Aspiring influencer Jamieson May, based in Melbourne, announced she is taking a break from social media after facing backlash over a video she posted about a restaurant that declined her collaboration offer. May, who describes herself as a “travel, lifestyle, fashion, and food creator,” shared this decision in an Instagram story on Tuesday night, stating, “Heading offline for a few days,” accompanied by a purple heart emoji. The controversy began after May posted a video last month criticizing Patsy’s, a vegetarian restaurant in Melbourne’s CBD.
In the nearly three-minute video, she expressed shock at the restaurant’s blunt response to her marketing proposal. May had reached out to Patsy’s via Instagram, offering to create marketing content for them. The restaurant replied, “You don’t seem to have any followers, maybe you should approach us when you have over 100k.
” May, who has 15,600 followers on Instagram and over 9,000 on TikTok, described herself as “gobsmacked” and labeled the restaurant’s response as “extremely rude.” She voiced her frustration in the video, stating, “I’m absolutely gobsmacked. I had no words.
I was actually disgusted that someone could say that to another person. This is clearly someone not in marketing—they don’t understand literally anything.” However, May’s online rant backfired, drawing a flood of criticism from social media users.
Many accused her of being an entitled influencer seeking free services. T.
