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I like to use '90210'

• astura 9y ago
  When I was a teenager in the 90s I worked at a chain store that had the policy of asking customers for their zip code at checkout to collect data on who was shopping. People sometimes would get really mad (and I mean really mad) that I was asking them, and since it was before the internet went mainstream people had not been conditioned to give out personal information yet/were unfamiliar with big data/weren't getting anything in return for their zip code. So in order to confuse the system (and avoid upsetting anyone - I am conflict avoidant) I would solely use 90210 as the zip code of all our shoppers, despite being on the other side of the country from Beverly Hills. I conspired to get my coworkers to do the same. A quarter of a century later I still feel minor gratification that I stuck it to the man.
  • SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
    I'm partial to giving my address as 1060 West Addison St., Chicago, IL 60613.
    • alexg0 9y ago
      That Wrigley Field, for those not from Chicago.
      • astura 9y ago
        Wrigley Field is the home of the Chicago Cubs, a Major League Baseball team, for those unfamiliar with American sports.
  • marssaxman 9y ago
    When a store offers the option of entering a phone number instead of using a physical "loyalty card", I've found that XXX-867-5309 nearly always works, where XXX is your local area code (for me, it's 206).
• johnbrodie 9y ago
  My wife and I went on vacation and didn't have the proper "club card" for the store. 867-5309 worked as a phone number, and was issued to a "Jenny".