FAQ

Who can post on this website?

Anyone can post on this website.

Can I post or comment anonymously ?

Yes,totally. Shamelessrestaurants.com system is designed so that you can post anonymously, we won’t even know who you are.

What is the objective of this site ?

The site has the following primary objectives:

  1. provide the public with restaurant reviews from employees perspective;

  2. To provide a forum in which restaurant employees can air their employment grievances and, at the same time, share information with each other about the worst practices of employers;

  3. To provide restaurant workers seeking employment a “black list” of unethical employers.

  4. To expose abusive restaurant employers and pressure them to reform their labor practices.

How credible are the reviews on this site ?

Visitors to Shamelessrestaurants.com are free to form their own conclusions about any posted messages or content or information on our site, which is intended to be a place - and is indeed an Internet message board - for bar and restaurant workers and employers to exchange information about working conditions , labor practices and more hopefully in a constructive and meaningful way. Shamelessrestaurants.com has no intention or agenda but to remain impartial and independent, and simply provide a free, public Internet message board platform to foster and support communications between restaurant employees and employers. Shamelessrestaurants.com seeks to promote healthy, constructive communication between restaurant workers and employers. We do our best to try to achieve this goal.

How much does this website cost me ?
Nothing! The site is free to use.
What do restaurant owners and employers think of this site?
Well, that depends on the employer!! We get a lot of emails from employers telling us they like the site, and we’ve even had some telling us how the site has helped them finding out what really happens behind the scene in their own restaurant. We also get some pretty hateful emails telling us how inappropriate the site is, how they are going to shut us down, etc.

Is it even legal to allow anonymous posting that could involve defamation and slander ?

First we would like you to read our disclaimer, and second , anonymous speech is an old American tradition. Thomas Paine wrote “Commonsense” anonymously because he was afraid the British would hang him. Restaurant employees naturally don’t want to get fired, blacklisted, or sued. The Supreme Court upheld anonymity in political discourse saying: “Under our Constitution, anonymous pamphleteering is not a pernicious or fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent.

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority” (McIntyre v. Ohio Election Commission) Some legal scholars believe that the Court’s decision has implications for blogs and websites like Shamelessrestaurants.com. For information on laws limiting the liability of websites like Shamelessrestaurants.com from written remarks posted on its site by third parties, please visit these web sites. Legal Information Institute / Findlaw.com

What are the posting guidelines for this site ?

If you’re angry, that’s good. It’s an appropriate response to abuse. However, if your comments on this site are just angry, obscenity-filled rants, readers of your post may assume that you are the problem and dismiss your comments. The most effective posts provide detailed descriptions of the abuse , name and location of the restaurant. The success of this site depends on the integrity of the posters. It is critical that posters be honest in reporting abuses. Please do not use this site to settle a score if there hasn’t really been abuse; if you do, you will undermine the credibility of the site and of all the posters who have legitimate grievances.

Does every post get published?

Almost, but not all , if your post is meaningless or spam , or repetitive in nature it won’t be published.

Can I be banned from posting or commenting on this site?

Yes,If your comments are excessively self-promotional,obnoxious or even worse , boring. There will be no warning and no appeal .