Jeez, can't they order you a replacement card instead of making you use an alternative ID? If not, maybe you could sign up for a brand new account, just so you'll have a physical card to swipe again. Or ask if you can change your alternative ID to a phony phone number that's easy for you to remember, like an out of date work number, or the phone number you had growing up, if you still know it. I still know mine.
Agree with UBB that most stores have a store card or a phony phone number as a dummy account for people who don't want to give the store any info on an application for the card, or are creeped out by the store tracking what they buy. You might have to ask for it. I doubt the cashier will volunteer to use it.
The odds of your privacy being compromised by saying your unlisted number out loud are tiny, if it's any comfort. The bigger issue is pushy people not taking a simple no for an answer, and having to stand your ground about not doing something that makes you uncomfortable. That is something I struggle with, too, so you're definitely not alone.
Whenever they give me a physical card (and it has been replaced twice before) they give me one big card and two of those obnoxious little keychain cards. Mr Moth gets the big card because he loses the little ones (hence the need to replace the card twice before).
I don't want another number to remember, and my parents are still using the number they've had since before I was born. I really just want to use the number I have and for them to back off when I say no.
Now I have all my store cards stored on my phone in an app. I"m pretty sure I won't be handing my $X00 dollar smartphone over for strangers to use in the store, so that should brace up my NO-ing ability quite a bit, ha.
Agree with UBB that most stores have a store card or a phony phone number as a dummy account for people who don't want to give the store any info on an application for the card, or are creeped out by the store tracking what they buy. You might have to ask for it. I doubt the cashier will volunteer to use it.
The odds of your privacy being compromised by saying your unlisted number out loud are tiny, if it's any comfort. The bigger issue is pushy people not taking a simple no for an answer, and having to stand your ground about not doing something that makes you uncomfortable. That is something I struggle with, too, so you're definitely not alone.
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I don't want another number to remember, and my parents are still using the number they've had since before I was born. I really just want to use the number I have and for them to back off when I say no.
Now I have all my store cards stored on my phone in an app. I"m pretty sure I won't be handing my $X00 dollar smartphone over for strangers to use in the store, so that should brace up my NO-ing ability quite a bit, ha.
Also, I'm practicing.
"NO."
"NO."
"OH HELL NO."
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