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I’ve checked in on Laura clery here and there for the past few years. I was never really fan bc something always rubbed me the wrong way about her. I had no idea there was a snark until the whole fridge thing happened but I’m wondering if someone can point me in the direction of a good deep dive? Or maybe even bullet points of why in general people aren’t a fan. She seems melodramatic and that’s always turned me off from being a fan or following, and the performative privacy of her children too, and her general vibe is just ick. Thanks for taking some time out to help!

First time posting, this is mainly directed at food places but anyone chime in! I just wanted to know if anyone here has rolled back on discounts for their store and how customers reacted? I own a dessert shop, been open going on 6 years now. I sort of took too much of my experience working corporate restaurants and went by similar standards. Not all bad, tbh but from people expecting free birthday gift, veterans/military discount, spend x get x off, specials for weekends/holidays, free samples, etc it’s driving me nuts. I bust my butt and run the entire show mostly by myself (one extra helper on weekends). Stuff is expensive, I don’t get any product for free or at a significantly better rate than my customers do besides maybe ice cream. Which who the hell came up with free samples for ice cream, because that is such a major issue for me. It’s time consuming and wasteful. I don’t know any other restaurants that offer free samples of their food. I already started charging for samples but how can I get around expectations of military discount & free birthday gifts?