A service establishment, such as a fast-food restaurant or a bank,
improves customer satisfaction by monitoring the quality of service
received by the customer and compensating the customer with a
personalized offer of compensation when service is inadequate. When the
customer visits the service establishment, the service establishment
detects the customer's presence by acquiring a signal from a device, such
as an RF transponder, carried by the customer. The establishment uses
information contained in this signal to identify the customer and to
retrieve archived information about previous interactions with the
customer. The establishment then analyzes the archived information to
identify a product or service of interest to the customer and, before the
customer leaves the service establishment, to offer the product or
service to the customer.