Posted on 04/28/2022 3:02:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
California chef Michael Jones admitted to Googling guests before they arrive to screen for potential red flags — like a history of leaving negative reviews or being rude to restaurant workers. He then documented and blacklisted wannabe patrons at his establishment.
The Carmel Valley-based vineyard chef’s controversial habit emerged after a tweet by Adam Reiner of Restaurant Manifesto on March 30 that read: “Hospitality isn’t Googling your guests before they arrive.”
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“Disagree. We check TripAdvisor and [Yelp for] possible problems, then cancel,” Jones tweeted, defending his social media “background check,” adding, “[Facebook] sometimes gives clues to make their visit unique.”
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Must have a lot of time on his hands
Omg. You’re a freaking COOK. If you don’t want me as a customer then bite me.
More from where? Cancerfornia.
GG
There are a lot of serial complainers out there. Let them reap what they sow.
This is why the Ins commissioner for the state of washington banned the use of credit reports in assessing car ins rates.
So rates and hassle for everyone could go up
His restaurant, his rules. It’s not like there’s no other place to eat.
As long as refusing reservations is based on reviews, and not on political criteria, I’m fine with this.
I generally check the places I do business with to make sure they’re not run by lefty-loony-moonbats and Michael Jones just saved me some valuable time!
No kidding, I was planning a trip to Carmel pretty soon and now I know not to consider this place for dinner.
Diners do the same thing - pick a restaurant based on reviews. Two-way street.
Black mirror becomes more real every day.
Probably better to do a few years ago when Yelp was at the height of its power, and Yelp serial complainers were everywhere.
For whom does he cook, Popeye’s Chicken? McDonald’s? Where else have those riot broken out?
At first I thought this was more political social credit crap.
But it isn’t, it’s business and makes sense.
Soup Nazi with a social media upgrade.
filters out the the social media influencers along with other trouble seekers...
The only cancer in California are all the leftists who moved there uninvited from other states
I’d rather have that then whatever he might do my food.
ah, if ONLY the Soup Nazi had this kind of technology at his fingertips ...
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