Ava Lane boutique apologizes after viral TikTok exposes email mistake to Gracie Lorincz TikTok: ggggmoneyyyyMichigan-based boutique Ava Lane went viral in a TikTok posted July 8. In the video, rejected job applicant Gracie Lorincz (@gggmoneyyyy) shared a misdirected email from the family-owned business\u2019 VP. The email stated Gracie \u201cisn\u2019t that cute,\u201d causing uproar from thousands of TikTok users worldwide. The power of TikTok took on a whole new meaning earlier this week (July 5) as a wrongly-CC\u2019ed email caused chaos for a small business. Newly graduated jobseeker Gracie Lorincz applied to Ava Lane having been enticed by their inclusive motto, \u201cbeauty through confidence.\u201d Upon receiving an email back from VP Chuck DeGrendel, Gracie decided to share the result with her TikTok followers. \u201cI applied for this job as a brand representative,\u201d Gracie stated. \u201cThis is an email I accidentally got sent from the VP.\u201d It appears the email in the TikTok was meant for someone else within the recruiting process. \u201cThis girl is fresh out of college,\u201d it said. \u201c(She\u2019s) not that cute\u2026 Are you sure you want me to interview her?\u201d The TikTok has since amassed 1.7 million views. What is Ava Lane? Ava Lane is a family-owned boutique, founded \u201cand creatively directed\u201d by Laura DeGrendel. The company prides themselves on their female-centric ethos, aiming to cater for \u201cwomen of all ages, shapes and sizes.\u201d DeGrendel family (Ava Lane) responds On June 9, Chuck tearfully took to Facebook to apologize for his actions. \u201cI can only imagine how awful that would feel,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI don\u2019t know why I said it, but I did.\u201d He concluded by stating, \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u2026 I said that.\u201d Laura herself weighed in on the situation later on in the video. \u201cWe can learn from this,\u201d she said. \u201cWe can also learn from the power of social media, and choose to use it for good.\u201d She alleged that since the video went viral, her children had been receiving \u201cthreats.\u201d Read More: Addison Rae under fire for \u2018taking jobs\u2019 – Despite receiving a response, TikTok users weren\u2019t happy with the apology. \u201cWould you have apologized if it didn\u2019t go viral on TikTok?\u201d one viewer questioned. \u201cDo better,\u201d added another. \u201cSpeak to people and speak about people kindly.\u201d The boutique have since made each of their social channels private. Hooked viewers are still waiting on Gracie to provide updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ava Lane boutique apologizes after viral TikTok exposes email mistake to Gracie Lorincz TikTok: ggggmoneyyyyMichigan-based boutique Ava Lane went viral in a TikTok posted July 8. In the video, rejected job applicant Gracie Lorincz (@gggmoneyyyy) shared a misdirected email from the family-owned business\u2019 VP. The email stated Gracie \u201cisn\u2019t that cute,\u201d causing uproar from thousands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}