>work at small local restaurant as a waiter
>get fired because the manager is a removed and was upset at me not selling bough desserts
>make a few fake google accounts posing as old people and over the course of a week i leave 3 star reviews saying shit like “what happened to the nice waiter?”
>convince a few friends to do the same
>review bomb the resturant and it goes from 4.5 stars to 3.5 in no time
>mfw at the end of the month i get called by the manager saying she wants me back
>over the next month i slowly change all the reviews from 3 stars to 5
>get a raise
>mfw

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    9 months ago

    When managers chase arbitrary targets, they make arbitrary decisions, which can be easily manipulated.

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        9 months ago

        I believe Economists call it Goodhart’s law. “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure”.