>work at small local restaurant as a waiter
>get fired because the manager is a bitch and was upset at me not selling bough desserts
>make a few fake google accounts
posing as old people and over the course of a week i leave 3 star reviews saying shit
like “what happened to the nice waiter?”
>convince a few friends to do the same
>review bomb the resturant and it goes from 4.5
stars to 3.5 in no time
>mfw at the end of the month i get called by the
manager saying she wants me back
>over the next month i slowly change all the
reviews from 3 stars to 5
>get a raise
>mfw
When managers chase arbitrary targets, they make arbitrary decisions, which can be easily manipulated.
Metrics become meaningless as soon as they become targets
I believe Economists call it Goodhart’s law. “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure”.