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Businesses in UAE must be responsible

January 12, 2011 1:53 by Samuel Potter

Kipp has been known to utter the occasional gripe. Yes, it is true. Sometimes we gripe in the government’s direction, sometimes in our fellow residents’ directions, and the rest of the time in the direction of business.

Today is a business griping day. Companies operating in this country far too often fail to appreciate, place any value on, or even demonstrate much interest in their customers and consumers. This fact was highlighted last week by a couple of stories that reached Kipp’s ears.

Amit Nayak, a Kipp reader, got in touch with us about some Hero Baby food purchased from Carrefour. Nayak claims that the item bought had fungus in it, and says when they went back to complain the manager said: “This is normal and has happened around six to eight times earlier.” Obviously angered, Amit asked to see the manager in charge and has heard nothing since. Apparently on their advice Amit contacted the distributor, who said it was Carrefour’s problem as they sold the goods. Nayak has receipts and photos to back up the story. But it isn’t the really the dodgy food that’s bothering Nayak, it’s the “sheer indifference.”

“Companies in Dubai have an attitude towards consumers which is not acceptable,” Amit says be e-mail. “These same firms back home work under a totally different setup where they are held accountable for their actions and here its sheer indifference.”

You’d think a company like Hero would handle the situation better, given its history. Early last year a batch of baby formula was recalled by the Ministry of Environment and Water in the country because of a Bacteria formulation.

Kipp is not about to get into the specifics of Amit’s accusation. But the level of indifference encountered is all too common in the UAE when it comes to such complaints.

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