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How A Police Officer Threatened A Yelp Reviewer

96 pointsby jbenzalmost 12 years ago

8 comments

lettergramalmost 12 years ago
There were only 3 reviews on Yelp, of which 2 were removed.. Doesn&#x27;t really seem like harassment to me, nor does it really seem like the parlor owner did anything particularly awful (although looking at the photos it was disgusting in the restaurant).<p>Basically I feel like the police needn&#x27;t be involved and that officer probably should have read the Yelp posts prior to calling, I highly doubt this would ever go to trial.<p>From Yelp <a href="http://www.yelp.com/filtered_reviews/ELUSdeDHbZLMVcl4K5qLkw?fsid=S-iCwDly9XMCz8mhhLLonA" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yelp.com&#x2F;filtered_reviews&#x2F;ELUSdeDHbZLMVcl4K5qLkw?...</a>:<p>A month or so ago, I was finally given a job at a local pizzeria named &quot;The Wild Tomato&quot; in Harrisburg. I was given duties mainly related to cleaning and sanitation. The first concern I had was the fact that they were storing trash cans in their walk-in fridge, where uncovered food and sauces were often stored despite health regulations. I learned to ignore this for the sake of employment. I have photos&#x2F;video of this.<p>Shortly within the month, I discovered a bag near the outside trash dumpster that contained multiple empty bags that had contained synthetic marijuana, a multitude of hypodermic needles, and receipts for deliveries and time-clock slips, all with the same employee&#x27;s name listed (one of the drivers). Again, I have photos.<p>Upon notifying Paul, the owner, he threw away the receipts with the employee&#x27;s information and told me that it was &quot;no longer my problem&quot;. At the time, I assumed that this meant he would take corrective action on his own. However, the employee in question was never reprimanded and continues working at the shop.<p>Recently, I found another empty vial of synthetic marijuana, this time inside the building in the employee area, among the cleaning supplies.<p>When I brought it to the attention of Paul, he stated that he did not care about what his employee&#x27;s did, or if they brought it into the workplace or not, as long as they did not physically use them during work. He told me he could not control what his workers put into their bodies, and asked me if I wanted him to drug test everyone. I mentioned the previous incident with the needles and how I could have gotten stuck by one, causing a liability. He responded &quot;Well then you better stay home, you go outside you could get shot, you could get hit by a car, the real world&#x27;s dangerous.&quot; He also stated that an empty container with a commercial label on it, advertised with drug images but &quot;not for human consumption&quot; could have had anything in it. He said &quot;If I get a vial and put a label that says cocaine on it does that mean it had cocaine in it?&quot;. He dismissed any safety concerns I might have had, implying that I was at fault for &quot;having a problem&quot; with narcotics on the premises.
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bronbronalmost 12 years ago
Maybe it&#x27;s just me but this seems like... fluff, a little bit. There are a lot of instances of police abusing their power, but this is really on the low-end of that (i.e. I don&#x27;t really consider this news).<p>This just sounds like one of those situations where everyone involved is being kinda shitty.
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Domenic_Salmost 12 years ago
The real story is Yelp&#x27;s filtering algo. Notice how all the 1 star reviews are filtered out, including this guy&#x27;s?<p>After about the 3rd time of going to a 5-yelp-star place and it being terrible, then digging in to see all the negative reviews were filtered, I had enough. It&#x27;s why I don&#x27;t use Yelp anymore.
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freditupalmost 12 years ago
A police officer is essentially a community worker and I believe should have that mentality of serving the community. I don&#x27;t really believe what the officer did was malicious or even all that inappropriate. I think the police officer is probably wrong in the views she is expressing, but I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s wrong for her to call him in this situation or even help the restaurant owner and the former employee work out an issue.
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wavesumalmost 12 years ago
Umm what is the threat here? I think the police woman is just trying to help. Informing that what he is doing might be illegal and it&#x27;s probably not a good idea.<p>Trying to explain to this young man that even if he doesn&#x27;t like his former employer, harassment in the internet is not right way to take it forward, but going to health officials instead. I call that service.<p>I frankly see no reason for all this butthurt.
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ctdonathalmost 12 years ago
A case worth following. Any chance of a persistent link to details as they emerge?
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jamespoalmost 12 years ago
not exactly Rodney King is it
crussoalmost 12 years ago
I feel sorry for the owners of the Pizza parlor. Sounds like they were trying to do a good thing by working with a state agency and hiring a special needs individual, even if it didn&#x27;t work out.<p>I really don&#x27;t like seeing the police try to get involved, though.<p>As another user said, this whole thing doesn&#x27;t rise to the level of serious police abuse of power, put on front page of HN, though.
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