentionally is almost always guaranteed to start an argument. Even if you have a strong suspicion it was intentional, you must start with a gentle approach.

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