Today, I wrote a bad review for a pizza place after their pizza gave me food poisoning. Now, they won't stop calling me, begging me to take my review down in exchange for free pizza. I have tried to tell them that I wouldn't eat their pizza again even if I got paid to do so, but they won't listen. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I tried to write a bad review for the fast-food place at which I work part-time. My username made me anonymous, but I forgot to change my profile picture. Now my manager and coworkers won't even speak to me. FML
Today, I ordered a pizza online to be delivered to my apartment. After an hour of waiting, I called the pizza place to ask what the problem was. Apparently, the people at the apartment below me took my already paid for pizza and ate it. FML
Today, after 3 months of successful business at my restaurant, sales are down the shitter. Why? Because some no-life troll started posting loads of bad reviews online. He uses different names, but nothing in the reviews has ever happened. We can't get the reviews taken down. FML
Today, I was bitched out by a pizza delivery man. I didn't have the cash to pay him for a pizza I didn't even order. FML
Today, I posted a review, on a strictly anonymous site, about a doctor I went to see for my anxiety but who actually made me worse. A while later, the same doctor called my home phone, addressed me by my full name and threatened to sue me for slander if I didn't take down the review. All of which was 100% true. FML
Today, I got a letter from a hostel I stayed at saying they were going to sue me for leaving them a negative Google review. I was the victim of a $7000 theft crime there. They refused to call the police and ambulance when it happened, and they didn’t even give me my money I paid to stay there back. FML
Today, I ordered a pizza for delivery, and when it arrived, the box was completely empty except for a receipt and a piece of lettuce. I called the restaurant, and they insisted I must’ve eaten it all, and was just pretending. I took a picture of the empty box and the soggy piece of lettuce to prove them wrong. It didn't work. FML
Today, my parents told me not to make plans for dinner as they were bringing it home. Normally, that would be great but they brought home slop from some buffet that had just opened. Everything was greasy, too salty, or bland. I told them they could have it, and made my own dinner. Now I'm being called, "The Food Network critic." FML
Today, a man attempted to sue my business for giving him food poisoning. I make soap. When I called the cops on him for disturbing the peace, I was told, "Maybe next time you'll put 'not edible' on your label." FML
Today, I called Pizza Hut to order a pizza. A voice recording was reading me their specials. The man had a horrible country accent so I began to make fun of it. Then I realized it was an actual person on the line. FML
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Top comments
Solano2580 24
Either write another review saying how annoyingly persistent they are to get it removed, or report them to someone. **** it, do both.
RichardPencil 32
Give it to me! I'll take my chances. Worst case scenario: I lose a few pounds.
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Comments (70)
GamerG0DDESS 29
This has happened to me before, except they tried bribing me....not sure if I want to take down a review that warned people of medical dangers for a refund. Keep the money or give it to me like you promised, but I'm not taking my review down that potentially saves people from going to the emergency room from bleeding out and/or infection. By the way, ALWAYS research the place before going to them, no matter what line of business. My case was a tattoo and piercing parlor that didn't follow the laws, sanitary precautions, and didn't take time to ensure all steps were followed. I'm very fortunate I caught the infection fast and didn't need much treatment other than some antibiotics.
DamnGina 3
Just know the facts: actual food poisoning takes 3 to 10+ days to incubate and show symptoms. Look it up. If you got sick that night, it's possible that you were already in a bad way stomach wise, or you were reacting to someone else's fast food, or it's even possible that maybe the pizza wasn't quite right. But to claim out and out "food poisoning" is probably inaccurate, and a much over used and abused phrase. I'm well-versed in food preparation and what is required to pass a health inspection test.
InfiniteSecret 20
It is also possible to get sick straight after or a few hours after eating something. It doesn't always take days it can't take a few minutes to a few hours to a few days. It depends on the person and the food
DamnGina 3
Please look up how many days it takes to show symptoms of actual food poisoning. Your system was probably already teetering on the edge from previous meals you had eaten. If the pizza wasn't quite right enough to give you vomiting and diarrhea that night, you should have smelled and or tasted something completely off as you were eating the pizza.
Hkigrl13 12
Salmonella only takes 6 hours to show symptoms and vibrio less than 4. The more serious food borne illnesses have a quick onset.
PegLegRacing 34
I took a food prep class when I worked in the restaurant industry a decade or more ago and if memory serves like 90% of food poisoning is uncooked food like salads or the lettuce/tomato on a burger.
jbivens1992 17
Try to see this from their perspective. Businesses depend largely on reviews to bring in customers, a single bad review can have more of an effect than ten good ones. Also, these things happen and obviously they are attempting to make amends to you.
jbuiel123 18
You deserve it, you are just like the morons who leave bad reviews on products that come broken and they never get in touch with costumer service and end up buying from a different company or something. Just because one time something was defective doesn't mean it will be every single time. They are apparently not constantly poisoning people if they are still on business so a 1 time mistake shouldn't define the business. Absolutely flawed logic by you and all of the people on this post. Get more food from them and update your review with the fact that 1 time you have gotten food poisoning but the food is good when not poisoned.
sarcasmismyno1 22
I grew up working in our family business and I can tell you first hand how much impact even one negative review can have. What OP doesn't realize is that there are a lot of people paying a price for that review who had nothing to do with the pizza that may have gotten them sick. It's very easy for 1 bad employee to make a mistake and then the whole business suffers. The food industry is hard and mistakes happen. If OP doesn't give the store a chance to even explain or defend themselves, it's like putting a suspect on trial and never letting them defend themselves. It's not allowed in our social justice system and it should not be allowed in online reviews.
Goblin182 27
If you take the bad review down, we will give you food poisoning for free.
icekingz 7
Ok people you aren't really going to get food poisoning twice from the same place, it's so rare and you can't be sure that it was the pizza anyways because it takes awhile to kick in with symptoms.