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Pranks => Let's Stalk People! => Topic started by: rbcp on July 31, 2010, 08:18:15 PM
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from this article: Private Eyes Are Watching You: Twitter Oversharing and Its Bizarre Real-World Consequences (http://www.twitip.com/private-eyes-are-watching-you-twitter-oversharing-and-its-bizarre-real-world-consequences/)
Something peculiar happened yesterday.
I was sitting in a coffee shop near work as I often do between sessions when one of the baristas sheepishly approached me. I go in there all the time, so most of them know me by face, if not by name. She said, “Are you Jeff?” I answered in the affirmative and she goes, “There’s someone on the phone for you.”
My first thought was that it must be work calling to tell me that there’s been a schedule change. AT&T has spectacularly terrible coverage and this cafe could be a dead zone. One look at my phone confirmed that I was five-bars strong and I had no missed calls. She looked as quizzical as I felt. I took the cordless phone from her and the conversation went something like this:
Me: Hello?
Stranger: Is this Jeff?
The voice sounded hesitant and I definitely did not recognize it. I was slightly discombobulated that someone was calling me at this location, but curious and attentive.
Me: Yeah, who is this?
Stranger: This is your neighbor. Did you just check in on Foursquare?
Click here to read the rest of the article (http://www.twitip.com/private-eyes-are-watching-you-twitter-oversharing-and-its-bizarre-real-world-consequences/). The guy ends up using the name Roy to talk to this guy.
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Cool article but I was a little disappointed that there weren't actually any Private Eyes in the story.