[seccess]

Next time you wind up in a situation like this, just lie about your number.

[akudha]

You’re missing the point, I think. Lying won’t help, as very few people would do it. Most people would just give their number - mostly because they don’t realize it is shit practice to collect numbers, some because they don’t want confrontation.

By politely pointing out the absurdity, we can maybe raise a tiny bit of awareness. I am sure at least a handful of people behind me in the line noticed.

[prepend]

My number is always 212-867-5309. And it works great for returns.

Comically, it seems many others use this as I frequently find loyalty points already there.

I’d like to find the club of likeminded folks.

Sadly more places are requiring validation.

[chana_masala]

Is the number arbitrary or a reason you chose it?

[wedowhatwedo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny

[prepend]

Below links to the song. It is arbitrary I suppose as it could be any number that the songwriter worked into the lyrics.

It’s also funny when telemarketers from other countries aren’t familiar and accept it as a real number.