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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Cashier wants zipcode?
Message-ID: <671@kitty.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 28-Dec-85 11:27:34 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 28 11:27:34 1985
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Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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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!

	Like you, I used to get aggrivated when asked for my name and address
for a $ 3.00 purchase at Radio Shack.  So rather than argue with the clerk, I
thought I would have some fun in return: I generally give a name of a famous
criminal, adding a Jr. or III as appropriate, along with a phony address.
	I can *assure* you that Radio Shack is doing their best to send
catalogs to Al Capone III in Buffalo, New York...

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