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Woman claims restaurant manager came to home after she left 3-star review on Yelp
Fox 5 NY ^ | May 1, 2018

Posted on 05/04/2018 7:34:24 AM PDT by EdnaMode

A woman who gave a Loudoun County, Virginia restaurant an average rating online after ordering food says she got a scare after the manager showed up at her home unannounced later that night.

Yesha Callahan, an editor for online magazine The Root, says she ordered food from La Porchetta, a pizza restaurant

Callahan said the delivery driver was friendly and asked her for a Yelp review. After her meal, Callahan logged on and gave her assessment of a burger and an Italian-style pastry. "Tried this place based on the reviews and the fact that they had zeppoles on the menu, which you don't come by often," her review read. "Ordered the cheese burger, which was very dry & unseasoned. Also did not come with lettuce or tomato. The zeppoles barely had any powdered sugar on them & were soggy from the styrofoam container. I would suggest sending them to people in small paper bags. Maybe next time I'll try the pizza." She gave her experience three stars.

During an interview with FOX 5, Callahan told us that later that same evening, around 10 p.m., she heard several knocks at her door. "I live alone and I’m not going to go to my door at ten o’clock at night and answer it," she said.

After the knocks, Callahan said she received several phone calls. "Two phone calls came. I sent them both to voicemail and when I finally listened to the message he was saying he was outside my door to talk about the Yelp review." She adjusted her original three-stars rating to a one-star rating and added the update to her original review.

READ THE YELP REVIEWS HERE

In a response to FOX 5, La Porchetta’s manager said it was all a misunderstanding. "I went to her house to give her a replacement order and to explain that GrubHub had the wrong description of our burger," the manager said. "It's our fault that we went, and we know that. We just wanted to give the customer a correct order."

"I was scared. I was scared. I've seen horror movies," Callahan told us. She said the restaurant could have responded to her review online or waited until the following day to try and make amends.

Callahan said she called the police who told her that they would contact the restaurant, however; she confirmed to FOX 5 that the officer did not make contact with the manager. He also said the manager of a restaurant made contact with her boss.

"He left an apology on Yelp but, you know, it's too late. You came to my house unannounced ten o'clock at night. that's just not proper protocol," she told us.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: internet; laporchetta; sterling; sterlingva; sterlingvirginia; theroot; va; virginia; yelp; yeshacallahan
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Here's Callahan's take on the event: https://www.theroot.com/heres-what-happened-after-i-left-a-3-star-yelp-review-f-1825498345
1 posted on 05/04/2018 7:34:24 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

“You came to my house unannounced ten o’clock at night.”

Call the Cops.


2 posted on 05/04/2018 7:40:42 AM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: EdnaMode

I can understand the restaurant manager’s dismay and his rushing out to replace the order.

They have a big investment they wanted to protect.

But of course he went abut it the wrong way.


3 posted on 05/04/2018 7:41:42 AM PDT by Liz ((Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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To: EdnaMode

“I was scared. I was scared. I’ve seen horror movies,”

Bwahahaha!


4 posted on 05/04/2018 7:44:27 AM PDT by avenir ("But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine."--Paul to Titus)
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To: EdnaMode

“Hello, this is [inaudible name], the manager of La Porchetta. I am outside your door. I want to speak to you about your Yelp review,” the heavily accented Middle Eastern voice said.


5 posted on 05/04/2018 7:46:09 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: EdnaMode
Shades of Frasier Crane chasing down the one person in the focus group who said something bad about him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UInbPO1Shus

6 posted on 05/04/2018 7:48:45 AM PDT by Dahoser
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To: conservative98

“Yo, b*tch...I be manage of the pizza place...I brung you a mess o’ them sweet thangs you shot down in yo review...”


7 posted on 05/04/2018 7:51:21 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: avenir

“We’ve traced the call. It’s coming from outside the house!”


8 posted on 05/04/2018 7:53:37 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: EdnaMode

I guess she does not mind confronting people on social media but melts like a typical snowflake when she has to confront them face-to-face.


9 posted on 05/04/2018 7:56:20 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: avenir

I ordered a pizza once and freddy Krueger delivered it.


10 posted on 05/04/2018 7:59:07 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: EdnaMode

My first thought was he was an immigrant. He was trying to intimidate her.


11 posted on 05/04/2018 8:02:12 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: EdnaMode
"I live alone and I’m not going to go to my door at ten o’clock at night and answer it," she said.

Good situational awareness. Now, get a permit and then a pistol and learn to use it.

12 posted on 05/04/2018 8:09:24 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
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To: EdnaMode

Thanks for posting the link for additional information.


13 posted on 05/04/2018 8:10:06 AM PDT by ASOC (Having humility really means one is rarely humiliated)
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To: ASOC

You’re welcome. :D


14 posted on 05/04/2018 8:20:14 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

I don’t know...he might’ve brought “some fava beans and a nice chianti.”

You just never know now days.


15 posted on 05/04/2018 8:25:30 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Liz

He left a voicemail. On the voicemail he should have explained why he was there. If the real reason is what he says it was.


16 posted on 05/04/2018 8:42:56 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: EnglishOnly

Call the Cops.

***********

Callahan said she called the police who told her that they would
contact the restaurant, however;


17 posted on 05/04/2018 8:51:44 AM PDT by deport
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To: Larry Lucido

Lol. While she was making Jiffy Pop.


18 posted on 05/04/2018 8:56:11 AM PDT by avenir ("But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine."--Paul to Titus)
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To: longfellow

He sliced it up table side? I’m assuming you tipped him well (you’re still here).


19 posted on 05/04/2018 8:57:42 AM PDT by avenir ("But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine."--Paul to Titus)
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To: Dahoser

Or George Costanza in Seinfeld chasing after the woman, who saw him in the shower, yelling, “shrinkage!”.

https://youtu.be/8DoARSlv-HU


20 posted on 05/04/2018 9:25:36 AM PDT by aquila48
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