What they're trying to do is rake in maximum dollars for minimum effort. What they're not trying to do is a range of legitimate reviews. If thety were, they would curate reviews more carefully in-house, or hire free-lancers to rate the reviews for info content vs snark.

Inferior mind, inferior soul.

It's only weird if you're a 'murrican. France: omelette any time of day. Britain: sunny side up & french fries for dinner.

Oh not so sure o' that - a friend of mine is a Pharm Tech & she has horror stories too. Probably a different kind of dreg, but that's the public for you, about 5% unpolishable turds.

"I showed them!"

One place I waited at a long time ago was a decent-sized regional chain that allowed managers some flexibility. Eventually they worked out a system where the truly, truly evil customers were photographed discreetly (disposable cameras, remember those fossils?) and names noted from receipts or from conversation. The…

right, didn't they find a pair of Warby Parkers next to the body?