| ▲ | magnusss 5 days ago |
| Yes, Radio Shack was often the only place you could find the odd resistor, vacuum tube (for an audiophile-grade amp, what else?), or coax signal splitter. But they always asked for your phone number on checkout -- why? It's not like they ever called you or anything (thankfully). |
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| ▲ | tomwheeler 5 days ago | parent [-] |
| Obviously so they could track your purchases. Thankfully, I learned a valuable lesson as a kid when my parents told them "None of your business." Too bad this question has become so commonplace that few people seem to challenge it anymore. |
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| ▲ | bsimpson 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | In NYC, even if you walk in to a restaurant with open tables, they'll often insist on taking your number before you can be seated. It goes through a platform called Resy. | | |
| ▲ | soylentcola 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | And then (at least around here) they often make you scan a QR code in order to see the menu. It's often not a direct link to the menu, but rather a third party site or a link shortener that tracks traffic for marketing data. | | |
| ▲ | bsimpson 5 days ago | parent [-] | | Oh shit - I never thought about the privacy ramifications about the death of paper menus. I get that it's more eco friendly, and that it allows each dish to have more space for a photo and detailed description; but I hate the experience of staring at my phone to try to pick a meal. |
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| ▲ | michaelcampbell 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Unless they're going to text me when my table is ready, I give them my first phone # that I grew up with. | |
| ▲ | tomwheeler 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | It happened to me last week at a small Thai restaurant in Las Vegas. |
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| ▲ | magnusss 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Yes, but they asked even if you were paying with a credit card! I guess it was "separate systems." |
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