Barista refuses to give free coffee to 'micro-influencer' during rush, she drags him on social media

The influencer in this story might not even count as an influencer in the first place, just someone who was trying to cash in on some favors and get some free stuff. It's nice to reward your regulars for their patronage, but not if it comes at a cost to your business. And when rush time hits, preferential treatment might drop by the wayside, and that's okay. You have to understand that, as the customer, you're no more important than other customers. It's also never a good idea to use reviews as a place to play out petty drama. Restaurants and cafes live by their online reviews, so it's a pretty brutal thing to use them to harm a business over something small. You have a right to relay your experience honestly, but you should also never weaponize your following against someone else. That's just bad form. But that's what happened here, to this barista who was just trying to do their job. Keep scrolling to read all the details of this situation and see what you think about it.