{"id":11978,"date":"2024-05-22T10:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=11978"},"modified":"2024-05-22T10:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:20:42","slug":"influencer-who-tried-to-shame-restaurant-owners-which-quickly-backfired-makes-radical-move-amid-the-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=11978","title":{"rendered":"Influencer who tried to shame restaurant owners which quickly backfired makes radical move amid the backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-header_meta__N4zeN\">\n<div class=\"article-header_summary__sAc2l\">\n<h2 class=\"summary_summary__q_VAA\">An Australian influencer that faced a backlash after attempting to &#8216;expose&#8217; a restaurant has now spoken out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>An influencer who has faced some heat after taking to social media to &#8216;expose&#8217; a restaurant has issued an update.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/australia\">Australian<\/a>\u00a0influencer Jamieson May faced the fiery sting of the internet after posting a video seemingly hoping people would side with her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/community\/jamieson-may-tiktok-influencer-shame-restaurant-backfire-australia-125853-20240521?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3Gmww4hYEhsCCxEZqRfRgZTJ7uHlUcEWdbk32RlHwM2MyMihAuGD7W4ZI_aem_AUqLhSGr-fJ6-XKl12Q1UTspHSqCCGoYLm7W_8P5u_zCs5SqUEBc7_dCD-MrgsWa_e9G-of_aVFVe1GOPTlcXDvB\">Last month she uploaded a video attempting to expose a restaurant<\/a>\u00a0that denied a collaboration with her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">After uploading a near three-minute video about how vegetarian restaurant Patsy&#8217;s responded to her after she asked about collaboration, many sided against the content creator and began criticizing her in the comments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt462e67bf6943c1a2\/664da4bb664fbd7a6e076ad9\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.59.png\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt462e67bf6943c1a2\/664da4bb664fbd7a6e076ad9\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.59.png 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt462e67bf6943c1a2\/664da4bb664fbd7a6e076ad9\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.59.png 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt462e67bf6943c1a2\/664da4bb664fbd7a6e076ad9\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.59.png 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt462e67bf6943c1a2\/664da4bb664fbd7a6e076ad9\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.59.png 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt462e67bf6943c1a2\/664da4bb664fbd7a6e076ad9\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.59.png 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt462e67bf6943c1a2\/664da4bb664fbd7a6e076ad9\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.59.png 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt462e67bf6943c1a2\/664da4bb664fbd7a6e076ad9\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.59.png 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt462e67bf6943c1a2\/664da4bb664fbd7a6e076ad9\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.59.png 3840w\" alt=\"Last month she uploaded a video attempting to expose a restaurant that denied a collaboration with her. (jamiesonmayyy\/TikTok)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Last month she uploaded a video attempting to expose a restaurant that denied a collaboration with her. (jamiesonmayyy\/TikTok)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Melbourne-based May said she considers herself a\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/travel\">travel<\/a>, lifestyle,\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/fashion\">fashion<\/a>, and\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/food-and-drink\">food<\/a>\u00a0creator and took to her\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/tiktok\">TikTok<\/a> page @jamiesonmayyy, to complain about how the company responded to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Speaking to her 9,000 TikTok followers, she argued that their response left her \u2018absolutely gobsmacked\u2019 and she advised against other content creators working with them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI received the most horrible message yesterday from a restaurant [after] wanting to work with them and I need to make you aware so you guys never work with them and know your standards,\u201d she said in the clip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She added that she sent them her standard template for when she wants to work with business and received a blunt response.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiktok-embed_tiktok__FJOwE\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\"><iframe title=\"7357660680851393809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/7357660680851393809\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The restaurant&#8217;s response read: \u201cYou don\u2019t seem to have any followers maybe you should approach us when you have over 100k,\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">While complaining the response was rude to her followers, under the video, many sided with the restaurant and pointed to the fact she likely wouldn\u2019t be able to offer as much as she promised due to her relatively low following. Comments have since been turned off on the clip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">At the time, Mathew Guthrie and Clinton Trevisi &#8211; who own Patsy&#8217;s &#8211;\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/lifestyle\/food\/eat\/influencer-labelled-entitled-after-exposing-melbourne-restaurant\/news-story\/14f8b692fabc824f11b3f41f5066a4f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>: &#8220;Her followers are not really people that we have in the venue often and probably not the market that we are looking to engage with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;I think she was just hoping to increase her visibility with these outrage posts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;It, sort of, has worked already but I am not sure how it will be able to be monetised as marketing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">However, in a dramatic turn of events, on May 21, May announced that she would be taking a break from being online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The influencer did not give a reason as to why she would be taking a break in the post, however.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">On her\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0page, which has 15,600 followers, she shared the message saying \u2018heading offline for a few days\u2019 along with a heart emoji.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">May previously defended her video and said it reached the wrong audience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltad18c1f665c4d0bb\/664da50690801567ed3ba6a4\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.19.png\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltad18c1f665c4d0bb\/664da50690801567ed3ba6a4\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.19.png 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltad18c1f665c4d0bb\/664da50690801567ed3ba6a4\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.19.png 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltad18c1f665c4d0bb\/664da50690801567ed3ba6a4\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.19.png 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltad18c1f665c4d0bb\/664da50690801567ed3ba6a4\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.19.png 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltad18c1f665c4d0bb\/664da50690801567ed3ba6a4\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.19.png 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltad18c1f665c4d0bb\/664da50690801567ed3ba6a4\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.19.png 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltad18c1f665c4d0bb\/664da50690801567ed3ba6a4\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.19.png 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltad18c1f665c4d0bb\/664da50690801567ed3ba6a4\/Screenshot_2024-05-22_at_08.53.19.png 3840w\" alt=\"On her Instagram page, which has 15,600 followers, she shared the message saying \u2018heading offline for a few days\u2019.  (jamiesonmay\/Instagram)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">On her Instagram page, which has 15,600 followers, she shared the message saying \u2018heading offline for a few days\u2019. (jamiesonmay\/Instagram)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Speaking\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13444827\/Jamieson-Melbourne-Patsys-offline.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to<\/a>\u00a0Daily Mail Australia, she said: \u201cWhen I first outed the restaurant on TikTok, it reached the wrong audience of non-creators and influencers who didn&#8217;t understand what was happening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cPeople sent extremely rude comments that I am just an entitled influencer who just wants &#8216;free&#8217; stuff and I am complaining about it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She also claimed that in her template message to the restaurant she never asked for free service and overall simply objected to Patsy\u2019s customer service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian influencer that faced a backlash after attempting to &#8216;expose&#8217; a restaurant has now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":45,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}