Get out from behind the desk with some of the best of Desi in the field Investigate the Yelp protection racket and the truth behind daylight saving time. Then take off for a potential mission to Mars scam, and make a hard swamp landing to uncover the origins of the infamous Florida Man.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What is the controversy surrounding Yelp's business practices?
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My name is Chef Davide Cerrettini. I'm a chef owner at Botto Bistro, and I give 50% off a pizza if you give me a one star on Yelp.
Why would you want a one-star review? Sorry, let me ask you in terms you can understand. What's the matter, you?
If you want to have a good rating on Yelp, you need to pay for advertising. And I decided to don't pay advertising. So what they do, they manipulate your rating in order for you to give up and pay for advertising.
According to Davide, when he refused to pay Yelp to advertise, he noticed dozens of five-star reviews disappearing from his Yelp page.
To me, that is extortion. Manipulated.
Extortion.
Yes. I'm Italian. We invent extortion.
Well, yeah. I mean, you're not just Italian. You're, like, cartoonishly Italian.
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Chapter 2: Why are people questioning the purpose of Daylight Saving Time?
Nobody say anything.
But what if he was on The Bachelor?
Well, you can go out and relate to him, but also tell him to go f*** himself. These people are protected by politics, law, and lawyers. And we don't give a shit anymore. It might be legal, but it's not okay.
Choosing who to trust between these two guys was going to be tough. Yelp's business practices are totally legal. But Davide had a point. Harassing businesses and adjusting reviews feels dishonest. Almost as dishonest as calling this Italian-style pizza. In the end, I had to listen to my heart.
It might be legal, but it's not okay.
Just because it's legal doesn't make it right. I was going to have to let Ben down easy. Ben, I spent a lot of time with Yelp today. And I think it's just that Yelp and businesses are somehow not trusting one another. It just feels like there are some things that Yelp is keeping from businesses. But I really hope that Yelp finds happiness. I'm sure one day they'll make a business very happy.
Thanks.
Time. It flies when you're having fun. But it also killed Peapaw. Every March and November, we try to control it.
Daylight saving time is about to begin. Remember, we fall back tomorrow night, set the clocks back. Bringing it forward, and I hate it.
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Chapter 3: What happened with the Mars One project?
Chapter 4: How does Desi Lydic explore the origins of Florida Man?
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Something unexpected happened after Jeremy Scott confessed to killing Michelle Schofield in Bone Valley Season 1.
Every time I hear about my dad, it's, oh, he's a killer. He's just straight evil.
I was becoming the bridge between Jeremy Scott and the son he'd never known.
At the end of the day, I'm literally a son of a killer.
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Yelp, the most popular crowdsourced review forum online, and a vital resource when choosing which waxing place doesn't laugh so loudly. But can we trust everything we read on Yelp? One extremely Italian restaurant owner finds Yelp's business practices so devious, he's protesting.
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