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From: gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Cashier wants zipcode?
Message-ID: <1298@ihuxn.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Dec-85 10:20:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 26 10:20:43 1985
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I've never been asked for my zip, but am often asked for my
complete address.  And my name.  Even when I'm paying cash.
(In the Chicago area the 2 top harrassers are Marshall Field's,
a large, posh dept. store, and of course, the ubiquitous Radio
Shack.)  Anyway, I find these intrusions into my privacy very
rude, and say so to the cashiers.  I try to be polite in my
refusal--the cashiers, after all, are just doing what they were
told to do--but they often become quite indignant.  Bleeaaaahhh.
Sometimes I have to insist, "Sorry, I value my privacy" two or
three times.

Does this happen to you too?  Perhaps these nosey stores would
abandon their interrogations if more people refused to give
them the information.  If you pay cash, don't tell 'em a thing.
You have the right to remain silent!
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