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Except that not everybody knows that. I use the # for information at stores, when asked for a #, and the cashiers usually have no idea what 555-1212 means. In
by IncRnd 9y ago
Except that not everybody knows that. I use the # for information at stores, when asked for a #, and the cashiers usually have no idea what 555-1212 means. In my sample, the vast majority of people do NOT know.
- mulletbum 9y agoYou might be confusing "do not know" for "do not care."
- c22 9y agoYeah, my technique is to punch a random number into the machine, if it works then no problem, but if not the cashier will just scan the "store card" after the 2nd failure.
- IncRnd 9y agoThat's my technique too, but when the cashier asks to look up my number I give them 555-1212. That is what fed into my comment. Most people don't care what number is used, but many also don't know that 555-1212 is the secondary information number. This, of course, depends upon their age and geography. This comes up in the friendly conversations that result upon them looking up the phone number.
- discreditable 9y agoCashiers don't know, or don't care?
- IncRnd 9y agoOf course some know but don't care, but the majority I met don't know.
- michaelmrose 9y agoHow did you ascertain that they didn't know?
- IncRnd 9y agoBecause I was the one who provided the phone number and stood there talking with them.
- michaelmrose 9y agoHow do you differentiate not caring what number you gave them from not knowing? The fact that they showed no reaction is more of a sign of how few fucks are given rather than everyone else's ignorance.
- IncRnd 9y agoHow do you differentiate not caring what number you gave them from not knowing I said how in the comment to which you replied. Where did I say, "fact that they showed no reaction"? Why do you interpret something unstated as a fact?
- michaelmrose 9y agoBecause you failed to bother to give a more comprehensive answer when I asked how you knew I extrapolated. Did you personally conduct a survey?
- smudgymcscmudge 9y agoWasn’t 555-1212 the only 555 number that worked?
- mikestew 9y agoIt used to connect you to directory information (as in "I need to number for mikestew in Seattle...") for the specified area code (or local, if no area code specified). I don't know if it still works or not.
- jasonjayr 9y agoThere are other codes in there, caller & circuit id read-backs and other utilities the telco will use. They're usually private, but no serious harm if the public find out about them.
- isostatic 9y agoWhen I bought large items at crappy retailers like currys, the often refused to serve me without a postcode. I'd use SW1A 1AA, 2AA or 0AA Except when buying a TV -- that would be W1A 1AA
- IncRnd 9y agoExactly.
- isostatic 9y agoSadly the reverse lookup for 10 Downing Street is "Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury". I told the cashier "That's me, don't you recognise me without the makeup?"
- JorgeGT 9y agoYou should have said something like "note that the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, albeit less known to the general public, also lives in the building", which is technically true.