Exclusive | LA influencer stood up on date goes viral after demanding apps be held accountable for suitor bad behavior
She’s standing up to being stood up.A Los Angeles influencer recently went viral for filming herself waiting for a first date at a restaurant — only for the man to be a no-show — and is now calling for dating apps to be held accountable for their users’ bad behavior.Paige Davis, whose clip of the demoralizing experience racked up 2 million combined views on TikTok and Instagram, has been flooded with messages from both men and women who sympathized with her.“I’ve had thousands of people message me and be like, ‘This has happened to me too.’ And that is the most upsetting thing,” she told The Post.“Is this the new way of letting someone know that you’re not interested in them is having them go and sit at a restaurant and you humiliate them and not show up? That is one of the most cruel things you could do to somebody … truly sick.”The 35-year-old said the apps themselves should vet their users better to save singles the time and money they waste on delinquent daters — and provide ways for them to submit feedback when they encounter one.“Someone commented, ‘We rate Uber drivers, why can’t we do that with men we date?'” she said.“I definitely think that some sort of rating system is not a bad idea, where if you do go on a date with someone, like scale of one to five stars, did this person show up on time? Did this person represent themselves correctly based on their photos?”Davis’ own dating nightmare began Sept.
20, when she was visiting a friend in Miami and decided to swipe on Bumble.She matched with a “very attractive guy” in his late 30s who worked in finance, and they arranged to meet the following night.He originally set the date for 8 p.m., and then pushed their meeting to 9 p.m.She arrived at Casadonna, a waterfront Italian restaurant that he chose, at 8:40 p.m.
that Monday night, and by 9, decided to order a drink.“At 9:07, he texts and says, ‘Hey, I am super close.I’m like a block away,'” she said.Afte...