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>work at small local restaurant as a waiter
>get fired because the manager is a bitch and was upset at me not selling bough desserts
>make a few fake google accounts posing as old people and over the course of a week i leave 3 star reviews saying shit like "what happened to the nice waiter?"
>convince a few friends to do the same
>review bomb the resturant and it goes from 4.5 stars to 3.5 in no time
>mfw at the end of the month i get called by the manager saying she wants me back
>over the next month i slowly change all the reviews from 3 stars to 5
>get a raise
>mfw

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 150 points 9 months ago (4 children)

It probably would have taken less effort to get another job at a different restaurant. Why would you even want to go back to work at a place where you think the manager is a bitch?

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 123 points 9 months ago

Waiter gets a raise. This is fiction.

[–] BurnedDonut@ani.social 63 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ego satisfaction is hell of a drug...

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago

Then protracting success is ego edging

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago

Stockholm syndrome?

[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

It’s not about the money…