Threats of Negative Yelping For Free Food
"Customers have begun threatening to 'Yelp' the restaurant if their demands are not met," says Marsha McBride of Cafe Rouge in Berkeley, California. The San Francisco Chronicle's restaurant critic Michael Bauer looks at the problem of customers threatening to write negative reviews on user generated-review site Yelp in exchange for free food.
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3 Comments:
this is terrible. what's with the entitlement? an honest negative review is one thing, but do people really need to resort to extortionary tactics?
j at 12:07PM on 07/10/08
Unfortunately, some people always just want something for free, even if that entails a complete abandonment of dignity.
malibuisburning at 1:07PM on 07/10/08
Wow. That is really low. I'm actually kind of embarrassed sometimes when I need to write a negative review.
feistyfoodie at 3:51PM on 07/10/08