"Reviewer Card" Worst idea ever, or WORST idea ever?
"Reviewer Card" Worst idea ever, or WORST idea ever?
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"Reviewer Card" Worst idea ever, or WORST idea ever?
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Post #1 - January 23rd, 2013, 9:41 amI can't imagine who would want to use this card, or any restaurant responding positively to its presentation, am I overreacting?
http://www.chefswidow.com/cwblog/reviewercard
Mods, feel free to move this if there is a more appropriate place for it."Baseball is like church. Many attend. Few understand." Leo Durocher
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Post #2 - January 23rd, 2013, 9:58 amI agree with the fella who wrote the post. It's an arrogant threat for free food and preferential treatment, and whoever flashes one should be told to piss off. What happened to the days of anonymous critics? And these days, doesn't everybody tweet/yelp/blog etc etc? There should be a card that says, "I don't review. I don't give a shit."
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Post #3 - January 23rd, 2013, 10:00 amYou are over-reacting.
This sums up my feelings:
ReviewerCard Is Douchey, But Everybody Just Chill OutThe real story here is that Brad Newman [The founder of the card] got an LA Times columnist to take his dumbshit ReviewerCard seriously enough to hang moral outrage on. Really, Lazarus [the LA Times business columnist who thought this was worth writing about]: You just now figuring out that the Internet is not a place where people are honest? Does the name Lennay Kekua mean anything to you? Maybe you should stop wasting time on ReviewerCard and hang the death of ethics on—I don’t know—Esquire food critic John Mariani, who allegedly has handed business cards to restaurateurs before sitting down. Now that's a toss-pot.
Apparently Newman gave the cards out for free. If someone actually pays $100 for one, then we'd have something to discuss (on a forum devoted to scams).
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Post #4 - January 23rd, 2013, 10:28 amI agree with both Pie Lady and Darren72; It's an awful idea that will never gain any traction.
If I was eating with you and you pull this thing out I would apologize to the waiter, leave and never eat with you again.
If I was a restaurateur and you pull this shit I'd throw you out.
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Post #5 - January 23rd, 2013, 11:00 amFrom the comment field "With the simple flash of a card, everyone from the valet to the chef will know that the person sitting in their restaurant is an insecure, grasping, unethical tosser."
http://www.chefswidow.com/cwblog/reviewercard/"In pursuit of joys untasted"
from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata
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Post #6 - January 23rd, 2013, 1:17 pmOr worse: you pull this card, chef smiles, and vile things get done to your eats. Sounds right to me. Syrup of ipecac, anyone?
GeoSooo, you like wine and are looking for something good to read? Maybe *this* will do the trick!
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Post #7 - January 24th, 2013, 2:11 pmThe fact that people are embarrassed to say "I write reviews" and instead require a $100 card to say it for them, says a lot about the propriety of using the card. I would think that adding $10 to one's next 10 gratuities, would accomplish more without embarrassing oneself and pissing people off. Besides, any restaurateur that doesn't treat everybody like they write reviews in this day and age, has obviously never looked at Yelp.
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Post #8 - January 24th, 2013, 2:26 pmYou think if I printed up a card that says, "I like pie" and I flashed it with a little wink, they'd give me pie?
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Post #9 - January 24th, 2013, 2:54 pmPie Lady wrote:You think if I printed up a card that says, "I like pie" and I flashed it with a little wink, they'd give me pie?
Depends, are you using $20s for card stock?
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Post #11 - January 25th, 2013, 9:34 amI have to imagine that this card was created as a spoof or joke and someone did not "get it" who was shown the card and wrote a story as though it was real. I am having a hard time imagining that anybody would actually use this card (well, there is always someone, but it would be a miniscule number who would consider this). I think I am more apt to believe Manti T'eo has a real girlfriend than that this card was created as anything other than a joke.Twitter: @Goof_2
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Post #12 - January 25th, 2013, 9:35 amYes, I think it was created as a joke to see if anyone would actually buy it, or if journalist would bite at the cheap story.
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Post #13 - January 25th, 2013, 11:17 ampink slime ... mcribs .... grapples .... reviewer card ... I'm not seeing any disconnect here .fine words butter no parsnips
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Post #14 - January 25th, 2013, 11:33 amYou know, I like pie, too..."If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
~James Michener
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Post #15 - January 25th, 2013, 1:31 pmI think we have a business on our hands, irisarbor.
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Post #16 - January 25th, 2013, 3:28 pmFYI Groupon has the Reviewer Card for 50% off today.
Twitter: @Goof_2
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Post #17 - January 25th, 2013, 3:42 pmGonzo70 wrote:I have to imagine that this card was created as a spoof or joke and someone did not "get it" who was shown the card and wrote a story as though it was real. I am having a hard time imagining that anybody would actually use this card (well, there is always someone, but it would be a miniscule number who would consider this). I think I am more apt to believe Manti T'eo has a real girlfriend than that this card was created as anything other than a joke.Darren72 wrote:Yes, I think it was created as a joke to see if anyone would actually buy it, or if journalist would bite at the cheap story.Gonzo70 wrote:FYI Groupon has the Reviewer Card for 50% off today.
Poe's Law in action?
