When newcomer Thomas was given the opportunity to ask out the woman of his choice on a date, he chose to pursue Serena.
Serena, who had already developed feelings for Joe, sat down with the former grocery store owner to ask if she could go out with Thomas.
After Joe said she could, fans rushed to Twitter to express their sympathy for him.
One fan wrote: “Awww poor Grocery Store Joe . It’s no fair.”
Another added: “Way to kick poor Joe when he was finally starting to get back up.”
A following fan commented: “was feeling sorry for all the hate thomas was getting but you can’t come in and take grocery store joe’s girl and expect us all to be okay with it.”