{"id":26003,"date":"2012-07-13T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=26003"},"modified":"2012-07-13T15:56:02","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T13:56:02","slug":"poor-unfriendly-service-rule-not-exception-cer-driving-school-place-clichy-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/bkblog\/poor-unfriendly-service-rule-not-exception-cer-driving-school-place-clichy-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor and Unfriendly Service the Rule and Not the Exception"},"content":{"rendered":"
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C.E.R Caulaincourt Paris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Or,\u00a0The definition of Abusive Service in the Parisienne Style<\/p>\n

You know you have been in a place for too long, when you expect to be abused and treated like a plague victim and even the most remote possibility of being treated with a semblance of courtesy seems like a far fetched fairy tale. Well, it happened again to a very close friend of mine in my company, when we went to a driving school in Paris, specifically a place called C.E.R Caulincourt Driving School.<\/p>\n

Now I will not cite the company as a whole for this abusive behavior,as they are an\u00a0independently run franchise\u00a0thus the reason for my specific distinction. I am not sure if all of their franchises \u00a0are \u00a0run in this manner, i.e. giving the kind of treatment one might expect from a prison guard when requesting a glass of water. So here is hoping that the other C.E.R franchises have a different \u00a0modus operandi\u00a0when it comes to customer service.<\/p>\n

My friend had called a week earlier to ask for her 70 euro\u00a0deposit\u00a0back, as she decided not to take on the course with this school. She did however dispense with 50 euros which was a drivers\u00a0assessment\u00a0test that deals with reaction time, vision, hearing etc. That is a non-refundable one time fee.<\/p>\n

On entering the school, we were greeted by an extremely unfriendly sort of person, who made zero eye contact and waited impatiently for the query. Upon explaining why she was there, the person said again without making any eye contact and with a\u00a0frown, “the dossier looks used”, even though it was quite pristine and none of the\u00a0instruction\u00a0books within the box had ever been read or opened. \u00a0Now to add insult to injury, when my friend had called about a week before, she was told that the deposit check would not be returned immediately as it was with their head office.<\/p>\n

The woman at the school \u00a0implied that under the conditions and due to the state of the box that contained the driver’s manuals that the deposit check may not be returned. \u00a0Upon hearing that and due to her rather unfriendly demeanor, a rather loud verbal altercation ensued, where the woman said, “this is what service is like in France, this is not Canada…” where I want on to say that if you were in North America, your business would go bankrupt in a week. Conveniently, her hand went in to a drawer and miraculously the \u20ac70 deposit check appeared. \u00a0I thought, what a lying sack of “s–t!” \u00a0The check was supposed to be at the head office and would not be available immediately. \u00a0But there it was none the less, when push came to shove,\u00a0figuratively\u00a0speaking of course. Again, the driving school mafia of France had spoken and loudly indeed.<\/p>\n

What amazes me is that they can get away with this kind of behavior,\u00a0because\u00a0in\u00a0order\u00a0to get your drivers license in France you MUST go through their system. \u00a0The cost generally is around \u20ac1300 per person to get a permit regardless of how well you can or cannot drive!<\/p>\n

Anyhow, I was aghast again by how poorly one can be treated in France by commercial enterprises because the French public don’t know any better. \u00a0Cruelty and a demeaning attitude towards\u00a0clientele\u00a0is the norm and not the exception. \u00a0So if you are living in France and are in the process of getting your drivers permit, avoid C.E.R Caulaincourt Driving School at all costs.<\/p>\n

So, if you want to know the definition of bad service, look no further, it would have to be the above…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know you have been in a place for too long, when you expect to be abused and treated like a plague victim and even the most remote possibility of being treated with a semblance of courtesy seems like a far fetched fairy tale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[1122,1123,1124,67,1125],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-6Lp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20883,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-weeks-trends\/paris-milan-tokyo-fashion-scene-lost-their-allure\/","url_meta":{"origin":26003,"position":0},"title":"Has the Paris, Milan and Even the Tokyo Fashion Scenes Lost their Allure?","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"August 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I have been a photographer for more time than I wish to say and have worked in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Milan, London and Paris","rel":"","context":"In "Fashion Weeks Trends"","block_context":{"text":"Fashion Weeks Trends","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/fashion-weeks-trends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Paris18-560x429.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Paris18-560x429.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Paris18-560x429.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30350,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/tag-heuer-watches-poor-after-sales-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":26003,"position":1},"title":"Tag Heuer Watches Poor After Sales Service – Avoid it like the Plague","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"November 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I am the not so proud owner of a superficially beautiful now vintage Tag Heuer Sel Link watch which I purchased back in 1989...","rel":"","context":"In "Luxury, Fashion Industry"","block_context":{"text":"Luxury, Fashion Industry","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/fashion-luxury-industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Better to buy a Swatch","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/655955984_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/655955984_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/655955984_o.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25665,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/differences-perception-fashion-between-los-angeles-rest-fashion-capitals-world-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":26003,"position":2},"title":"Differences in Perception of Fashion Between Los Angeles and the Rest of the Fashion Capitals of the World Part 1","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"May 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I will commence by saying that I did once live in Los Angeles. 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