Psycho-Cyberbully: The Saga Continues?

Did you know that “Repetitious, unwanted computer communication” is a criminal offense under Utah Code 769201? 

We had a bullying seminar for the students the other day, and one of the police officers started the discussion with some interesting information about cyberbullying.  It led me to go up to him after the presentation and ask him some questions.  Here is some of the specific information I got from him:

1. Cyberbullying does not have to be threatening to be criminal.  It can be simply mean, insulting, rude or even “I love you” kind of stuff that is continued after it is made obvious it is unwanted.
2. Generally the FBI investigates these crimes because the internet crosses state lines.
3. tends to be very cooperative with law enforcement when it comes to the identification and prosecution of cyberbullies.

On to the main story, though.  The cyberbullying of Free Wheeler Pizza has hit critical mass and is being systematically dismantled.  The fake reviews have become so obviously personal that the people running those review sites are beginning to remove them as fast as they can be posted (I exaggerate, but you get the idea).  Facebook has removed 2/3 of the personal slams by the main culprit, in some instances eliminating the entire discussion.

One faction of this group of 3 hasn’t been heard from for over a month, the other has been MIA for a few days.

Are they regrouping?  Have they realized that their smear campaign backfired on itself?

I’m not sure what it is, but I’m sure enjoying the cybersilence.

Enquiring Minds Want to Know.

How many innocent people would you be willing to hurt for the sake of a 12 year old grudge?  One?  A couple?  Is it OK to spread lies and use deceit in an attempt to ruin a business if it puts less than 10 innocent people out of a job?  Just to get back at the two you’re pissed at?

Here’s the latest review that has shown up on at least 3 different sites just yesterday: (Feel free to skip most of it, other than the last paragraph it’s basically the same as the ones I previously posted).

Dec 6, 2011

I just had to post this after seeing all these glowing reviews that, if you read very carefully, are obviously posted by employees and friends of this joint. The reason I have to speak out is because I have tried this place and I will NEVER go back there again! Why?

Well, a co-worker at Rocky Mountain Power, recommended this pizza place to me and I decided to give it a shot and took my wife and two kids there in September. My son is 13 and my little girl is 8. We wanted to dine in but that was a huge mistake! First, the service was incredibly slow and 3rd-rate. I cannot believe that this place would offer dine-in because it is so dimly-lit and the atmosphere reminds me of a shed out back on my Uncle's old homestead in Price! The chairs and tables are very cheap and not appealing at all as well as being dirty when we sat down. I really was not too upset until I got the pizza. My kids would not touch it because it was so soggy it looked like soup on cardboard. Seriously, how hard would it have been to drain a bit of juice from our veggie pizza? I guess too hard for this place.

On to the next problem; the employees looked like they had not bathed or showered in weeks and their manners were atrocious! I tried really hard not to take it personally but I finally gave up when some young kid delivery driver started telling dirty jokes within hearing range of my kids. That was enough! We will never go back there again and we would recommend to you that you do not try it. You will be sorry like we are! This is definitely not a place for a family to go. I must say too, that the front of this place is a bit intimidating and dreary. The sign out front looks more apropeaux for a garage sale or a pawn shop!

After our interesting experience, I got on the internet and did some research about this free wheeler place. After a bunch of leads and contacts and about 6 weeks, I got in touch with an original owner of this pizza chain from years ago who told me that free wheeler pizza was started by potheads and druggies because they could not get a delivery pizza back in the 70's or so. This guy wanted his name left out but told me he owned several of these shops and since he knows a friend of mine, he revealed to me that they used to use free wheeler pizza shops as a front to sell dope and other drugs! Great! This place is the descendent of a drug ring! Need I say more!

We get it, you’re still bitter over the ending of your employment there.  But by your own accounts on the Facebook pages of the people you blame for it, it had no long term financial effects on you.  You’re doing great now, you’ve bragged about college grades and your financial success.  You’re happy in the new State you’re living in.

So why are you so intent on damaging a business that has been in the Salt Lake Valley for almost 35 years, your time there being just over 1/10 of it’s existence?  What about Tim, Adam, Kody and the rest that weren’t even there when it all came about?  Are you willing to sacrifice their livelihood, at a job they seem to like - having been there 3 or 4 years now, for the sake of revenge on the two?  What about the regular customers (myself and extended family included, and we’re not the only ones) who are used to having their occasional pizza?

I will continue to point out the inconsistencies of these kinds of reviews, on every site I find them.  Because the company you are attacking has been a part of my life for over half of it.  Because everything you say is either irrelevant, false or vastly exaggerated.  Because I still live in the same city and am down there at least every couple of weeks and know what their practices are like, and know that 98% of the time they serve a quality pizza.

So please, I’m appealing to your sense of fair play.  If you must exact revenge on the parties that you see as wronging you, please limit it to them.  Don’t continue this review charade that could end up hurting people that had nothing to do with what happened 12 years ago.

Thanks.

Anyone else smell a pissed-off ex, or is it just me?

Ok, the Sunday paper has been sitting on the dining room table for almost a week now.  I’ll admit it, when school starts, I’m a slob.  After all, Saturdays are for cleaning up the week’s mess and Sundays are for relaxing (and yes folks, church too).  Monday through Friday are for school and the occasional 4 hour stint at Chevron.

I opened up to page A13 of the Salt Lake Tribune for last Sunday and this headline caught my eye:

…Adult children’s ‘bad mothering’ lawsuit dismissed…

Curious to see why some lame judge would dismiss the lawsuit of some poor abused kids, I read the article.

In 2009, the children, represented by three attorneys including their father, … ,sued their mother … sought $50,000 for “emotional distress.”

And what did that unholy bitch, their mother, do?

1. Refused to take her daughter to a car show.
2. Told her 7 year old son that if he didn’t buckle his seat belt she would call the police.
3. Argued with her daughter about how much she would spend on a prom dress.
4. Called her daughter at midnight to tell her to get home from a Homecoming party.

The best though, is the birthday card.  Apparently the son was emotionally damaged by a card that was … “inappropriate” and failed to include cash or a check.….

The card had a picture of a bunch of tomatoes, one with googly-eyes attached.

Inside mom wrote … “Son, I got you this Birthday card because it’s just like you … different from all the rest!  Have a great day! Love & Hugs, Mom xoxoxo.” …

Whore.  She-devil.  Just imagine, a mother viewing her son as being different, special.  Jezebel! Cretin.  The woman shouldn’t be sued, she should be hung!

And finally, the Academy Award winner in the “Complete Bullshit” category for … “only filed the lawsuit after much legal research and tried to dissuade his children from bringing the case” … category goes to: DAD.

Yup, he actually said that.

I’ll bet you $50 bucks that when I get up to Heaven and tell God that, He’ll look me straight in the face and say “I know”, and then we’ll have a good laugh.