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- Nomadelle, on 05/21/2008, -2/+109What a jerk! He tells this chick that he funded his business using drug money, and then calls to threaten her life. What is this? THE MAFIA?
- Pogojoe, on 05/21/2008, -1/+102Send Gordon Ramsay around to kick his ass...
- fitqueenb, on 05/21/2008, -0/+78If you review, then you review honestly. He should have taken that as a sign to pull up his socks. However, it sounds like he was a lost cause anyhow, and he made it worse for himself by making the stink, so his business will suffer, nor will he have an easy time finding people to actually work there.
I wold not work for an idiot like that either, who needs a flaring temper like that in a service industry?
Glad to see the social site do their job. - MagicIcarus, on 05/21/2008, -0/+72Google cache: http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:7HrnBglcJRMJ: ...
- sonnygill, on 05/21/2008, -1/+67Dude has no clue about the internet and how it works. Actually, probably has no clue on how to run a business either.
- StigNordas, on 05/21/2008, -1/+49totally weak, the dude's a prick. there's cafe in the east bay (norcal) which has a big 'no yelpers' sticker inside the cafe. apparently the owner got a bunch of nasty reviews and instead of addressing yelpers in a positive way, he decided to ban them from his cafe. smart.
- inactive, on 05/21/2008, -1/+42The next sign will be "No Diggers Allowed."
- J3553, on 05/21/2008, -2/+36NO SOUP FOR HER
- inactive, on 05/21/2008, -1/+32That's because Diggers don't want to pay for anything.:)
- lucidguru, on 05/21/2008, -1/+30Criticism is the highest form of compliment that one can receive. How does he not appreciate what she's doing? It will let him improve his business in the way that customers want.
- chrissku, on 05/21/2008, -0/+26Now he's convinced me to eat there.
- MattB123, on 05/21/2008, -0/+25Awesome. I love it when people who think they have the upper hand via intimidation fail in such a fantastic fashion. If I lived near there I'd be tempted to go the place and ask him about it and then write about the interaction online.
Internet:1
Douche:0 - kev26, on 05/21/2008, -4/+27http://www.yelp.com/biz/beso-saint-louis
Here's the page to review the restaurant on Yelp if anyone else has feedback. :) - dleesgeetar, on 05/21/2008, -4/+25your restaurant ***** SUCKS :)
- rejectnation, on 05/21/2008, -2/+22Reason #27 Why You are a Douchebag: Because you threaten people who don't like you. Good job.
- clc101, on 05/21/2008, -2/+20That guy is insane
- JesusHatesMe, on 05/21/2008, -0/+18my girlfriend and i had dinner once at a place called "duo" in haddonfield, nj. the food was awful and the cook (it was a open-kitchen bistro) was making very crude comments about the women he had dated. two days later i wrote the owner/chef an email voicing my concerns. he wrote back and in a very hostile manner stated that i couldn't possibly know good food and that i just love to bitch about things. seeing as how i gave him the chance to make amends and he threw away the opportunity, i posted my and his emails on yelp unedited. they were up for about a week. i went back to check it out again and it had been removed. i wrote to yelp to find out what the deal was and they wrote back that a request had been made to remove it (presumably the chef). there was no recourse. in the past few months i've gone on frequently to see the occasional bad review only to see it removed a week later. so i can only come to the conclusion that the owner/chef is a huge pussy who can't take criticism.
- inactive, on 05/21/2008, -0/+17Everybody knows, Diggers don't tip.
- crichton101, on 05/21/2008, -0/+15did they say what they can write if they didn't like the place? Not being able to say anything bad about the restaurant seems to pretty much negate the entire concept of a review.
- letterz, on 05/21/2008, -0/+14more about derek:
http://www.rftstl.com/2008-03-05/news/red-goes-dar ...
lovely guy - kooky, on 05/21/2008, -0/+14The voicemail is great. He wants to sue for defamation of character. Obviously he knows nothing about law. You can't sue about something that is true. That's the first requirement for libel or slander.
Truth is a defense in a libel/slander case. - sindex, on 05/21/2008, -0/+14So that excuses his behavior? I think not. Poor judgment? Poor taste? Perhaps. But not life-threateningly so.
- inactive, on 05/21/2008, -0/+14wow, what is the world coming to?
- Zippo, on 05/21/2008, -1/+14Restaurant owner: meet the Internet. Hope you like angry mobs.
- Kikkoman, on 05/21/2008, -7/+20I think one of them should call up Niko Bellic.
Option 1: Silence the chick and make some quick cash + respect
Option 2: Take down the owner and get laid - punx, on 05/21/2008, -5/+18I know this sounds superficial, but I would love to see a pic of this guy. I can only imagine what he's like. Middle aged, shirt unbuttoned to show his hairy chest, slightly overweight but wears clothes two sizes too small, and claims its muscle, and still thinks he's attractive to younger women. So much so that he brags that he got the money for his place selling or running drugs. Loser, either way.
- Apocolypse007, on 05/21/2008, -0/+13Im surprised any lawyer would want to take this guy's case. He has nothing to go on and should be countersued for threatening this poor girl's life.
- GeekyGerge, on 05/21/2008, -2/+14Digger stole my bicycle.
- photobeatsfilm, on 05/21/2008, -1/+13Yes he's wrong and he's an idiot, and he's probably a dick who's restaurant sucks. But at the same time, what kind of girl get invited to an acquaintance's restaurant, doesn't pay for a meal, and then turns around and rips that acquaintance to shreds in reviews of the restaurant?
I am in no way defending Derek, but at the same time, I am saying that Rebecca is kind of a b*tch. - therealkdog, on 05/21/2008, -3/+13Ive talked to a couple of people who review restaurants that get published in the Washington Post. They are not allowed to write anything bad about any restaurant, mostly because of legal reasons. Online reviews and freedom of speech FTW.
- decepticrat, on 05/21/2008, -5/+15Haha! Not only does this *genius* fail at providing good food and services, he also fails at teh internets. Censor THIS, buddy!
- justjeninsf, on 05/21/2008, -1/+11it's a bummer that the reviewer caved to this guy's threats, though I understand why she would. unfortunately, it just gives him a greater sense of power and I'm sure there will be more negative reviews and more threats.
- DeadlyCouncil, on 05/21/2008, -0/+9Actually, I dugg you down for misspelling "Nazi" : )
- inactive, on 05/21/2008, -0/+9As if the ***** food wasn't threatening enough :-O
- aboyd, on 05/21/2008, -1/+10Uh, SillyRabbits, most of the people reviewing on Yelp are not "restaurant reviewers." I don't know why you think that has to be a requirement. And writing a review on Yelp is not an invitation-only event. Anyone can do it, and that's a good thing. If we did things your way, apparently only blessed glowing reviews would ever see the light of day.
I'm sure THAT would result in accurate, fair ratings.
Playing it off like she had no business writing a review because she's "not a restaurant reviewer" is not doing your argument any favors. - bjarkebech, on 05/21/2008, -0/+8Not glamorous, but it works: http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:http://www.reem ...
- Coffeedemon, on 05/21/2008, -1/+9Its bad enough as it is... do you really need a load of people going in and just showing how irrelevant these applications are by voting for a place they've probably never visited?
- Rikkochet, on 05/21/2008, -0/+8I'll go halfway. If you are invited to review the food as a guest, review the food honestly.
If the owner tells you things in implied confidence, as a decent human being you don't blab it around on the internet. That's called having a big ***** mouth and nobody likes you.
Sometimes there exists a situations when both wronged parties are completely wrong. This is one of them. - Santad, on 05/21/2008, -0/+8Get outta here digger; we don't serve your kind here.
- GeekyLotus, on 05/21/2008, -2/+9I've got to agree.
What is going on here? Read the mirrors since the site is down. The guy running the business and the girl writing the review have "mutual friends" as she puts it.
She got invited as a guest and that is why she has no receipt...
She has to have known something about this guy before crossing him, I would think. Why go through the effort to bring down a friend of a friend? I mean, I understand giving a restaurant a bad review, sure, but it seems to me something personal is going on here. That does not make it right for him to threaten, but it means that the whole story is not being told and it makes the internet community tools if we get too involved.
The whole story needs to come out. - juniorb, on 05/21/2008, -0/+7Mirror?
- advocation, on 05/21/2008, -1/+8yeah...because we all know how credible the local news can be...
- IphtashuFitz, on 05/21/2008, -1/+7Great way to attract business. Maybe he should focus on better quality food in the future... I hope she reported the threat to the police.
- Briandt75, on 05/21/2008, -1/+7Oh yea, that's totally how an unbiased review of a restaurant should work. Simply because he invited her to the restaurant to review it, she should give it a positive review. that's sarcasm btw.
- ichunxo, on 05/21/2008, -1/+7The guy is an *****, obviously. However...
"I did dine at his restaurant. He invited me to his restaurant as a guest. He gave me food and drinks. So he is correct - I don’t have a receipt."
I'm not excusing the guy's actions in the least, but I'd be pissed too if I invited a friend's friend to eat at my restaurant for free and she went on the internet to post a ***** review without even really being a patron.
Again, I am NOT EXCUSING THE GUY'S ACTIONS, but the girl's a bit of a bitch too. - colto, on 05/21/2008, -0/+6How do you know my uncle?
- SillyRabbits, on 05/21/2008, -2/+7I hate sensationalized headlines. From the transcript, he doesn't ever actually threaten her life - just promises to make it difficult.
“Hi Rebecca this is Derek. I am calling in one last attempt to have you remove your review, and I spoke to my attorney about the first review you posted. I printed it out. That is defamation of character my attorney and will slap a lawsuit on you if the review is not gone in 24hrs. You never dined here. You don’t have receipt from here. You drank here, no service, no food… I will sue you. Your review has nothing to do with my restaurant… Trust me I will spend $10k in lawyers to win a $100k from you. I will drag your name through the mud, I ***** mean it. I will drag your ***** name through the mud. This is my livelihood. You drag my name through the mud I will drag yours. And mess up your life and job. ” - CMS07, on 05/21/2008, -0/+5NEXT!
- SillyRabbits, on 05/21/2008, -4/+9That's the problem, she wasn't invited to review the restaurant. And she's not a restaurant reviewer. She knew the restaurant owner and he invited her to have dinner. Apparently it went badly and she posted everything that happened online. It actually just looks more like a bad date that she decided to disclose all the personal details about and then tried to disguise it as a review of the restaurant.
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