I don't trust online reviews. There are some that are very good (I always wonder if they are written by someone associated with the restaurant), then some that are very bad (I always wonder if the writer was just grumpy the owner of a competing restaurant). I especially don't trust online reviews of products. Case in point: I recently ordered a great-looking pair of leopard rain boots from J. Crew. There was a design defect -- where the elastic was sewn to the PVC there was a sharp seam on the edge of the PVC. I wore them around the living room for about 30 seconds, and they started cutting my feet. There's no way you could wear tights with them -- the tights would get ripped up. I looked at the reviews. Most people said that they returned them because of this defect. Someone even tried thick socks, and the boots still hurt. Yet a lot of people gave the boots a high score and said that they loved them. Had they not tried them on for more than 10 seconds?
