Customers' Coffee Talk Heard [ and you worried of the FBI listening .. djf]

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Copyright: 1994 by The Associated Press, R
Date: Sat, 28 May 94 15:50:08 PDT


        MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Employees at two Dunkin' Donuts stores
used hidden microphones to eavesdrop on customers' coffee talk,
fast-forwarding to the juicy parts that involved people they knew,
a former employee says.
....
        News reports last week revealed that Dunkin' Donuts and other
businesses routinely used hidden microphones for security and to
monitor customer service.
...
 A security contractor said he installed audio taping systems in
about 300 Dunkin' Donuts stores in the Northeast. Others say hidden
microphones are common in many businesses, including restaurants
and clothing stores.