Advice?

I know I commented before. I was trying to be supportive but I also think my mind went to my OWN experience I had on yelp. So I guess I felt biased for your situation without actually knowing the details of your situation.

((((Mountaindewed))))

In the message she's asking you to "reconsider" your "accusation".


If you want to, tell us more about what type of business you were reviewing (a restaurant, for example...or a hair salon, or...?) and why you left a bad review. In other words, what did you "accuse" someone of doing?

I am not at all sure that you should have removed the review. Perhaps you honestly had a bad experience. That she didn't even message you to thank you for removing the review causes me to agree with your mom.

(By the way, thank you for sharing the message. I appreciate it, because I am truly trying to be helpful to you. I'm concerned that you really were bullied into removing an honest review.)

I'm not trying to be rude, I'm trying to understand both sides of the story, and you've only explained how rude she is and how she is a bully, but like Laurie said, we just want to hear both sides of the story and what caused you to write a harsh comment that triggered a response like that. I feel concerned that you haven't shared what you wrote. It certainly would help us understand the situation and see both sides of the story.

Yeah, you absolutely could have been pressured / bullied, Mountaind. Even though I don't know the details, I still thought it strange that she say your full name on yelp.

This. I am quite confused only knowing one side, and then being asked for support and help and not knowing what to say. .

I wrote that I was not happy with my services and I felt like it was borderline abuse. I went through specific things like how she criticized me about my weight and how I spent my money. I mentioned the time she made fun of the way I talked and imitated my voice. I talked about her saying I was never bullied because I was not physically bullied. I talked about how she told me she didn’t believe me about the stuff I told her. And how I felt like no one would believe me in general.

I really don’t feel like this is my fault.

I ended up sleep emailing her one last time. My sleep issues are not good at all and are becoming physically and mentally dangerous. So that was defiently my fault and very inappropriate, but I feel strongly about the way she treated me.

So was it a therapist you reviewed? I didn't know therapists could be reviewed on yelp.

Well, you feel strongly about the way she treated you and you spoke out. To me, that's a good thing to do.

I agree with Laurie too after reading your last post MountD.

Also, I have to say that I'm sorry she pushed you into removing the review. If you repost a review about her, and she contacts you, you have the option of not answering her - in fact, you can block her altogether. It sounds like she just doesn't want a bad review. Too bad for her!

So I redid the review. But it was a short review and I was not saying anything bad or attacking her in any sort of a way. I just said “I didn’t have the best experience, but that’s just my opinion.” Of course I got an email that she sent from yelp wanting to discuss this with me. But I refuse to talk to her again. If she is so desperate to get a tiny non descript review taken off, then she must be hiding something much bigger.

Plus she wants to talk to me but then she will just tell me to talk to someone else about it. She’s pretty unpredictable.

Good for you for refusing to reply to her! Wow, she sounds like a true bully. Very disrespectful. I completely agree with your assertion that she's hiding things.

I love that you put the review back up, and that you are not responding to her. Good on you! I think it's probably classy, too, to be civil, which it sounds like you were. Regardless, I'm glad for you. You can always block her email if she harasses you.

Good that you put the review back up. She sounds like a bully and if she really treated you like you said, that's more than bad business; that's a human rights violation. Stay away from her and don't respond any more. You didn't do anything wrong.