garbage industry Archives - Tooty Inc https://www.tootyinc.com/category/garbage-industry/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:39:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.tootyinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/apple-touch-icon-60x60.png garbage industry Archives - Tooty Inc https://www.tootyinc.com/category/garbage-industry/ 32 32 Customer Feedback https://www.tootyinc.com/customer-feedback-2/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:39:06 +0000 https://www.tootyinc.com/?p=1390  October 1, 2025 Thank you so much, Lori, again. I can speak for both Omar and I when I say that it was an absolute pleasure to work with you and we are both glad to have had you on our team for the duration of this program. Your team got up to speed so […]

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]]> Inclement Weather Challenges Logistics Customer Service Standards https://www.tootyinc.com/inclement-weather-challenges-logistics-customer-service-standards/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:21:28 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=1100 The winter of 2019 has been a nightmare from coast to coast. 25 degrees below zero in Chicago and blizzards on the west coast were only a couple of Mother Nature’s cruel tricks. Customers aren’t always understanding when it comes to delays in deliveries or services such as picking up their garbage. Often-times the only […]

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]]> Action Versus Intention https://www.tootyinc.com/action-versus-intention/ Mon, 07 May 2018 16:07:35 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=804 In customer service our attention tends to go towards putting out fires.  Goals for improving or changing a process are put on the back burner for so long that we forget we ever had goals.  It’s exciting and motivating to be able to share with you how others have been able to improve and innovate […]

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]]> Preparing for A Price Increase to Your Customers https://www.tootyinc.com/preparing-price-increase-customers/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:19:50 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=683 There is a lot that goes into implementing a price increase to your customer base. Operations, sales, accounting and many others need to coordinate what will happen and when. Customer service needs to brace for an influx of customer calls by adding additional staffing, some of whom may be temps or support staff within the […]

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]]> Scripts, Secret Shopper and Training https://www.tootyinc.com/scripts-secret-shopper-training/ Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:14:50 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=667 A few years ago I had a prospective customer tell me that they did not need the services that Tooty provides because they had the best customer service he had ever witnessed. He added in that the customer service department was well-run, sales were up and their customer satisfaction scores were all above average. The […]

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]]> C.S.I.- Customer Service Investigator https://www.tootyinc.com/c-s-customer-service-investigator/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:47:38 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/?p=658 One of the benefits of my side-by-side coaching with customer service representatives is that I not only get to hear customers share their concerns about their garbage service, but I get to find out whether or not the company has a working process for investigating and solving repeat service issues. The conversation below is based […]

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]]> Automated Messages and Hold Music Can Create Angry Customers https://www.tootyinc.com/automated-messages-and-hold-music-can-create-angry-customers/ Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:26:56 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/wordpress/?p=340 Having irritating hold music or an out of date or out of tune automated message for your customers is the equivalent of having a sign on your door that says Keep Out. In customer service we often talk about hold time and how long a customer is willing to hold before hanging up. But how […]

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]]> Get Rid of the Robot https://www.tootyinc.com/get-rid-of-the-robot/ Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:30:27 +0000 http://www.tootyinc.com/wordpress/?p=336 Five year old Hunter asked me why he couldn’t burp out loud in Chick-fil-A. I tried to keep from laughing as I told him it wasn’t polite. I didn’t know if a 5 year old knew the meaning of polite and I really wanted to make sure he understood that burping out loud was not […]

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