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New Orleans restaurant owners call out NY 'influencer' who allegedly bailed on $300 bill
NOLA ^ | Jul 31, 2025 | Chelsea Shannon

Posted on 08/01/2025 6:38:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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I thought the whole point of influencers is they don't have to abide the rules the rest of us do?
1 posted on 08/01/2025 6:38:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Just FYI thank God for Yelp and Google reviews. They hold so many businesses accountable including hospitals.


2 posted on 08/01/2025 6:40:44 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege ( )
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The restaurant is right for making an issue of someone skipping out on a $300 bill especially, when she had that much to drink.


3 posted on 08/01/2025 6:45:07 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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If you can discern the true reviews from the fake ones ... Good luck on that ... And yelp is a scam ...


4 posted on 08/01/2025 6:45:12 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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Sure, cause nobody would think of lying and leaving a bad review as retaliation, right?


5 posted on 08/01/2025 6:45:56 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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Maybe she should have gone to Cracker Barrel or Olive Garden.

6 posted on 08/01/2025 6:46:50 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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This whole notion of “influencers” needs to die a horrible death as quickly as possible.


7 posted on 08/01/2025 6:47:57 PM PDT by bigbob (If thou doth eff around, thou wilt findeth out)
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Competitors do it all the time ...


8 posted on 08/01/2025 6:49:51 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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The restaurant owner should be explicitly calling this “theft” in her posts and name the influencer AND the blog they operate.


9 posted on 08/01/2025 6:57:22 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: metmom

yes. agreed. overall though I’d take a few flake drama queen false reviews for the genuine, substantive ones that force a business (or doctor or other entity, even church! to shape up.)

really solid businesses stick out with the consistency of positive feedback.


10 posted on 08/01/2025 7:01:41 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege ( )
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This is Pulcinella’s review page for reference.

Quite stellar.

A fake drama queen rant will stick out like a sore thumb and make itself obvious.

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&sca_esv=f3a7ee0e23e81309&cs=0&output=search&kgmid=%2Fg%2F11w8k1_sgy&q=Pulcinella!&shndl=30&shem=npsc3&source=sh%2Fx%2Floc%2Fact%2Fm4%2F3


11 posted on 08/01/2025 7:08:22 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege ( )
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Sounds more like a protection racket. “Comp me or you get a bad review”


12 posted on 08/01/2025 7:09:59 PM PDT by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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What’s nice about these platforms too, is that owners can respond, call BS out, or even make amends. “Please give our pizza another chance with discount.”

“Please contact about so and so directly about your ER experience.”


13 posted on 08/01/2025 7:12:24 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege ( )
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What’s nice about these platforms too, is that owners can respond, call BS out, or even make amends. “We’re sorry your pizza arrived burnt. Please give our pizza another chance with discount.”

“Please contact about so and so directly about your ER experience.”


14 posted on 08/01/2025 7:13:10 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege ( )
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Yeah, well, skipping out on a bill is not right, especially after enjoying a FULL meal with drinks.

Principe responded to the review with a lengthy message that revealed that he filed a police report alleging the business was out $290 after Kronstad refused to pay for her tab that included eight alcoholic beverages, seven food items, two desserts and a liter of Pellegrino.

If it was that bad, why didn't she address it right from the get go instead of racking up a bill with that much food and then screwing them? Even if the restaurant was that bad, if you stuff yourself like that, PAY FOR IT. Leaving the bad review isn't the issue. It is skipping out on the bill after staying so long and continuing to buy from them.

15 posted on 08/01/2025 7:27:10 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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She essentially stole from the restaurant because she didn’t think it was good enough for her.


16 posted on 08/01/2025 7:29:51 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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Should have prefaced my appreciation for public reviews with “as a sidenote”

It’s good that the platforms allow *owners to respond.* Sometimes, they amends when the grievance is legitimate. (Which in the above article, wasn’t the case.)

Certain companies will make amends (like your delivery was missing part of the order. Starbucks will even reimburse you if a drive-thru order was messed up and you couldn’t go back to get it remade.) They keep track so they know if you’re abusing the system.

When more than one review from the same location and same time report food poisoning. You know that’s a red flag — especially seeing as you can see the review histories of the users.

The sad thing is when inexperience or total incompetence actually leads to harm in emergency situations. Like “my relative in a wheelchair was forced into wrong room because receptionist misstated policy” or “my small dog was severely injured by pitbull due to negligence at so and so kennel.”


17 posted on 08/01/2025 7:42:16 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege ( )
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“Influencers” is just another name for professional parasites.


18 posted on 08/01/2025 7:42:47 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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I pretty much use the Olympics gymnastics scoring philosophy. Throw out the top scores and the bottom scores and see what is in the middle though I do look for patterns especially in the negative reviews.


19 posted on 08/01/2025 8:12:52 PM PDT by gunnut
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She’s also a jazz singer. She isn’t bad, but her phrasing isn’t great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1akgve6pKYE


20 posted on 08/01/2025 8:13:28 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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