I'll occasionally say that I'm a mystery shopper( or as someone on this forum called it), a retail compliance auditor. LOL. Anyway, I never mention who I shop for( company).
Flash forward to 2 days ago. One of my FB friends( someone I know thru an animal group in my town) posted about being shopped at work and the shopper said she didn't smile. In her post she said " She said I didn't smile". It went right over my head that she said " She". I left a comment like " It wasn't me, I don't shop Von's", This entire time, I thought she worked at Von's. I could have sworn she said she did. Long Story short, it was me who shopped her. She has been my FB friend for over a year. We talk on FB. She has 2 of the same breed of dog and I have 2 of the same breed of a dog. I've gone thru her line so many times,( mostly NOT as a shopper). She said she never put two and two together when she saw me at the store that I was her FB friend. I wear a necklace with my unusual first name, so I kinda find that hard to believe. I also think she said she worked at Von's in her profile, to throw me off. Although maybe I'm overthinking it.
When I went to her page and looked at her pics, it then hit me who she is. She told me that they( the store) knows I'm the shopper. I had a feeling, because they are always super nice, bend over backwards kinda nice. I think she figured it out long ago and told them at work, but never told me.
Needless to say, I emailed support and won't be shopping that location. I'm kinda bummed, because its a self-checkout location : (
It really is a small world. My town is not that small either.