ZIP CODE, not COMPLAINBITCHWHINE

[marty]

I wasn't ringing people up today. I came in an hour before close to help prepare the store for our big sale going on for the next week. I was, however, quietly assisting our new guy, who is learning quicker than any of the other new people we've hired and who is pretty cool. Well, here comes another Little Precious with Stupid Hick Dad. They trade something in, and, as most know, when trading with us we must gather name, address, and DOB. Not sure if that's a policy in compliance with pawn shop laws, but we still have to do it regardless to put the transaction through. So, while it would be easier for Stupid Hick Dad to answer the questions his nine year old may not be sure about, he was content to keep his ugly maw shut until the very end of the questions. This occurred:

T: cool new coworker
SHD: Stupid Hick Dad
LP: Little Precious
Me: because I can't keep my mouth shut sometimes.

T: Okay, last question, your zip code?
LP: Uhhh...I don't know. Dad, what's the zip code?
SHD: FUCK! Can't we just pay for our damn stuff instead of answering all these damn questions?
T: I..I have to ask them whenever you trade--
SHD: I just want to pay for my stuff! Can't you just let me pay?
Me: (and yes, I said this as sickly-sweet as I could without vomitting) No sir, no we can't. Zip code?

SHD threw some cash at us and left his kid inside the store as he stomped out. T just made up a number. Now, not wanting to give your zip code is one thing, but bitching and moaning about having to recite five numbers? ZIP CODE, you festering piece of moron, not COMPLAINBITCHWHINEBOOHOO.

[BookstoreEscapee]

But COMPLAINBITCHWHINE is so much more satisfying!!!



Isn't it?

[blas]

Whenever I get asked my zipcode, I give them the one of my hometown. I don't make a huge fuss over it.

I don't like being asked for my phone #. If I'm at Vicky's or somewhere all girls gather, I'll give it away to the associate, but if any men are around, I use 867-5309. If the associate is under 25, they won't get it and just think it's real.

[RetailWorkhorse]

I use 867-5309.

Speaking as an under-25 Sales Associate I only have thing to say:



That is all.

[blas]

Not many people my age enjoy or even know much music from that era. Glad to know there's some people out there who do I'm not alone!

PS....80s night Wednesday....who's coming with me?

[Seraph]

I don't like being asked for my phone #. If I'm at Vicky's or somewhere all girls gather, I'll give it away to the associate, but if any men are around, I use 867-5309. If the associate is under 25, they won't get it and just think it's real.

So Jenny, now we've got your number!

[katie kaboom]

PS....80s night Wednesday....who's coming with me?

Oh i am there

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

I'm under 25, but I used to have an audiophile uncle that liked that type of music, so I get the reference

[RedRoseSpiral]

So Jenny, now we've got your number!

Hehe. This is kind of off topic but I can't resist. I just recently got a new cellphone number that happened to have belonged to a local girl named Jenny. None of her friends got it when I used lines from that song to tell them that the number was now mine.

It does suck when people bitch and moan about zip codes.

[smileyeagle1021]

Whenever I get asked my zipcode, I give them the one of my hometown. I don't make a huge fuss over it.

I don't like being asked for my phone #. If I'm at Vicky's or somewhere all girls gather, I'll give it away to the associate, but if any men are around, I use 867-5309. If the associate is under 25, they won't get it and just think it's real.

hey, not everyone under 25 is uncivilized brutes... some of us understand the reference (and am I the only person who has for years wanted to try that number but have been afraid that it's a real number and didn't want to bother whoever it was with that number?)

[Seraph]

Hehe I'm 22 myself.

Smiley, it is a real number. Its owned by a plumbing company IIRC.

[RetailWorkhorse]

hey, not everyone under 25 is uncivilized brutes... some of us understand the reference (and am I the only person who has for years wanted to try that number but have been afraid that it's a real number and didn't want to bother whoever it was with that number?)

Positively petrified. Let's google it instead!

Blarg, it wants an area code. I'm not digging them up all. -_-

[pope of the nextels]

SHD threw some cash at us and left his kid inside the store as he stomped out. .

so does this mean he was leaving behind little precious in trade?

[Seraph]

Positively petrified. Let's google it instead!

Blarg, it wants an area code. I'm not digging them up all. -_-

Welp, I've been out of the loop now, I guess. http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/8675309.asp

Turns out most area codes for that number are disabled....but I do know that the 1-800 version of it was being fought over just last year.

EDIT: Oooo I was right! Found a link - http://www.boston.com/business/artic...hting_over_it/

[marasbaras]

Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?