I overheard this in a store the other day:


CASHIER (entering data in the computer system): ...And your contact number?

CUSTOMER: Oh...uh...(416) 6...3...no, 62!...62...9...uh...uh...I don't know ; I never call myself [embarassed laugh]!


And this is not the first time I've heard the "I-don't-know-I-don't-call-myself" thing.

Have you ever heard this? Or are you one of those people who doesn't know your own phone number? If so, how can this be?

maybe they just object to the invasion of privacy inherent in being asked to provide personal info for purposes of a transaction

I'm really really really bad with phone numbers, and I can barely remember my parent's house numbers that they've had since the 1980s.

shit i dont even know my cell number.

XxAxX said:

No. These are people who legitimately don't know their own telephone number.

And this was no invasion of privacy - they needed the number in the event that they would have to contact him regarding last-minute cancellation of an appointment with the tailor.
[Edited 5/9/06 8:22am]

sometimes i forget my cell phone number. that's because i rarely use it.

I've been unlucky enough to switch cellphone #'s three times in as many years, so yeah, I have trouble reciting my current one off the top of my head.

I used to mix it up by accident and someone will end up with a combination of my old and new ones. Now if someone asks for my number I just check it on my phone. I get some weird looks, but whatever.

CinisterCee said:

IAintTheOne said:

Anx said:

I'm sure I'd remember my number if Ace asked for it.

CinisterCee said:

well, that goes without saying.

Ace said:

okay. thansk for the clarification. i've been asked to provide my full name. address and phone number when i've shopped for anything from batteries at radio shack to groceries at the store.

when i refuse to provide this information many of the store clerks will "allow" me to go undocumented when i point out that it's either that, or i walk

Ace said:

What ?
They ask for that ?
That's just crazy
Big brother , huh ?

the first year or so of having a new number really messes me up
and i couldn't tell you my bank account number to save my soul

My dad doesn't know our phone number... which we've had for at LEAST 22 years (I suspect it might be more - like 30 years). He forgot it when he got a cell phone because it was stored in there and he would never have to manually dial it. His phone now has voice recognition so he just picks it up and says "uchi" (Japanese for "house") really slowly until it automatically dials.

I've only just got a new mobile and I can't remember what my number is. Oh well.

I went blank on my ATM code yesterday...

Doctor,please, some more of these
Outside the door, he took four more
What a drag it is getting old

...


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431
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that and people that don't know their postal/zip code.


i ask about 50 people a day for this and about half have difficulty. i don't understand.

It took me years to learn it. Why should one need to learn it especially? I can take out the phone from my pocket and check it out if needed. There are far too many numeric ID codes and passwords for people to remember these days, anyway. I'm surprised I've managed to memorize even as many as I have.

i barely remember mine, for the simple fact that nobody calls me except for my dad and a couple folks from the org.

Ace said:

I hear this all the time. It is such a weird excuse I'm sure if some hottie walked up asking for the number, the number would suddenly be tattooed on their eyeballs

nop I have never heard this but when I get nervous I forget, A LOT, and stutter, its bad. like I did at the bus stop once when I gave someone my email, I obviously gave him the wrong email .

I was sooooo mad at myself afterwards. nerves suck!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Nope. And I never remember theirs for more than a couple of seconds either.