December 5, 2025 • 6 mins
Joe shares a crazy news story about what happened to a girl who was targeted by a 'smart ad' that got her in some major trouble with her dad!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, we're live on Tampa Bay's number one and
only hit music channel ninety three to three fl Z.
You got to hear this story. It's a crazy story.
Target outing a daughter she's pregnant, she's not telling her parents,
and then Target does something that leads to her parents going,
oh my god, she's pregnant. What is the full story?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
As so, Target's data analytics, they predicted this girl's pregnancy
before her father knew because of the things that she
was previously buying. So every time you go shopping, basically
you're sharing all the things that you're interested in when
you are purchasing these items, especially Target, because I don't
know if your your mom probably has a Target car.
But when you purchase something and you remember you have
an ID and all your information is in.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
There, sexis you're so sex.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Oh you do love Target. But a lot of a
lot of retailers do this. I mean Disney they probably yeah,
they sing you probably Star Wars stuff. But they noticed
a pattern in her purchases and they were like, oh,
just like Target does. They sing you coupons about things
that you probably want to buy in the future. So
they end up sending coupons to their, to this woman's
or to this girl's. She was a teenager and the
(01:07):
dad end up getting the mail and yeah, they out
at the kids.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
She ended up really being pregnant.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I feel like, no, mom's pregnant. No, he'd be like,
it's not yours. Eight hundred and four nine ninety three,
ninety three. What are your thoughts on these ads that
do that?
Speaker 4 (01:24):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I do too, only because I do love getting coupons.
And I know that if I started like purchasing a
couple of little things, you know, at you know, small prices,
then they'll send me like a fifteen or twenty percent
off and I can buy the big purchase, or I
can make a big purchase, you know what I'm saying.
But I could also see where kids who are using
their parents account can get a little scared because it's
just like, oh my god, my mom's gonna see that
(01:46):
I'm buying or for guys or your girls, because girls
by condoms as well.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I'm buying this off Amazon.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Okay. So and by the way, remember there are always
kids in the car, So that's it's like a it's
a balloon. It's a balloon for balloon animals. And uh,
you know, but they're they're boring because they're not like
a fun color majority of them. So, uh, you don't
(02:13):
want those, so just don't even don't ask. But eight
hundred four nine ninety three ninety three do you like
these ads? Do you get down with the ads? Do
you do you enjoy the smart ad type of thing?
To me, I like it. I like that it's helping
me out. I like that it's it's almost like a
personal stylist. It's like, hey, check this one out, like that.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Jack interested in this one.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
There is one, though, there is one thing that I
don't like. What There's one email I don't like getting
still the hey we noticed did you forget something?
Speaker 5 (02:45):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Something still in your cart?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
By now here's why I don't like it. I was
going to buy it and then I realized I don't
have the money for it. That is the you're broke.
I just want to remind you you can't afford this,
ha ha.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
And you look at that email the whole time, you're
just like and they continue to send it.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, yeah, hey, it's still waiting on.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
You, Julia. So you learned about this story from your
marketing class.
Speaker 5 (03:10):
Right, Yeah, this story is actually like really old and
for even the time she was really crazy. Yes, and
that's freaking nuts because like now we have our Instagram
algorithm and like it's always pitching something too, but for
this to happen in twenty twelve, like their algorithm just thought, oh,
you know, she must be like expecting her something and
sending coupons to her house and her dad getting pissed
(03:32):
because he was like or she was a young girl
is bonkers. Like that's the craziest thing that I ever heard.
So yes, I'm a big I'm a big fan.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Of big data.
Speaker 5 (03:41):
We always type in our phone number when we get
to target, and now it's even like worse if my
husband forgets to because we spend his money. If my
husband forgets to type in our phone number, it still
recognizes his card for our account and it will still
upload it. So we have to be like really careful
around Christmas time, Like I can't be checking, you know
what he's buying a target, because it will tell me.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
His path person Christmas for you. Don't do that, Julia,
thank you so much, and ay Jed, you are walking
in Now we're talking about a story where a U.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
A teenage teenager at Target.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, she's buying like pregnancy stuff. So then Target sent
her like, hey do you want this? Do you want that?
And then her dad got the mail and her dad's like,
holy and pregnant. What do you think about smart ads
saving data sending you things you may like? Well, I
don't like it if you can't consent to it. Does
that make sense?
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Like I buy you probably arkansiding when you sign.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Up for the awards, So I think if you sign
up with the rewards, like he kind of rep what
you say?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Looky, we all want to sign up for rewards.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Yeah, who doesn't want to say, hey, you get free
twenty I've never thought about this. So first off, before
we even begin, Chelsea is a teacher, and Chelsea, thank
you for doing what you're doing.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Oh, thank you. I appreciate my kids every day, the
middle schoolers, so they're crazy.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
We have the best teachers in Florida, We really do, Chelsea.
So you have an issue with YouTube ads because of
the classroom. Never even thought about it, but yeah, fill
me in.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
So before I learned about doing ads for YouTube, I
have a genetic condition where I have done some research
and everything, and sometimes you get those ads for medicine
or sometimes adult ads that come up on YouTube. And
I've actually had to create a second email account so
(05:35):
that way, when I'm making my searches, I have to
be strategic on which one I use, so my targeted
ads are kid friendly, so that way they don't see
my personal life in front of them.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Ah. That's like when I go incognito mode on something
that I don't want to see in my Google search,
and then I forget that I'm not on incognito mode
and I go dot cramp.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
It happens.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
There's been some interesting things that have happened. But thankfully
it was while I was screening the video before I
showed the kids, so it's worked out.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
And thank goodness. Because Jed and I had a Jed
and I went to high school together. We had a
teacher that went and put his laptop on like the
projector and Nazi, Nazi, Nazi naughty. Well he'd have us.
I'll call him doctor as well, and he wasn't even
a doctor. We'd find that way. He was a chiropractor.
(06:32):
To be fair, Chelsea, are chiropractice doctors there, Chelsea genuinely
a genuine thank you, so much for doing what you do.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Thank you. I really do love my job. It's one
of the best things.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Teachers are one of the best things. We'll talk to
you later, Chelsea
All right, we're live on Tampa Bay's number one and
only hit music channel ninety three to three fl Z.
You got to hear this story. It's a crazy story.
Target outing a daughter she's pregnant, she's not telling her parents,
and then Target does something that leads to her parents going,
oh my god, she's pregnant. What is the full story?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
As so, Target's data analytics, they predicted this girl's pregnancy
before her father knew because of the things that she
was previously buying. So every time you go shopping, basically
you're sharing all the things that you're interested in when
you are purchasing these items, especially Target, because I don't
know if your your mom probably has a Target car.
But when you purchase something and you remember you have
an ID and all your information is in.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
There, sexis you're so sex.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Oh you do love Target. But a lot of a
lot of retailers do this. I mean Disney they probably yeah,
they sing you probably Star Wars stuff. But they noticed
a pattern in her purchases and they were like, oh,
just like Target does. They sing you coupons about things
that you probably want to buy in the future. So
they end up sending coupons to their, to this woman's
or to this girl's. She was a teenager and the
(01:07):
dad end up getting the mail and yeah, they out
at the kids.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
She ended up really being pregnant.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I feel like, no, mom's pregnant. No, he'd be like,
it's not yours. Eight hundred and four nine ninety three,
ninety three. What are your thoughts on these ads that
do that?
Speaker 4 (01:24):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I do too, only because I do love getting coupons.
And I know that if I started like purchasing a
couple of little things, you know, at you know, small prices,
then they'll send me like a fifteen or twenty percent
off and I can buy the big purchase, or I
can make a big purchase, you know what I'm saying.
But I could also see where kids who are using
their parents account can get a little scared because it's
just like, oh my god, my mom's gonna see that
(01:46):
I'm buying or for guys or your girls, because girls
by condoms as well.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I'm buying this off Amazon.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Okay. So and by the way, remember there are always
kids in the car, So that's it's like a it's
a balloon. It's a balloon for balloon animals. And uh,
you know, but they're they're boring because they're not like
a fun color majority of them. So, uh, you don't
(02:13):
want those, so just don't even don't ask. But eight
hundred four nine ninety three ninety three do you like
these ads? Do you get down with the ads? Do
you do you enjoy the smart ad type of thing?
To me, I like it. I like that it's helping
me out. I like that it's it's almost like a
personal stylist. It's like, hey, check this one out, like that.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Jack interested in this one.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
There is one, though, there is one thing that I
don't like. What There's one email I don't like getting
still the hey we noticed did you forget something?
Speaker 5 (02:45):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Something still in your cart?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Hey?
Speaker 1 (02:48):
By now here's why I don't like it. I was
going to buy it and then I realized I don't
have the money for it. That is the you're broke.
I just want to remind you you can't afford this,
ha ha.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
And you look at that email the whole time, you're
just like and they continue to send it.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, yeah, hey, it's still waiting on.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
You, Julia. So you learned about this story from your
marketing class.
Speaker 5 (03:10):
Right, Yeah, this story is actually like really old and
for even the time she was really crazy. Yes, and
that's freaking nuts because like now we have our Instagram
algorithm and like it's always pitching something too, but for
this to happen in twenty twelve, like their algorithm just thought, oh,
you know, she must be like expecting her something and
sending coupons to her house and her dad getting pissed
(03:32):
because he was like or she was a young girl
is bonkers. Like that's the craziest thing that I ever heard.
So yes, I'm a big I'm a big fan.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Of big data.
Speaker 5 (03:41):
We always type in our phone number when we get
to target, and now it's even like worse if my
husband forgets to because we spend his money. If my
husband forgets to type in our phone number, it still
recognizes his card for our account and it will still
upload it. So we have to be like really careful
around Christmas time, Like I can't be checking, you know
what he's buying a target, because it will tell me.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
His path person Christmas for you. Don't do that, Julia,
thank you so much, and ay Jed, you are walking
in Now we're talking about a story where a U.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
A teenage teenager at Target.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Yeah, she's buying like pregnancy stuff. So then Target sent
her like, hey do you want this? Do you want that?
And then her dad got the mail and her dad's like,
holy and pregnant. What do you think about smart ads
saving data sending you things you may like? Well, I
don't like it if you can't consent to it. Does
that make sense?
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Like I buy you probably arkansiding when you sign.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Up for the awards, So I think if you sign
up with the rewards, like he kind of rep what
you say?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Looky, we all want to sign up for rewards.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Yeah, who doesn't want to say, hey, you get free
twenty I've never thought about this. So first off, before
we even begin, Chelsea is a teacher, and Chelsea, thank
you for doing what you're doing.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Oh, thank you. I appreciate my kids every day, the
middle schoolers, so they're crazy.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
We have the best teachers in Florida, We really do, Chelsea.
So you have an issue with YouTube ads because of
the classroom. Never even thought about it, but yeah, fill
me in.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
So before I learned about doing ads for YouTube, I
have a genetic condition where I have done some research
and everything, and sometimes you get those ads for medicine
or sometimes adult ads that come up on YouTube. And
I've actually had to create a second email account so
(05:35):
that way, when I'm making my searches, I have to
be strategic on which one I use, so my targeted
ads are kid friendly, so that way they don't see
my personal life in front of them.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Ah. That's like when I go incognito mode on something
that I don't want to see in my Google search,
and then I forget that I'm not on incognito mode
and I go dot cramp.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
It happens.
Speaker 4 (06:00):
There's been some interesting things that have happened. But thankfully
it was while I was screening the video before I
showed the kids, so it's worked out.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
And thank goodness. Because Jed and I had a Jed
and I went to high school together. We had a
teacher that went and put his laptop on like the
projector and Nazi, Nazi, Nazi naughty. Well he'd have us.
I'll call him doctor as well, and he wasn't even
a doctor. We'd find that way. He was a chiropractor.
(06:32):
To be fair, Chelsea, are chiropractice doctors there, Chelsea genuinely
a genuine thank you, so much for doing what you do.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Thank you. I really do love my job. It's one
of the best things.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Teachers are one of the best things. We'll talk to
you later, Chelsea
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