A woman in Taiwan recently visited a beverage store in Taiwan and asked for her drink to be on the house.
She claimed to be a blogger and asked for the bill for her watermelon milk drink to be waived, which, in return, would help to promote the beverage store.
Screenshot of the beverage store
The owner of the store found her request to be “odd”, so she rejected the blogger’s request, which the latter was not happy about. The blogger then left a 1-star review for the store, calling out the owner’s “bad attitude”.
“Bad behaviour, and extremely rude attitude when I visited one of their stores.”
The negative review got the attention of the owner, who shared a brief explanation about what exactly happened when the blogger was asked to pay NTD65 (approximately RM9) for the watermelon milk beverage.
“Don’t you know who I am? I’m a blogger.”
To this, the boss simply responded by saying, “Oh, that’s right. NTD65, please.”
“If we need marketing, we would hire someone”
In her Threads post, the boss said she and her team had experienced a similar matter before but chose to keep a lid on it. This time, it had reached the limit of her patience, so she decided to share the matter and send a message to those thinking of promoting the store, with the hope of a free beverage.
“The company will decide if we need publicity. We will not entertain if you come here and use your identity for a free product.”
In the meantime, the owner also made it clear she was not “shaken” by the blogger’s review and in fact, she called the blogger out and asked her to specify the matter.
“Kindly specify which outlet did you go to, and what exactly do you mean by rude attitude.”
At the end of her post, the owner also got back to the blogger by commenting on her blog, saying,
“I’ve seen your blog posts too. I rate them 1 star.”
To business owners, have you encountered anyone claiming to be a public figure hoping for something free in return for a shoutout?
