An Entitled Couple Tried to Blackmail My Café with Bad Reviews – I Taught Them a Lesson About Responsibility

Jeff is my accountant, but he’s also a friend. I’d mentioned the couple to him the previous day.

I stood behind the counter, phone pressed to my ear, watching a regular customer hesitate at the door before turning away.

“Meredith?” Jeff said again.

“Are you there?”

“I’m here,” I said. “What do you mean they didn’t just review me?”

“They posted videos on multiple platforms. Photos, too.

I’ve known you a long time, and I’ve eaten at your place more than once, so I’m assuming they edited them to make you look bad.”

“What?”

“I’ll send you a link.”

Jeff ended the call and sent links.

I looked through a photo carousel showing my food, looking terrible, and selfies of the influencers’ unhappy faces.

The colors were washed out, and the plating looked sloppy.

Things I knew we’d served perfectly had been moved around on the plates to look unappetizing.

Then I watched the video.

By the end of it, I was almost in tears.

The video opened with the café door swinging shut.

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