A friend reviewed a local restaurant on Yelp. The owner called and threatened her life and to sue her. What does she do?




May 19th, 2008 | Restaurant survey
158 votes, 1,195 views , 22 comments

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Dishwallafied
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California, United States

posted Feb 18th, 2010 at 14:30 CST

Report the owner to the police. It's her right to leave a negative review, but the owner does not have the right to threaten someone's life. She should also report him to the BBB. Someone like that doesn't deserve to run a business.

Ecpjll
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Canada

posted Jun 24th, 2009 at 15:46 CDT

report him

Iowagirl
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Iowa, United States

posted Sep 22nd, 2008 at 16:53 CDT

I don't take kindly to threats, and I don't back down.  wow, what a jerk.  I would contact the people she did the review for - and let them handle it.  I wouldn't back down from my honest review though

Bearden829
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Pennsylvania, United States

posted Jun 13th, 2008 at 11:54 CDT

Call the police.  It is a death threat!

Stealth_avatar
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United Kingdom

posted May 29th, 2008 at 06:20 CDT

Write a review in regards to the level of customer relations that the owner of the establishment provides. On top of the first review.And then report the threat to the police, hopefully the owner was as stupid as much as she is rude enough to write in in an e-mail- solid proof.

Frecklesrsexy
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Ohio, United States

posted May 22nd, 2008 at 08:01 CDT

Restraining Order, and file a formal complaint with the police

Sgissin
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Idaho, United States

posted May 21st, 2008 at 05:37 CDT

Your friend should make a poll about it on Polls Boutique, then promote the poll via email, blogs, cable news, etc.

Gigglybritches
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Texas, United States

posted May 20th, 2008 at 20:57 CDT

yes, shovel! that's usually the best answer by default

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posted May 20th, 2008 at 19:06 CDT

STAB 'EM!!!

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 15:48 CDT

Since the owner threatened her life I would say to chop the owner up and make a special stew and serve it at his own restaurant!

Monzini
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Ohio, United States

posted May 19th, 2008 at 15:34 CDT

Cops.

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 11:13 CDT

Definitely contact the authorities. Period.

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 11:04 CDT

call the cops.

Dynomoose
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Louisiana, United States

posted May 19th, 2008 at 11:01 CDT

If her life was threatened, she needs to contact the authorities.The owner should be grateful for an honest review because it gives tells them what areas their restaurant needs to improve upon. 

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 10:58 CDT

Yea, I would call the authorities.  Threatening someone's life is very serious business.  Have her call the owner to see if he/she will apologize.  If this is in MO, she can legally record her call.  If she threatens her again, you know have evidence.

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 10:46 CDT

Depending on how genuine the threat is, do take the review down.Stuff like this isn't worth your life. But get publicity so that he doesn't dare follow through on his threats and get a restraining order. If he does do something, the restraining order will be useful as supporting background

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 10:45 CDT

contact yelp, contact local authorities, contact reputation management bloggers, and maybe even local press.

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 10:41 CDT

call him back , invite him over to talk and hiy jim over the head with a shovel

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 10:40 CDT

Call BBB and talk to the police to report the issue.

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 10:39 CDT

Dont instigate. Contact Yelp and theyll help you resolve the issue. And definately keep the post where it is tho.

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posted May 19th, 2008 at 10:39 CDT

I would spread the word across the blogosphere and let him realize what user-generated content can do.

Ang
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Texas, United States

posted May 19th, 2008 at 10:33 CDT

Post what the owner said to her on Yelp and call the cops on him.

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