Aiea, HI ("Pearlridge")
Last night I made an appointment via the Lex Brodie website for a safety inspection this morning. The process of booking an appointment online was super smooth and simple and I received a reminder e-mail, along with a coupon (which was not applicable to what I was having done), soon after. I arrived at Lex Brodie a few minutes early to check in and was told that it'd be about an hour. That seemed fine at the time because I wanted to check out the furniture store next door, anyway. I left and returned around 11:00, then waited in their waiting area (which is pretty spacious and has a TV) for the rest of the expected time. After an hour came and went, I walked over to check on the status and the employee told me they were just finishing up, took my payment, and I waited another few minutes for the guy to come back in and send me on my way. All in all, it took about 90 minutes. After I left, I was thinking about it... If I made an appointment for 10:30, shouldn't they start the requested service very soon after I arrive? I've had several safety inspections done in the past (typically with Jiffy Lube) and it's really fast. I'd say definitely less than 15 minutes. So...why 90 minutes for me? I could understand if I was a walk-in but I wasn't. To sum it up: 1 star for the ease of making an appointment online.1 star for the polite and friendly employees. 1 star because my safety inspection is done and I have my sticker. 2 stars off for the length of time it took and that it doesn't seem that they took my scheduled appointment into account.