A few years ago, a checker at a grocery store asked if I had a loyalty card account. I said no. She asked if I’d like to open one. I said “no, I don’t want my personal information in another database.” She said “then whenever anybody asks for your phone number for a loyalty program, just enter your area code followed by 867-5309. So far, it’s worked every place I’ve tried it.”
So now I get the discount without having to be in the database. It’s a number people of my generation will never forget.
—2p