Valvoline Instant Oil Change

On 1/9/2026, at around 1:40pm ET, I had one of the *single worst customer service encounters at in my 55 years alive*. The manager of the store, Joshua, who was the tech we interacted with was rude and unprofessional, to such a degree that I hope his area manager will investigate how he treats other customers and his colleagues. Here's what happened, as objectively as I can describe it: My 20 year old daughter and I arrived at this Valvoline location to get her an oil change before she heard back to school. She was driving and I was the passenger. I had purchased a Groupon for the oil change and didn't realize that the Groupon was potentially location specific (the voucher had an address for a location in Hampton VA included on it). I had saved the voucher to my Google wallet, and when Joshua tried to scan it, it didn't work. He immediately started telling his team to stop their work. I looked at him and said "Can you give me a minute?" That is literally all I said. My tone was normal, not rude or confrontational. I just wanted to see if I could figure out what was going on with the Groupon. In the blink of an eye, Joshua turns to the employee in front of the vehicle to close the hood, as we won't be getting an oil change. In disbelief, I started saying, loudly, "Are you serious? I literally said 'can you give me a minute?' that's all I said!!" Joshua replied with " you're being rude, you won't be getting an oil change here today". I replied with "You have no idea the lengths I will go to to hold a grudge." And I mean that. This review is just the first step in the personal campaign I will now pursue to see Joshua relieved of his duties as a manager at Valvoline, as he clearly isn't well suited for dealing with customers. Epilogue: After leaving this Valvoline, we drove down Midlothian turnpike to their location on Midlothian turnpike across from Chesterfield Town center. I explained to the tech there that we have a Groupon and explained the address issue on the voucher that I described above. He said he would be happy to help us see if we can figure it out. He tried scanning the voucher saved to my Google wallet and it didn't work, which wasn't a surprise. He said "It's just coming up as zeroes" which made me realize maybe it's a Google wallet issue -- so I opened the Groupon app, pulled up the voucher in it, and it worked fine ( with the store address not being an issue at all). Joshua- I hope you see this. And the review I'm going to leave on Yelp. And the letter I'm going to send to Valvoline corporate. I have been a very happy customer of Valvoline for many years, at many locations. YOU shouldn't be representing their business, and I have a hunch that if today is an indication of how you treat customers, you won't be for very long.

Good job, fast and polite.