Swiggy addresses abusive customer behavior with #WhatTheFalooda

The new Swiggy campaign #WhatTheFalooda aims to sensitize customers against the use of abusive language while interacting with customer care.

Just a glance at some of the customer complaints that brands in the consumer internet space receive on social media will reveal how many are peppered with profanity. The Swiggy campaign conceptualized in-house - #WhatTheFalooda intends to create empathy for customer care executives who are on the receiving end of complaints.

According to a global study, when customer care representatives receive a heightened number of angry or abusive calls, it impacts them psychologically and emotionally. Some even end up worrying about these encounters outside of their work hours, deeply influencing their mood the next morning.

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The anonymity offered by the online, voice and chat-based platforms sometimes makes us forget about the human being on the other side. With this campaign, Swiggy encourages customers to think twice before hitting ‘Send’ on a hurtful message, especially when dealing with customer care teams across the service industry.

“Tens of thousands of users interact with customer care executives each day across various organizations. Some of them might unknowingly hurt the emotions of these anonymous executives who work round-the-clock to sort out grievances and ensure a hassle-free experience. We tend to forget that they are human too, and words of profanity can hurt them deeply. Through this campaign, we are hopeful that many such users will relate to it and become more conscious of their choice of words. As always, we have tried to marry humor into our communication, while highlighting the concerns faced by customer care executives not just at Swiggy, but across the entire service industry”, said Srivats TS – Vice President Marketing at Swiggy.

The video campaign aims to drive a conversation and build greater empathy for those we so frequently interact with.

#WhatTheFalooda will be hosted on a microsite from where consumers can download a special plugin for Chrome and Firefox browsers. This plugin automatically detects profanity in the text while nudging users to reconsider their choice of words and replace them with words related to different types of food like Biryani, Idly, Falooda, etc.