| From: "BushwickBK.com" <jeremy.sapienza@gmail.com> |
6:30 PM BushwickBK.com: heh, so is the experiement over
6:33 PM me: well, not necessarily
here, I'll send you what I've got here, let me know if you want it
6:34 PM BushwickBK.com: oh
did you plan to send it?
6:35 PM me: well, I wrote up another one but I don't think it's all that great
BushwickBK.com: ah
6:36 PM btw the life cafe owner called me
SO AWKWARD
45 fucking mins on the phone
me: what about?
BushwickBK.com: well you'll be happy to know she is dropping prices
and she said the review was "so damaging" to business
and she's taking out an ad
me: hmmmm
6:37 PM BushwickBK.com: she was really pissed, and then was going on about the prices and the quality
and I said
me: okay, I'll keep doing the column then
BushwickBK.com: I apologize for the possibly unprofessional and unnecessarily vicious TONE
but not for the FINDING
which is that the foodismerelyokay and the prices are too high
that is true and you need to address it
6:38 PM she agreed
and said she's working on it
so yeah, I do regret that i basically requested that you be mean
me: that's pretty funny
BushwickBK.com: should have been a more straight review I guess
which is no fun
6:39 PM but like all media, you have to whore yourself a bit to make dat munny
me: how big of an ad is she buying?
BushwickBK.com: one of those square ones
6:40 PM it's funny, she said she had never heard of the site before
overheard someone talking about it
emailed me about an ad
when she saw the other restaurant ads up there
and THEN totally randomly came upon your piece
me: odd
BushwickBK.com: she aske4d her employees and they were all aware
she's pissed they didn't tell her 1) about the site and 2) about the iece
piece
6:41 PM totally out of touch and she basically admitted it
me: well, guess the article worked then
6:42 PM BushwickBK.com: yah
me: assuming she saw the comments as well
BushwickBK.com: oh haha she was going nuts over them
she was reading them to me
I'm like lady, don't be mad at me, those are your CUSTOMERS
and take it as a good thing -- peopel liek you enough to get fucking rabid
in defense
6:43 PM me: you would think that would show her that she really does have a problem over there between prices and slow service
anyway, I need to figure out a new format for this column
BushwickBK.com: and crappy food, which you weren't even that hard on
ok take your time
me: I'll get back to you next week with something, hopefully
6:44 PM BushwickBK.com: cool
wanna try to meet wed fro coffee?
me: sure, e-mail me tomorrow
BushwickBK.com: ok