Last night I was a few minutes early for the dinner with my old biker buddies - so I stopped by Beechmont Motorsports to see if I could find a Power Port so I can plug my cell phone/GPS on my bike. They didn't have one that would work on my bike - but I did see a Cramp Buster that I could use to make the throttle a bit easier to hold on long trips.....it was $ 12.99 and they would add some taxes.  I took the package to the parts counter, the guy behind the counter punched some buttons on his computer screen, and told me it was $ 13.83.  I laid $ 14 on the counter, and he ask me if I was in the "system", and I told him I wasn't.  He asked my name....I told him it was Cash.  He told me he needed to enter my name/address into the system to complete the sale.  I really didn't want to be in their "database" and start getting mail and emails because I bought a $ 14 accessory from them - so I took my $ 14 back, put the part back on the rack....and I left.

I don't need to give out my name/address to most retail businesses - and I find it objectionable that a bike shop can't sell me a $ 14 accessory without knowing my name/address.  As far as I know....background checks are not yet required to buy motorcycle accessories!

My buddy and his wife went to free seminar,... and she signed them in as , Mebbe and Weezie Johnson...

Perfect...

Good for you!  If enough people turn around and walk out then maybe they'll get smart and quit asking.  I do the same thing, usually they say OK and finish the sale.  They probably see my face starting to turn red as my blood heats up to a boil.

I guess I'm a cranky old fart also. I do not like it when they do that. I do not like green eggs and ham.

A friend of mine would always give her name as Eunice Quattlebaum as restaurants. She just liked to hear that name over the loud speaker when they announced her table was ready. I think she found it in the phone book. You don't have to give factual info for trivial things!  

Kris01 wrote on 05/06/16 at 20:20:24:


For restaraunts I use the name Donner.

Then when they call the "Donner Party" I watch to see who looks up.  

Interesting fact re the Donner party
According to some accounts there were some Native Americans nearby, but they offered no help, as they thought the folks eating each other were insane
Apparently they were surrounded by wild edibles, but were too civilized to know it

Name? "Nunya Bidness
Address?
123 pickle street
Armpit, Tx 12345
email
Nunyafawkin buiseness@yahoo.com


that email comes back invalid
musta forgot to pay my bill

SSN ? ZIP Codes ? Tel. numbers ?

No problem !

Your new SSN is 721-07-1426 and your name is Clinton Lester Booker.

Smile, you're on Wikipedia !  

My old tel. no. from fall Church, Va., waaay back 1968-1973 was 703-532-8423.
Heaven knows if it still exists !

ZIP Code was 22044

Feel happy to use them !  

But, if you're having second thoughts... http://mec.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/mec