Influencer Tries To Shame Restaurant Owners And Things Quickly Backfire Leaving Her ‘Absolutely Gobsmacked’
Imagine you post a video online venting about a frustrating experience, hoping people on social media will rally behind you.
She shared a nearly three-minute video detailing her displeasure with how a restaurant treated her following her inquiry about a potential collaboration.
The feedback from viewers wasn’t supportive; instead, it leaned heavily toward criticism of her actions.
She was discussing a vegetarian restaurant named Patsy’s, where she had a less-than-pleasant interaction.
In the video, she explained: “I received the most horrible message yesterday from a restaurant [after] wanting to work with them and I need to make you aware so you guys never work with them and know your standards.”
The restaurant’s reply was blunt: “You don’t seem to have any followers maybe you should approach us when you have over 100k,”
“Perhaps… but you are pretending to be influential on social media and that’s just not true and rather than me just saying that you are lying and pretending to be beneficial to our business.
“I just said come back when your’e actually able to do what you think we should engage you to do. Is it rude to question something that is obviously not true?”
She attempted to explain the negative reaction by saying:
“People sent extremely rude comments that I am just an entitled influencer who just wants ‘free’ stuff and I am complaining about it all.”
“Most people have just been called me entitled when they don’t fully understand how content creation works in the marketing world. All of my content creator audience and friends have agreed with me on the matter.”
At the time, Mathew Guthrie and Clinton Trevisi, the owners of Patsy’s, commented:
“I think she was just hoping to increase her visibility with these outrage posts. It, sort of, has worked already but I am not sure how it will be able to be monetised as marketing.”
She did not specify why she was taking a break in her announcement post.
On her Instagram, where she has 15,600 followers, she shared a message that read ‘heading offline for a few days’ with a heart emoji.
“When I first outed the restaurant on TikTok, it reached the wrong audience of non-creators and influencers who didn’t understand what was happening.
She also clarified that in her initial message to the restaurant, she never requested any free services and was simply unhappy with Patsy’s customer service.
