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Always give (your area code) 867 5309 It is registered in almost all systems already and you'll get the discounts. They get nothing (except the knowledge that
by dmitrygr 6y ago
Always give (your area code) 867 5309
It is registered in almost all systems already and you'll get the discounts. They get nothing (except the knowledge that apparently Jenny buys everything). Plus, nowadays most people working at checkout don't even know the significance of that number and don't bat an eye when you give it
- lozaning 6y agoThis number is also almost always good for like a dollar off per gallon of gas at stations that are tied into the grocery loyalty program. Lots of SafeWay's have their own stations for example.
- vetinari 6y agoThey might notice the pattern it makes while they are typing it. But then, some won't notice if you say your number is 314 1592...
- gruez 6y ago> They might notice the pattern it makes while they are typing it. that's only a problem if the minimum wage worker behind the counter cares, which I doubt.
- blaser-waffle 6y agoBingo. They're not being paid any more or any less per hour if you get a discount. Why not do something nice for people? Plus those cards often have points or other rewards, e.g. spend 2400 points and get these cucumbers for $1 off, so it's a win for them too.
- thephyber 6y agoCorporate data miners care if you reuse someone else's registered phone number. The cashier doesn't. Their incentive is to keep the checkout line moving. Sometimes they will even offer you a card at the register to get you a discount (not sure why). The manager's incentive is to keep customers content and returning. BTW, what is the significance of that specific phone number?
- vetinari 6y ago> Sometimes they will even offer you a card at the register to get you a discount (not sure why). Because they are told to do so, to get as many customers as possible use the card. My wife automatically answers "no, we haven't got any and are not interested, thanks". > BTW, what is the significance of that specific phone number? It's Pi :)
- gaadd33 6y agoHow does having all the customers use the cashier's discount card help the company at all? I've heard the opposite in many stores, where they prohibit the cashier from doing that since it's giving away money (and loyalty points to the cashier) without collecting any data.
- vetinari 6y agoI misunderstood... I meant a newly issued loyalty card, not cashier card. Cashier card is something I don't understand either. Maybe some database somewhere with NOT NULL, so that problem was solved by issuing cashier cards?
- rubidium 6y agoI’m unaware of this. Background?
- adrianmonk 6y agoIt's from the chorus of a song ("867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo On a side note, the phone system has a reserved number range (555-XXXX) for fictitious numbers for TV/movies/etc. to use. This song didn't use that but instead used a real number. When the song came out in 1981, people who had this number got so many phone calls they had to change their number. I'm not sure, but phone companies may have retired the number because it has become impractical to use. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny
- thephyber 6y agoSimilar to a social security number[1] that was publicly distributed with wallets at a large retailer in the late 1930s which became the most commonly reused / misused social security number. It also caused the owner lots of grief. [1] https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/misused.html https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/misused.html
- phyzome 6y agoJenny's Number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny