At the beginning of the sale, Bustice asks for your home phone number so they can send you coupons. I don't care whether you give me your number or not, or whether the number you give me is even real. But for the love of Justin Bieber, people, at least give me all the numbers!
I'm sure that there are still places where it's common to only use the last 7 digits of the number and exclude the area code. I don't know anywhere around here that still does it, though. I know the store is in an area that uses the same area code as your phone number. However, many of my customers come from other areas (heck, even I'm only 15 minutes away and have a different area code) and other states. I cannot read your mind that your area code is ###. So when I ask for the missing numbers, please do not sigh and say, "Oh, it's area code ###."
But if you are from out-of-state and you start off your transaction with "Area code xxx" I will love you forever, because even though I usually just assume that the first three numbers are the area code, you are making sure that we're both on the same page. Kudos to you, out-of-state-customers.
I'm sure that there are still places where it's common to only use the last 7 digits of the number and exclude the area code. I don't know anywhere around here that still does it, though. I know the store is in an area that uses the same area code as your phone number. However, many of my customers come from other areas (heck, even I'm only 15 minutes away and have a different area code) and other states. I cannot read your mind that your area code is ###. So when I ask for the missing numbers, please do not sigh and say, "Oh, it's area code ###."
But if you are from out-of-state and you start off your transaction with "Area code xxx" I will love you forever, because even though I usually just assume that the first three numbers are the area code, you are making sure that we're both on the same page. Kudos to you, out-of-state-customers.
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