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If Jenny's number was 555-5309 I don't think it would have worked in a song.
by jolt42 11mo ago
If Jenny's number was 555-5309 I don't think it would have worked in a song.
- aidenn0 11mo agoKLondike 5-5309 kind of works though.
- drob518 11mo agoRumor was that everyone who had 867-5309 changed it shortly after it released. Except for Jenny. She had a fantastic dating life long before Tinder.
- davidgh 11mo agoRumor also has it that in virtually any major grocery store in the USA you can put in any (valid) area code and 867-5309 and it will work as a rewards member number to get you the discounts. I have done it when traveling and have had success.
- silisili 11mo agoYeah, whoever owns those numbers has to be rolling in rewards points. It's my loyalty number at Kroger, Publix, Speedway, etc. Heck it might be worth trying to purchase said number for the rewards, come to think of it.
- devilbunny 11mo agoI would assume that as many are using it for the discount, there are at least a substantial portion who use it for gas discounts at Kroger gas stations. You can get up to 30 cents per gallon off if enough has been spent lately.
- toast0 11mo agoI used one of those at CVS and the printout was rather long; even the cashier was impressed.
- user3939382 11mo agoI heard of a business trying to sell it but couldn’t for licensing so sold the business and the number was incidental.
- hn_acc1 11mo agoIf you shop at Safeway (Albertsons?) and need a member's discount, but don't have a membership/number, 510-867-5309 works. Staff members have specifically mentioned it.
- macintux 11mo agoThere was a fairly large local grocery chain who just required the last 4 digits of the phone number to get a discount. I’m not sure who thought that was a good idea, but they’ve since gone out of business (I’m reasonably certain there’s no direct correlation between those facts).
- madcaptenor 11mo agoGenerally 867-5309 in the local area code works for most rewards programs.
- estimator7292 11mo agoI worked retail in the US, can confirm in multiple area codes
- jrockway 11mo agoSomething burned into my brain is "call 836-7000 or visit transitchicago.com" which was an announcement that played seemingly every 30 seconds on CTA buses back when I lived there. I was in California once and tried 312-836-7000 as the loyalty card phone number at Safeway and it worked. So I guess I'm not the only one. (847- 773- etc. would probably also work. That's why I thought the message was so cool... they got the number in every Chicagoland area code!) I have shared this story on Reddit before and I got banned from r/AskReddit for "doxing". That phone number is super secret and must not be publicized! Whoops!
- neilv 11mo agoOne time I used 867-5309 at a chain store, the young male checkout clerk had an instant of a look of recognition, and promptly sang the number, really well.
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- saghm 11mo agoSeven is an important digit for the cadence because its the only one with two syllables. I guess you could double-up the last two fives and say "zero" instead of "0" to make it fit.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoFor the old RNB crowd it was 777-9311…