Have you ever experienced inferior service at a business or restaurant that left you feeling cheated? You probably thought of leaving a negative review about the restaurant as a way to share your subpar experience with future diners. But have you ever been so disgruntled that you considered a more severe form of retaliation, such as intentionally bombarding the business with a barrage of negative reviews?
Ten Scathing One-Star Reviews
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Recently, an online forum user (OP) shared her story about leaving ten scathing one-star reviews across different platforms for a restaurant after they failed to seat her party of ten despite having a reservation.
Other Users Share Their Revenge Stories
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The story prompted other users to share their revenge stories, leaving others wondering if acting this way is justified and ethical.
Milestone Birthday Turns Into Nightmare
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OP’s plan to celebrate her in-laws’ milestone birthdays turned into a nightmare when a new upscale restaurant in wine country ruined their reservation.
Restaurant Refuses To Seat Them Despite Booking
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Despite having made a reservation for a group of 10 months beforehand, the restaurant refused to seat them two hours earlier than their scheduled time, even though there were no other patrons.
Rain Leaves Them Without Seating
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When the time finally arrived, the hostess informed them that they could not seat them outdoors due to the rain, leaving them without a table and ruining their evening.
Manager Shrugs Off Complaints
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OP calmly explained that she had made a reservation for an indoor table and was not told it was subject to rain. She even asked if they could split them between tables, but the restaurant refused to accommodate them. The manager shrugged and did nothing to remedy the situation.
OP Cooks Meal For Ten
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Frustrated and without other options, OP had to cook a full meal for ten people!
Vengeance Is Sweetest When Coldest
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After receiving no response from the manager to her email asking for compensation, OP took matters into her own hands and left ten scathing one-star reviews on various platforms.
Google Rating Drops
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The restaurant’s Google rating dropped by two stars because of her reviews, and she even left one review for each person in her group who didn’t get a seat.
Take Down Review and We’ll Give Compensation
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Days later, the restaurant reached out to offer a comped meal for the in-laws if the group took down the reviews.
OP Refuses
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But OP stood her ground and refused, refusing to let the restaurant off the hook for ruining their special celebration.
More Revenge Stories
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OP’s revenge story has prompted other users to offer their own stories of leaving negative reviews.
“I got into a fight with a company on Amazon, where I posted a very critical review, and they offered me increasing amounts of money to take it down, all of which I noted in my updated review.
In the end, they got my account banned from reviewing products, and I got their company banned from Amazon. Their products are still there, but they’re sold through a third party now.”
Words of Warning
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While others offered words of warning…
“Careful, Google will hide any reviews that have certain keywords in them, including the word ‘review’. They’ll also hide any reviews with mentions of other businesses, anything with too many Caps or repeating punctuation (like !!!), and basically, anything they deem ‘low quality’ or unprofessional. Best not to give businesses something to spam the report button on your 1-star review about.”
Words of Wisdom
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And words of wisdom…
“We sat in the bar waiting to be called once for our reservation for an hour after checking in. We were at a table with a cutout in the wall, and we were two feet away from the hostess on the other side of the wall the entire time. We made eye contact a bunch of times in that hour.”
We Had Three Drinks
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“We probably had three drinks each, and I noticed empty tables in the restaurant, so I walked to the hostess and asked her when we would be seated. My husband saw me do so and got up to join me, thinking our table had been called.
The hostess said, ‘Oh, sorry, I called your name over an hour ago, and no one answered, so we gave your table up.'”
A Little Con
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“I worked in and managed restaurants for years and know this little con. Someone walks up to the hostess and offers her money to ‘find’ a reservation, so she picks one at random that she knows is already in the bar and uses that excuse.
I said, ‘I see. How much did they slip you?’
She played, confused, but I could tell I had hit it on the head by her sudden jolt.”
A Rat
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“‘Slip me? Slip me what?’
I said, ‘Never mind. We’re leaving.’
We walked out the door. Then I turned around, walked back in the door, pointed into the dining room at the floor, and screamed, ‘Oh my god, a rat!!!’
Then ran back out the door.”
HIS HOA DEMANDS THE REMOVAL OF SECURITY CAMERAS: THEIR OVERSIGHT TRIGGERS A LEGAL BACKLASH, ENTRAPPING THEM IN A RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE LOOPHOLE!
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A couple bought surveillance cameras to monitor their property, which inadvertently waged a costly war with their HOA.
She Demands Her Brother Share His Daughter’s Inheritance With Her Stepdaughter – Who Wasn’t Bequeathed Anything!
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When it comes to family dynamics, few things can stir up emotions, quite like inheritance disputes. A contentious situation has emerged in an unfolding saga that tests the bonds of blood and challenges the concept of fairness. At the center of this narrative stands a sister who adamantly demands her brother to share his daughter’s inheritance with her stepdaughter, who, to her dismay, was not bequeathed anything.
HE ISSUES AN ULTIMATUM: IN-LAWS MUST VACATE OR HIS DAUGHTER’S DOOR REMAINS LOCKED IN A HEART-WRENCHING POWER STRUGGLE
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OP’s brother-in-law, Sammy, moved in with his twin daughters, Olivia and Sloane, after losing his home due to a divorce. OP’s daughter, Zoey, is 16 years old and gets along fine with her cousins, but they do not respect her privacy.
