Is it bad I just take it to mean “people have been saying our food tastes bad”?
Tribolonutus on
It’s like a note for the narcissist…
____-is-crying on
Too bad most influencers will not / cannot read this much text
mickelboy182 on
‘Please only say good things about our food’ – yeah nah, get stuffed.
Deep90 on
They’re doing too much with this sign.
dochev30 on
This is cringe on both ends…
iwishihadnobones on
My tongue is moist with gratitude
Notbob1234 on
I’m not a fan of appealing to religion to ask for basic decency, but if it works, it works.
I’ve had a few meals ruined by folks that need to make a scene.
jardonm on
So, for the non-Muslim influencers it’s fair game then.
Nano_Burger on
TLDR, don’t be a food douche.
StandardBaguette on
They ask to be spoken to over and over and over again. That’s annoying. I get it but like… yuck. Also it’s giving the shop owner who fights back an online review. Just not appealing.
Sweeper1985 on
Looks like a warning they won’t offer refunds.
Lophiiformers on
They did an interview with the guy who put up the sign:
Be human first and influencer second. Advice that will be never be followed unfortunately.
ConversationEasy7134 on
Urgh islam has nothing to do with food critics.
Baked_Potato_732 on
The part I find really funny is this place (assuming I’m looking at the right one) has a 4.5 on Google so it’s not like they aren’t well reviewed, but I’d say at least 30-40% of the one star reviews are ones flagged as locals.
hscer_ on
sir this isn’t a wendy’s
dovahkiitten16 on
I get asking for direct feedback but man I’ve had some meals so bad that I didn’t want to add onto it by having to explain it to the owner as well, I just wanted to leave.
That being said I don’t usually leave a bad review based on 1 meal that day. Even good restaurants have off-meals. It’s usually more if I tried it twice and it still wasn’t better, I tried to talk and didn’t get a good resolution, or it was a whole table.
circadian_light on
No one who is the intended audience of that sign is going to stop to read it or take heed of it.
Furthermore, conflating “Influencers/Reviewers” with “Valued Guests & Reviewers” just ends up mixing the message.
Jack-Innoff on
Yeah, I’m gonna pass on this place
punleash on
Lowkey I think they may have been getting too many bad reviews
Ardnabrak on
Way to wordy. Skip all the sanctimonious language and keep it simple:
● Be considerate of the feelings and experiences of the staff and your fellow diners.
● If you have any problems or questions about your food, please ask your server for help politely.
● Everyone deserves to have a pleasant time here, do not deny that opportunity to others.
Then you have space to put the same requests in a couple of other languages.
Few-Painting-8096 on
All the time they spent making that, they could have been working on the food making sure it was on point. SMH.
eckliptic on
What if the food actually sucks and you want to warn away others
jjmasterred on
an old friend of mine was snobby when dining out. Local chain pizzeria and asking twice for the artichoke dip to be remade. Then another dinner time we went to an Indian restaurant and ordered chicken wings grilled in tandoori oven. She complained because they were charred and asked for it to be remade. Both times they told her we will just refund you the money.
Some people really think they’re helping the restaurant cook better and give unsolicited advice.
lewisfairchild on
Thank you for narrowing my bucket list.
SpyDiego on
Ok whose actually gonna read that
MinnieShoof on
I would feel a lot better about this *if* this person requested that gratitude be private, as well. I would gladly tell a chef to their face their food as good if this was the excepted exchange. But as it stands they are asking to reap all the benefit for none of the risk.
>… the sign was not prompted by any personal experience with bad reviews. Instead, he put it up after observing what he describes as “wars” between reviewers and bazaar vendors in recent years, with disputes playing out publicly online during Ramadan.
>He pointed to the 2024 dispute in which Kampong Glam bazaar vendor Frank On Wheels threatened legal action after an influencer gave its smokey fries a 1/10 rating, as an example of how tensions can escalate.
So, like, on the one hand, the call to civility is respectable. But there are valid reasons to make anonymous reviews online and **not** confront shop-owners in person.
tajdaroc on
Wondering how much their tasting costs. It’s easy to quote a Hadith without contextualising that the Prophet (pbuh) never paid for food as a “luxury” item with high/exorbitant prices attached to it. Anything to look good while making a buck eh?
bmab7 on
I want to see the review that prompted this sign going up
ISckTiddies on
I bet my left nut most of these “influencers” won’t or can’t read that.
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Is it bad I just take it to mean “people have been saying our food tastes bad”?
It’s like a note for the narcissist…
Too bad most influencers will not / cannot read this much text
‘Please only say good things about our food’ – yeah nah, get stuffed.
They’re doing too much with this sign.
This is cringe on both ends…
My tongue is moist with gratitude
I’m not a fan of appealing to religion to ask for basic decency, but if it works, it works.
I’ve had a few meals ruined by folks that need to make a scene.
So, for the non-Muslim influencers it’s fair game then.
TLDR, don’t be a food douche.
They ask to be spoken to over and over and over again. That’s annoying. I get it but like… yuck. Also it’s giving the shop owner who fights back an online review. Just not appealing.
Looks like a warning they won’t offer refunds.
They did an interview with the guy who put up the sign:
https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/newsandreviews/teh-tarik-shop-addresses-kampong-glam-bazaar-viral-sign-religious-gaslighting-854691
Be human first and influencer second. Advice that will be never be followed unfortunately.
Urgh islam has nothing to do with food critics.
The part I find really funny is this place (assuming I’m looking at the right one) has a 4.5 on Google so it’s not like they aren’t well reviewed, but I’d say at least 30-40% of the one star reviews are ones flagged as locals.
sir this isn’t a wendy’s
I get asking for direct feedback but man I’ve had some meals so bad that I didn’t want to add onto it by having to explain it to the owner as well, I just wanted to leave.
That being said I don’t usually leave a bad review based on 1 meal that day. Even good restaurants have off-meals. It’s usually more if I tried it twice and it still wasn’t better, I tried to talk and didn’t get a good resolution, or it was a whole table.
No one who is the intended audience of that sign is going to stop to read it or take heed of it.
Furthermore, conflating “Influencers/Reviewers” with “Valued Guests & Reviewers” just ends up mixing the message.
Yeah, I’m gonna pass on this place
Lowkey I think they may have been getting too many bad reviews
Way to wordy. Skip all the sanctimonious language and keep it simple:
● Be considerate of the feelings and experiences of the staff and your fellow diners.
● If you have any problems or questions about your food, please ask your server for help politely.
● Everyone deserves to have a pleasant time here, do not deny that opportunity to others.
Then you have space to put the same requests in a couple of other languages.
All the time they spent making that, they could have been working on the food making sure it was on point. SMH.
What if the food actually sucks and you want to warn away others
an old friend of mine was snobby when dining out. Local chain pizzeria and asking twice for the artichoke dip to be remade. Then another dinner time we went to an Indian restaurant and ordered chicken wings grilled in tandoori oven. She complained because they were charred and asked for it to be remade. Both times they told her we will just refund you the money.
Some people really think they’re helping the restaurant cook better and give unsolicited advice.
Thank you for narrowing my bucket list.
Ok whose actually gonna read that
I would feel a lot better about this *if* this person requested that gratitude be private, as well. I would gladly tell a chef to their face their food as good if this was the excepted exchange. But as it stands they are asking to reap all the benefit for none of the risk.
Fwiw, according to[ an interview](https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/newsandreviews/teh-tarik-shop-addresses-kampong-glam-bazaar-viral-sign-religious-gaslighting-854691) it’s not even his own shop that he’s making this plea for.
>… the sign was not prompted by any personal experience with bad reviews. Instead, he put it up after observing what he describes as “wars” between reviewers and bazaar vendors in recent years, with disputes playing out publicly online during Ramadan.
>He pointed to the 2024 dispute in which Kampong Glam bazaar vendor Frank On Wheels threatened legal action after an influencer gave its smokey fries a 1/10 rating, as an example of how tensions can escalate.
So, like, on the one hand, the call to civility is respectable. But there are valid reasons to make anonymous reviews online and **not** confront shop-owners in person.
Wondering how much their tasting costs. It’s easy to quote a Hadith without contextualising that the Prophet (pbuh) never paid for food as a “luxury” item with high/exorbitant prices attached to it. Anything to look good while making a buck eh?
I want to see the review that prompted this sign going up
I bet my left nut most of these “influencers” won’t or can’t read that.