Imagine having a 1 star review you left online go viral

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Has anyone else seen this ? 🤣 family leave bad review about a waitress because their child was crying so much she suggested they move onto the heated patio, instead they left and then emailed in the review and also left it on google it looks like.

The waitress has had it printed onto a t shirt and it's gone insanely viral.

She said she had an ocular migraine and it wasn't her best day at work, but other customers were looking at her to do something about the crying toddler so she suggested they move outside (in November ) and they left.

I'd be so embarrassed I left such a review and now the entire internet has seen it printed on a shirt.

Here is a Non daily mail link

www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/waitress-turns-angry-customers-one-9260836

Not a single soul would be interested in a witch hunt over a google review on some random restaurant. If there is a witch hunt, she created it all by herself.

Seems very defensive on the waitresses part, I'm mostly indifferent but if I was going to feel embarrassed for anyone then it's the waitress.

We’re all different. I think it’s an appalling way to test anyone.

Well having been on the recieving end I disagree. Why name her at all publicly? The review would have been the same with the words 'the waitress' rather than her name.

I wasn't even there when an incident occurred and I was then (wrongly - similar name but not mine) named in a review that called me a child hater and other derogatory things. There were comments on the review calling me all sorts and then I had people who'd read them commenting to my face negatively.
And yes I said "That wasn't me" to be met with "Of course you'd say that". Felt great that did, had to stop wearing my badge for a while and remove myself from FB for a while as people were tagging me and then I was getting directed insults.

It was nothing other than revenge for a colleague asking someone politely to stop their child running around (similar situation to here) and unfortunately that revenge was targeted at the wrong person and I was the one who had to deal with the concequences. So as I said, I disagree that no one is interested.

So no, I don't think people should be allowed to name staff online, names should be removed by the site if they're put on.

I completely agree.

I used to work in retail and refused to wear my name badge, I gave customers a different name if they asked.

Just because you work with the public, your privacy should still be respected.

It seems like a weird way to deal with conflict. If the review was funny it’d make more sense.

I agree that the reviewer was wrong to name the member of staff.

Waitress has nothing to be proud of, but hey, if she thinks she has 🤣🤣🤣

I'd have taken my screaming child home personally, not expect to plow through a burger and fries/whatever whilst the poor thing yowled its head off.

This

Taking a crying toddler outside to calm down, so you’re not disrupting everyone else’s meal, used to be called parenting.

I still can’t understand why people think taking young kids to a cafe, without thinking about what they can do there.

Because if you never take them anywhere, they'll never learn how to behave appropriately in various different places. They need to experience things.

Sure, but you get in and get out, and build it up. You don’t go and aim for a lengthy meal!

Having the t-shirt made is ott attention seeking. So distasteful, regardless of what the waitress did.

And part of that experience is to teach them to behave, be considerate of others and the consequences of not doing so, sadly far too many parents these days fail to do any of that then are affronted when they and their children are not welcome.

She's turning an entitled review around and showing them it doesn't bother her, I actually think good for her.
I can't imagine having to deal with the public feeling unwell, and having to say the obvious to a pair of adults (to take their screaming child outside) while the rest of the customers are unhappy/complaining about the noise was probably the straw that broke the camel's back.

I am assuming the parents dealt with the hunger/nappy/whatever else was making the baby cry, and it stopped.

But sometimes the baby is just bored. You know, because they want to be rolling around on the floor/exploring and not constrained! There is only so long a few toys can hold out

Even that isn’t generally non-stop screaming.

Some reports are saying baby, some are saying toddler. A four month old baby is highly unlikely to be screaming for hours for no reason. A two year old could be throwing a tantrum, and I’d take the child outside for a time out in that situation.

But you wouldn’t take a 4 month old screaming baby outside? If I couldn’t settle baby in a timely fashion I would be settling outside/leave

If the four month old baby was screaming non-stop and couldn’t be consoled, I’d go home. I just think that was probably not the situation here.

Nothing about that lassie's instagram says 'child friendly'. 😆

We're talking about babies here not toddlers. What exactly is a baby going to learn by being taken to a restaurant?

The waitress may come to regret this when she's job-hunting in future. Employers do tend to check social media and won't be too impressed.

Exactly. And going to a restaurant is not for the benefit of the baby, it is for the adults.