Awful experience, not without irony, but definitely without management.
Larkfield Leisure Centre的点评
点评:Booked in for swimming at 1230 on a Saturday. Arrived at 1100 with the hopes of taking my son to the soft play first (which is not available to be booked). Was told that the next available session would be at 1140. Asked if I could book into that session. Was told I would have to return to the desk to get a place at 1140. Kind younger staff members allowed us to sit in the cafe and wait.
Returned to front desk at 1135 to book soft play. Waited in an extremely awkward and growing queue until 1145 when they finally started accepting entries. Reception staff didn’t seem to care, although they did acknowledge that the situation was a little ridiculous and they would probably benefit from a booking system, but we were told that “The manager wants it this way”. When I asked if I could collect an wrist band for swimming access, I was told that I would have to show up at the desk 15 minutes early as the ‘sessions expire’ (not 100% sure what the shelf life of a rubber wristband is, as I am not an expert, so took it at face value) which seemed odd due to the lack of pre-booking regarding the soft play. Awful management, horrible experience with staff that don’t seem to care about customers or their colleagues (apart from one notable exception - thank you Jessica!) and sub par facilities (I understand that the changing rooms are being refurbished, but that should lead you top repair/clean the ones that are available more often, but again, what do I know?). Could be a great place if they sorted themselves out, however, I think it would require replacing the clearly useless management and feckless staff. Good luck to anyone who goes here!
翻译:周六中午12:30预订了游泳。11:00到达,原本想先带儿子去儿童游乐区玩(但那里不能预订)。工作人员告诉我下一个可预订的时段是11:40。我问是否可以预订11:40的时段,被告知必须11:40再去前台预订。好在几位年轻的工作人员允许我们在咖啡厅等候。
11:35回到前台预订儿童游乐区。排了很长很长的队,队伍非常拥挤,一直等到11:45才开始接受预订。前台工作人员似乎并不在意,虽然他们也承认这种情况有点荒谬,如果能实行预订系统可能会更好,但他们说“经理就是这么安排的”。当我询问是否可以领取游泳手环时,被告知必须提前15分钟到前台,因为“使用次数有限制”(我不太清楚橡胶手环的有效期,因为我不是专家,所以只是姑且相信了)。考虑到儿童游乐区无需预订,这个说法显得很奇怪。管理糟糕,员工态度恶劣,似乎对顾客和同事漠不关心(除了一个例外——谢谢Jessica!),设施也很差劲(我知道更衣室正在翻新,但这应该意味着你们应该更频繁地维修/清洁其他可用的更衣室,但话说回来,我又能知道什么呢?)。如果他们能整顿好自己,这里本来可以很棒,但我认为他们需要更换那些明显无能的管理层和不负责任的员工。祝所有来这里的人好运!