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I went to RadioShack in Boston around the late 90's to buy some batteries, and the clerk asked for my name and address. I was not in a mood to play their person
by jeffwass 12y ago
I went to RadioShack in Boston around the late 90's to buy some batteries, and the clerk asked for my name and address. I was not in a mood to play their personal information game, so I just said "John Doe" thinking he'd just drop it. He then responded "of 123 Maple Street?" "Yup".
Any time I've bought something at RadioShack since, I've made sure to use John Doe at 123 Maple Street in the city the Store was located in. Maybe half the time someone had already beat me to it.
- djcrayon 12y agoWhen I worked their seasonally a few years ago we thankfully had a sane manager that knew people didn't want to give away their personal information (especially for small purchases) so we had a 'Shack, Radio' name with the address of the store (As the POS required an address to be inputted). Unfortunately, we still needed to ask for the larger purchases as they would go ballistic if all purchases were tied to that address.
- a3n 12y agoAnd did you ever refuse to sell to someone who refused their data? I used to roll over, decades ago, but at least in the last decade I just calmly and firmly say "no" while looking them right in the eye. They just say OK and take my money, I don't know what they do behind the register.
- mathattack 12y agoFor the uninitiated, is there cultural significance to 123 Maple Street?
- HeyLaughingBoy 12y agoIt's around the corner from 321 Elm.
- stinkytaco 12y ago123 because, well, it's in order. And Maple street because there's one in almost every town in America. One could also use 1st St, Main St, Oak St, etc. Maple has a nice ring.
- Yhippa 12y agohttp://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/123_Fake_Street http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/123_Fake_Street
- Torgo 12y agoNo, it's just an extremely generic name and the employee looked up John Doe on the computer and it was already in there because of someone else who didn't want to give up their name. I'm going to start registering that everywhere now, just to see how long it lasts.
- mathattack 12y agoThanks! I caught the 1060 Addison reference from the Blues Brothers. Was thinking I was behind the times on something similar here.