I’ve been trying some of the local food spots lately and posting little reviews on my story like nothing crazy, just like how good this food tastes or the ones I had a bad experience with. I didn’t think anyone will take me serious tbh i just enjoyed doing it. Only reason I’ve been eating out so much is because I had some wild luck with entertainment recently and figured why not explore the food scene instead of living off sad desk salads.
But I was wrong turns out a lot of my followers, living close to me have been using my reviews to pick what they eat and now I’m getting DMs asking about specific dishes. The breaking point was when this lady stopped me at the grocery store to thank me for saving her from terrible takeout because apparently my story about that sketchy Chinese place prevented her from ordering there 💀
Then yesterday some dude recognized me at Starbucks and asked if I’d tried the new taco truck yet. BRO I just wanted my overpriced coffee in peace like now I’m paranoid that random people are watching my every food move like I’m running some influencer cooking channel.
Now I feel this weird responsibility to actually try everywhere or I’m letting down my followers?? I didn’t sign up to be the neighborhood food oracle but here we are 🤷♀️
TL;DR I casually posted food reviews for fun and accidentally became the neighborhood food expert. Now people recognize me and expect recommendations.