She Got Stood Up On A Dinner Date By A Guy She Met Online And Realized She’d Fallen Victim To A New Restaurant Scam
I’ve heard some crazy dating horror stories in my life, but I haven’t heard any quite like this. One TikTok creator’s video proved that dating through apps already has unique challenges, and it may become more of a struggle with a recent uprising scam.
Taylor Paré (@paretay) is a New York-based content creator who shocked her viewers after describing one of her wildest dating stories this fall.
Around that time, Taylor had met a guy on Hinge, and not long into their messaging period, he asked her if she wanted to grab dinner at a specific restaurant. On the day of their date, the guy confirmed he’d be there, but when Taylor got to the restaurant, he was nowhere to be seen.
Taylor tried texting him but got no response.
“I checked the app and noticed that he unmatched me,” recalls Taylor.
“At that point, I was a little confused, and I was kind of [peeved] because I was already, and I got all the way there.”
Because she had already put so much effort into going out, she decided to sit down at the restaurant and buy herself a meal anyway.
Later that evening, Taylor was scrolling on Facebook and saw a woman post about how a very similar thing happened to her at the exact same restaurant.
In the comments section of that woman’s post, another person commented that a new dating app scam tactic is going around, where people who work for certain restaurants will create fake online dating profiles to coerce people into showing up to their restaurants for dinner dates.
Nomad_Soul – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“There are restaurants now posing as people on dating apps just so you go to their business,” says Taylor.
“Once you get stood up, they know that probably nine times out of ten, you’re gonna buy something from them. That just blew my mind.”
Taylor explains how baffling this scam is, and while these restaurant workers may think they’re being marketing geniuses, they’re harming people’s self-esteem and mental health in the process.
“What a wild ride, right?” asks Taylor at the end of her video.
Taylor’s TikTok viewers were shocked to hear about this scam and are now using her story as a warning.
“Thank you for the alert,” commented one TikTok user.
“I will be aware of this moving forward. [I’m] so sorry this happened to you.”
Have you ever heard of this scam? Better yet, do you think you’ve ever been a victim of it?
@paretay Replying to @KingCharles #dating #fail #storytime
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