Just bought a 2m section of flexible tube for a gas stove, and the sales clerk asked first for my phone number, to which I replied “I don’t have one”. Then she asked me for my name, to which I replied “I’ll pay in cash”. She then insisted it was so “the cashier will call you by name”, to which I replied “I’m not giving you my name, I’ll pay in cash”. [Edit: she apparently got a bit upset when I refused to give info, but ended up entering “no name” according to the receipt]

Am I wrong for not wanting to give personal data for an item paid in cash, in person? No other hardware store ever asks me for my personal info.

  • psx_crab@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    11 days ago

    Why the heck did they ever need to call your name? For stuff like starbuck, sure, but then it’s entirely unnecessary since number can works too. These practices are unnecessary as heck and work as a way to gather data. Unless required by law(pharmacy, for tax reason, etc), If any shop asked for name/phone i would’ve just say no, if that’s unacceptable i would walk.

    • Die Mart Die@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      I’d dare say not even Starbucks needs to know your name. You should get an order number/code like everywhere else.

      • thatOneGuy@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        With Starbucks, they just need a name - not necessarily yours.

        My of my uni friends used to pick ever more ridiculous names just to hear them call it out when his drink was ready.

      • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        I tell people the name is “batman” and then when they yell it out I look flustered and say “oh please call me Bruce”.

        Idk if they find it funny but I get Starbucks like twice a year maybe.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        not even Starbucks needs to know your name. You should get an order number/code like everywhere else.

        I’m standing right here, I’m the only customer in the place right now - you don’t need my name.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        10 days ago

        They call out your name when your drink is ready.

        There’s a whole cottage industry of influencers now who still think it hasn’t been overdone yet to try to get them to shout something ridiculous, unpronounceable, or impossible to spell when they write it on the cup.

        • zerofk@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          10 days ago

          The one and only time I went to Starbucks, I was the only one in line. I waited right there as they made the drink. There was absolutely no need for my name. I get that it’s just what they do, but it felt weird.

        • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          10 days ago

          try to get them to shout something ridiculous, unpronounceable

          I’ve always been partial to Heywood Jablomi

        • xtr0n@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          01·
          10 days ago

          This reminds me of a strange encounter I had at a Starbucks in a train station in Paris: I order, pay, give my name (for the cup) and start to wander off to wait. A random super concerned dude starts explaining to me that I need to stay in the “waiting for drinks line” till my drink is ready. I was like “um, that’s why they write your name on the cup and call you?” But no, he was insistent that the propor protocol was to wait in the line, the other folks in line seemed to agree. Super weird. I succumbed to the peer pressure but AFAICT the 2nd line was 100% stupid (maybe they have too many people w/ the same 1st name there?) and it’s kinda wild being from Seattle and having a random French dude mansplain Starbucks to me.