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“Do you need my phone number to checkout” or “I forgot my phone” always works tbh. Just have to be a little disagreeable.
by dogman144 5y ago
“Do you need my phone number to checkout” or “I forgot my phone” always works tbh. Just have to be a little disagreeable.
- rav3ndust 5y agoWhat about a simple "I don't have a mobile?" A lot of folks forget there are still people who don't have one - and many who don't want one. If the store won't transact with someone simply because they don't feel like handing out that bit of information (or simply because they don't have the information to provide), they're not really a store worth transacting with.
- mcculley 5y agoDon’t feel like you need to lie. Just say, “no”.
- rav3ndust 5y agoI didn't suggest to lie, I said, what if the customer actually doesn't have a mobile? Have we reached the point now where if someone claims not to have one, they're lying? I should clarify i wasn't referring to myself - I have a mobile (deGoogled, at least). But there do exist people who don't want or need a mobile device.
- mgkimsal 5y agosure, but you may still have a landline. but... the whole "we need this for returns" line is just weird.
- mcculley 5y agoYou replied to “I forgot my phone” and I thought you were helping that argument.
- dogman144 5y agoNo, wasn’t a lying argument. If you go out without your phone, fair answer to give.
- clairity 5y agoexactly, just say no, firmly. most folks (retail or otherwise) would rather avoid confrontation so will opt for the workaround (that retailers institute as a backup since they typically would rather not lose business entirely). but also, have no qualms about providing false information. you have no legal obligation in most cases to provide accurate info, and companies often employ deception in trying to elicit oversharing private info anyway.
- nicbou 5y agoOr in my case "I just have my German phone number" (when I'm in Canada).