I had an appointment this morning at 10.15: the major roadworks all over the centre of Southport are causing traffic chaos and huge parking problems. Finding a space proved very difficult and unfortunately I had to park much further away than I anticipated which caused me to be late ( 25 minutes according to Debbie, which she was prepared to argue about) There was no greeting from Debbie when she held the door open so I said ‘Hello’ no reply! I asked where I should sit and then her first words to me were ‘you’re late’. At no point throughout did she address me by name! I explained about the parking problem and she said something to the effect that I should have done something faster and told me at least 3 times that my appointment was at 10.30 and I said I wasn’t going to argue about it: she said she wasn’t arguing. Now, I understand that being late causes a real problem but I found her officious and supercilious and, strangely, anything I said she contradicted…which is rather rude. She seemed to want to give me ‘what for’. After a few minutes I said ‘I’m off’ and left. Very disappointing but by that time I had decided I did not want to pursue the appointment with her. I shall never know how good an audiologist she is and Boots will not be benefitting from providing me with Aids costing £2k-£3k. Perhaps Debbie should be taught to have a softer approach which would have elicited profound apologies from me. Bye Bye Boots,
Response from Boots Hearingcare
18 June 2025
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