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A TIKTOKER has ruffled feathers by accusing a Walmart customer of being a so-called secret shopper who goes undercover to catch shoplifters.
The awkward interaction left the TikToker’s blood boiling and her husband embarrassed, but Walmart’s policy reveals the truth about who was in the right.
Quari and Jasmine (@cohenfamily2013) shared the video, which amassed over 100,000 likes from TikTok users who debated whether the mom was in the right or way off base.
During a Walmart shopping trip, Jasmine filmed a woman while standing just feet away, and brazenly accused her of being a secret shopper.
She fired off allegations while the customer refused to acknowledge what was going on, and didn’t even glance at the camera.
To Jasmine, this was a surefire sign that she had every right to keep filming, as she said, “She ignoring me cause she knows she’s a secret shopper.”
At the end of the video, Jasmine admitted that her husband was upset over the outburst, so she asked her followers, “Was I right or was I wrong?”
Quari ushered his angered wife to the checkout and said they just needed to pay for their items and get out of there.
“My husband had to the nerve to get mad at me,” she wrote in the caption.
“She had my blood boiling.”
The video set TikTok on fire as many users slammed Jasmine for her behavior, and for making her husband uncomfortable.
“He’s embarrassed and rightfully so,” said one user.
Commenters said they were “team husband” because he reprimanded his wife and calmly paid for their groceries.
“I’m team hubby all the way. Just finish your shopping and get out. I feel the second-hand embarrassment for him,” said a different user.
Other TikTok users were glad Jasmine confronted the shopper and said her silence proved that she was working undercover.
“I feel like her not saying anything and ignoring you just gave it away,” one user said.
Another wrote, “You literally weren’t wrong.”
“I think it’s OK you said something,” a Jasmine supporter wrote.
SOME retailers have hired so-called secret shoppers to go undercover and review the customer experience for market research.
However, Walmart has taken a strict stance against the programs.
Walmart’s corporate website explains, “Mystery shopping, sometimes referred to as secret shopping, is where an individual’ acts’ like a customer and evaluates services at a business.
“Walmart does not utilize these services or hire associates to perform services on behalf of other retailers or companies.
However, scammers take advantage of these types of programs by sending fraudulent solicitations via mail, text, or email to entice consumers to evaluate the retail experience.
Often times these offers of employment are accompanied by a fake check made out for a large amount of money or otherwise offer immediate employment with a good salary and minimal effort required.”
The U.S. Sun has contacted Walmart for comment, but according to the supermarket’s website, the brand doesn’t use secret shopping programs.
“Walmart does not utilize these services or hire associates to perform services on behalf of other retailers or companies,” the site reads.
Secret shoppers can also be hired by brands to review the customer experience and give feedback on what they can improve.
Sometimes, scammers will use this as a way to trick customers into giving up their information, Walmart warned.
“Scammers take advantage of these types of programs by sending fraudulent solicitations via mail, text, or email to entice consumers to evaluate the retail experience,” the website reads.
“Often times these offers of employment are accompanied by a fake check made out for a large amount of money or otherwise offer immediate employment with a good salary and minimal effort required.”
One woman lost $4,000 signing up for a fake secret shopping program.
THE HUNTER’S Moon is here and it’s a supermoon too.
This is the brightest supermoon of the year, according to Nasa.
The lunar disk will appear up to 14 per cent brighter and 30 per cent bigger than when the Moon is at its dimmest.
It follows the Harvest Moon in September, which was accompanied by a partial lunar eclipse.
The Hunter’s Moon, also known as the Sanguine or Blood Moon, gets its name from the time of year it takes place.
Mid-October is when tribes used to come together to gather meat for the long winter ahead, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.
Though it is also characterised by occasionally appearing red or orange in colour.
The earliest written use of the term Hunter’s Moon is from a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, dating back to 1710.
However, the Moon symbolises many different things for other cultures.
For example, for Buddhists, this Moon marks the end of Vassa, a three-month period of fasting for monks that is tied to the monsoons.
While in Myanmar, the October supermoon commences with the three-day Thadingyut Festival of Lights.
The Moon appearing bigger and brighter at this time is not an illusion.
The lunar disk will actually be closer to Earth than it is normally.
The Moon travels around Earth in an elliptical orbit – an orbit that is oval shaped.
This means that there are points where the Moon appears closer to Earth, and further away.
“Each month, the moon passes through the point closest to Earth (perigee) and the point farthest from Earth (apogee),” Nasa explains.
“When the moon is at or near its closest point to Earth at the same time as it is full, it is called a “supermoon.””
The Hunter’s Moon started today (October 17) at 12:26pm (7:26am EDT) exactly, according to the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
This is when it peaked as the Moon passes below the horizon – but it’ll be big and bright into the evening.
Around this time, the Moon will look especially full for roughly three days – from Tuesday evening to Friday morning.
From Friday morning, the Moon will start to dim again, returning to its usual size.
However, while it will retract into a waning gibbous, its moonshine does risk obscuring the view of the Orionids meteor shower.
The annual meteor shower will peak in visibility between 21 and 22 October.
The Orionids are the rocky debris from Comet Halley, and will cast up to 25 shooting stars per hour in the night sky.
SOCIAL media giant Instagram has announced new guardrails in an effort to halt abuse against young users on the platform.
The move by Meta, the parent company of Instagram, comes as the company faces US state lawsuits and mounting backlash from families and parents of teens and children using the platform.
As part of a slew of new features being implemented on Instagram, the platform will prevent people from screenshotting or screen recording images or videos sent via private message.
As an extra layer of protection, if the sender enables replays of the image or video, Instagram will block people from opening the content on the web.
However, the new feature will not stop perps from capturing the image or video by recording it with another device.
The new screenshot and screen recording features will also be enforced on Facebook’s Messenger.
Meta said it’s rolling out several new features to protect teens and children against sextortion, a type of blackmail that uses sexual images or conversations to pressure victims into paying money.
Beginning Thursday, Instagram will relay specific indicators, like how new an account is and any suspicious activity, to users on the app.
The platform will also prevent scam accounts from sending follow-up requests to teens by blocking their requests or moving them to the teen’s spam folder.
The company said a new nudity-protection feature will be enabled for all Instagram users under 18.
If a nude image is sent to a young user, Instagram will blur the photo and send a warning message about the content before the person can open the picture or video.
The latest efforts come after Meta debuted its new Teen Accounts in September to protect young users further and allow more account visibility to parents.
Teen Accounts will be private by default, and private messages will be restricted, so teens can only receive them from people they follow or are already connected to.
Meta will also clamp down on teenagers who lie about their age when creating a profile and are asked to verify their date of birth.
The social media giant said it is building new technology that proactively finds teen accounts pretending to be adults and automatically places them under the restricted teen version.
Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has announced new changes to its video and photo sharing platform to shield young users.
Five changes Instagram is making to protect teenagers:
Meta’s enhanced teen protection efforts come as a federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday that the social media company must face several lawsuits filed in various US states.
The suit, which involved more than 30 states, accuses Meta of fueling the mental health crisis among children and young teens.
The plaintiffs accuse Meta of making Facebook and Instagram addictive, which leads to anxiety, depression, and body image issues among adolescents.
An Oakland judge rejected Meta’s efforts to try and toss the lawsuit, which was filed in 2023.
“Meta needs to be held accountable for the very real harm it has inflicted on children here in California and across the country,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said.
The states, which include Florida and New York, accuse Meta of conducting illegal business practices as plaintiffs seek an undisclosed amount in damages.
Meta said it disagreed with the judge’s ruling, citing the new developments made on Facebook and Instagram that seek to protect young users.
“We developed numerous tools to support parents and teens, and we recently announced that we’re significantly changing the Instagram experience for tens of millions of teens with new Teen Accounts, a protected experience for teens that automatically limits who can contact them and the content they see,” a Meta spokesperson told Bloomberg.
“We believe the evidence will demonstrate our commitment to supporting young people.”