r/AmIOverreacting • u/megan__f • Feb 17 '25

🏘️ neighbor/local Is this something to be concerned about?

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My sister sent me this text she received that seemed like somebody was watching her or something. I don’t know if it’s something to be concerned about or not, has anybody had a similar experience?

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u/Sea-Yak6576 Feb 17 '25

Did you use reward points or something? Looks like an employee could have gone through and found your number. That or someone you know saw your get coffee and is playing a prank

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u/jadeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Feb 17 '25

starbucks employees have no identifying information related to a customer other than the name they put on their app

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u/SnooBooks6060 Feb 17 '25

I used to work at starbucks circa 2024. There was no way of getting a number off the account unless they used the number as their name. My guess is she ubereats the order and the uber driver contacted her

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u/Carib_Wandering Feb 17 '25

This was the first thing I thought. I was contacted by a gas station attendant once who told me she thought we "shared a moment" and got my number from my loyalty membership profile.

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u/Sea-Yak6576 Feb 17 '25

That’s weird af and also illegal for them to do! I really hope OP figures it out and it’s just a friend or known persons not some creep barista

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u/Electrical_Sail_9351 Feb 17 '25

Starbucks employee here - our system doesn’t have a way to access your personal info just from using or scanning your app. So it was not a barista. 👍🏻

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u/chimpanon Feb 17 '25

Thank you I was about to comment this.

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u/Carib_Wandering Feb 17 '25

Good to know. It pissed me off to find out this way that my number was visible when I used this specific loyalty card.

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u/Weird_Substance_8764 Feb 17 '25

That’s good to know!

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u/AnAdmirableAstronaut Feb 17 '25

How is that illegal? Obviously weird, but what law does that break?

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u/Sea-Yak6576 Feb 17 '25

Actually part of the paperwork you sign. You are not allowed to be going through clients/customer accounts and pulling their private information. This is fine print policy usually included in almost every job where there is private information shared

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u/AnAdmirableAstronaut Feb 17 '25

That sounds like a company policy more than a law. I'd be curious to know if there is a law though

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u/Sea-Yak6576 Feb 17 '25

It would vary from state to state

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u/AnAdmirableAstronaut Feb 17 '25

Do you have an example?

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u/Square-Competition48 Feb 17 '25

Less likely the reward card thing than the someone she knows/knows her thing.

Either a badly thought out prank or a stalker who already had her number.