LA influencer goes viral after being stood up on…
She’s standing up to being stood up.
A Los Angeles influencer just lately went viral for filming herself ready for a first date at a restaurant — only for the person to be a no-show — and is now calling for courting apps to be held accountable for their customers’ unhealthy habits.
Paige Davis, whose clip of the demoralizing expertise racked up 2 million mixed views on TikTok and Instagram, has been flooded with messages from both males and ladies 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.”
@paigedav91 And there you have got it. I acquired stood up. I’ve gotten so many messages from ladies saying this has occurred to them too, and I genuinely need to perceive WHY. Men- Why ask somebody out, make plans with her, let her spend time preparing and touring there, and then just… not show up? Changing your thoughts is allowed. Losing curiosity is allowed. CANCELING IS ALLOWED. Leaving somebody sitting there alone with completely no clarification is just merciless and inhumane. Can everybody tag @bumble in the feedback plz to get their eyes on this??? This is courting in 2026, everyone. I actually fucking hate it right here. 🫠 #datingstorytime #firstdate #datingtips #singlegirl #storytime ♬ unique sound – Paige Davis
The 35-year-old said the apps themselves ought to vet their customers better to save singles the time and money they waste on delinquent daters — and present methods for them to submit suggestions 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?”
Paige Davis told The Post she’s gotten messages from 1000’s of people who have also been stood up. Courtesy of Paige Davis
Davis’ own courting nightmare started Sept. 20, when she was visiting a good friend in Miami and determined to swipe on Bumble. She matched with a “very attractive guy” in his late 30s who labored in finance, and they organized to meet the next evening.
He initially set the date for 8 p.m., and then pushed their assembly to 9 p.m.
She arrived at Casadonna, a waterfront Italian restaurant that he selected, at 8:40 p.m. that Monday evening, and by 9, determined to order a drink.
“At 9:07, he texts and says, ‘Hey, I am super close. I’m like a block away,’” she said.
Davis, 35, has been utilizing courting apps on and off since 2012. Courtesy of Paige Davis
After 10 minutes, he still hadn’t arrived, so she texted him, playfully writing, “I’m about to go on my second drink.”
“At this time, I had ordered a shrimp cocktail cause I was starving,” she explained.
Another 10 minutes went by and he still hadn’t responded to her textual content about the second drink.
“So I text him again and I’m like, ‘Hey, I’m gonna leave if you’re not close,’” she said.
“So I send that and I have this weird feeling this guy is not showing up. At that moment is when it clicked. So literally 60 seconds after I sent that text, I was like, ‘I’m gonna call him and see if he’s actually coming.’”
The call went straight to voicemail.
Things took a flip after Davis, combating back tears, left the restaurant — in the rain — and searched the person’s title on Google and made a stunning discovery.
“It’s one of the most cruel things you could do to somebody. Make them get excited, waste their time, spend the money. Go and sit there and be humiliated,” Davis said about being stood up. Courtesy of Paige Davis
“So the photo that he uses for his Bumble is cropped out, it’s just him in the photo. It’s the same photo on his LinkedIn, however it’s the entire photo where there’s someone else in it and it’s a woman,” she said.
“He’s in a tux, and she’s in a formal dress.”
In the viral clip, Davis calls for Bumble pay her the over $100 she spent on Ubers there and back and the drink and appetizer she ordered. But after giving it some thought, she realized it was an unrealistic request.
“I was obviously just angry and I just said that,” said Davis, who also went viral in 2024 for utilizing a solo skilled glam photograph of herself for her vacation playing cards in hopes of attracting a man.
Davis also went viral in 2024 for her solo vacation playing cards. Courtesy of Paige Davis
Davis said she will be able to’t keep up with all the feedback on her video, which embody one from actress Patricia Arquette, who said, “So rude and so tacky” and another from actress Katherine Narducci, demanding she “Put his pic and number public.”
Others have tried to perceive the psychology behind daters who stand people up.
“Someone was like, ‘I had a man who does this explain it to me. They literally need to feel a form of power and control and this is a way that they do it,’ and I like wanted to vomit,” Davis said.
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