'The barista gave me a cookie and said I handled it better than most': So-called 'micro-influencer' tries to kick out paying cafe customer from their window seat for a photoshoot

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
Jul 29, 2025 10:00 PM EDT

It seems like everyone is an influencer nowadays. We've all seen how seemingly easy it is to go viral, and it's hard to pass up the chance to make "easy" money by making videos. Of course, it's not as easy as it looks, but it's definitely easier than a lot of other jobs. But the thing about influencers that can be so annoying is the sense of entitlement they sometimes have. Sure, you have a couple of thousand online followers. 

But that doesn't mean you're better than anyone else, far from it. It just means that you've captured the attention of some people on the internet, something that's not all that difficult to do. This is especially true at shops and restaurants. Maybe they need that space for their content, but that doesn't mean everyone else has to rearrange their lives in order to accommodate them. 

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    Entitled Micro-Influencer Tried to Kick Me Out of a Café Window Seat for Her Photoshoot

    Last weekend I was reading at a small coffee shop that recently went viral for its aesthetic window seat. I got there early, ordered my drink, and settled in. Two girls walked in dressed like influencers and immediately eyed my spot. One came up and asked me to move because she had a shot "planned" and needed the lighting. She said I was wasting the seat since I wasn't taking photos.
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  • That's what happened in this story, where a self-described influencer wanted a particular seat at a coffee shop for a particular photo. And while the coffee shop was known for this spot, it was first-come, first-served. So when they got there and it was taken, they had a lot to say. But the customer stood her ground. Read on to see what happened. 

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    I told her I was staying. She got annoyed and called me selfish before hovering by the counter for 20 minutes waiting for another window seat. Nothing opened up, and they left without even buying anything. Later, the barista gave me a cookie and said I handled it better than most. Apparently this happens all the time now. Influencer culture is wild.
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    Commenters agreed that this was egregious behavior.

    Shoddy Move6054 · 2h ago • The audacity of calling. someone selfish for not giving up a public seat... in a café! Influencer brain rot is real.
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    TarryBob1984 · 2h ago Influencers are the single most useless people in the world. Period.
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    ReactionEither6684 2h ago Good on the barista for backing you up. I'd have thrown in a free espresso for the patience alone.
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    Wonderful-Power9161 • 1h ago Charge them. "I'm using this spot - but I'd be willing to vacate it for 50 dollars." "You don't think your influence is worth that much? I certainly do! Pay me, and you can have the spot... but the light is fading, better decide quickly."
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    Gfplux 2h ago . Influencers need to get vaccinated with good manners.
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    schen72 2h ago • I was at the Bellagio couple weeks ago on a trip. As I was leaving the lobby to get an Uber, there was an influencer outside taking up a good amount of space to record something, while it was a crowded area. I just walked in front of their camera. I do this to everyone, even people taking pictures who are very slow about it.
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    Obje... 2h ago Edited 2h ago • • Put influencers on the guillotine platform along with the billionaires.
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    BlackCatWoman6 2h ago . I am so glad my children grew up pre-influencer. They are toxic and a waste of a young person's time. They also show a totally unreal world that is hard for teens.
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    bydneybee · 2h ago . "I'm not buying anything but YOU'RE the one waisting the seat"
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    . Imaginary_Parking3... 2h ago I hate the term influencer, like all they do is influence moronic behaviour and self entitlement
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    TheResistanceVoter 30m ago Influencers think that they mean something. I really don't get why they think I should take the word of some random person on the internet, who has no credentials, on what to wear, where to eat, and what skin products to use?
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    HI, I don't even take the word of professional critics on music, movies, books, or food. Why would I listen to someone merely because they fancy themself an "influencer"?
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    GrouchyBear_99 • 23m ago I work at an art museum. On one of our FREE days (which, of course, is always more crowded), we had an "instagram model" ask if we could "hold the crowd" from looking at a large painting so she could stand in front of it and do a photoshoot with no one else in the shot. My co- worker told them our jobs
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    were to actually encourage people to look at the art and we weren't private security to keep people away. After sighing dramatically, the "model" said she needed to plan a visit when the museum wasn't so busy. Co-worker told her she can schedule a private tour outside of museum hours for $5000 LOL
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    CharacterActor 2h ago How do influencers dress that you spotted them? I guess they didn't order any coffee or food because they're influencers! And influencers get free stuff for influencing!
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    UnicornStudRainb... 49m ago . Some influencer! A real influencer would be finding the next cool spot, instead of glomming onto one that everybody has seen and knows about. Good for you, u/velvetstargleam for standing your ground!!
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    G-reeper66 · 2h ago I was in my local Costa, think Starbucks but much better coffee, sat peacefully at a table in the window when a Karen with an entitlement the size of Jupiter came over to demand the sunny seat because she wanted it. I'm 58 ex military with the, rudest, crudest most disgusting
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    bunch of brothers and sisters. Looked her square in the eyes and said "do I look like I give a flying f about you or your mundane and boring existence? I have more sympathy for the porcelain that will take my sh when I have one than you." The whole cafe, it was quite full
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    heard what I said and cheered, the manager brought over a free muffin and asked what drink I would like. Apparently she does it all the time to whoever is sat there, more often than not to the elderly who only want two seats and not the four seaters.
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    No-Assignment-721 2h ago "Finders keepers, losers tough sh."
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    BildoWarrior 1h ago . If I was looking to hire someone and their resume had the word influencer anywhere on it, I would blackball their name. They have the absolute worst traits.
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    nikonguy56 1h ago Good for you! My opinion of "influencers" as that most of them are self-absorbed idiots.
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