[asdkhadsj]

I had one a long time ago i liked, from Google iirc, something to the effect of 454-5451 (but different, ofc). To which i would rattle off "45 45 45 1" and confuse the hell out of every listener i was trying to convey the phone number.

As much as i loved it, i stopped using it because of how confused it made literally everyone i gave it to in my unexpected format haha. The novelty wore off when i would inevitably have to repeat myself in the normal format.

[RC_ITR]

What’s amazing about that, is if you did “454” “54” “51” people would probably react positively because they would feel like they “figured it out”.

Your problem was a) breaking convention b) not letting the other party get their own dopamine boost.

[skinnymuch]

Yeah letting people figure it out or giving obvious but not complete hints so they figure it out would Bork great. It would make it more memorable for me.

[gtirloni]

> The novelty wore off when i would inevitably have to repeat myself in the normal format.

Same with a custom domain I had for emails. People just expect you to say "@gmail.com".

[logifail]

> Same with a custom domain I had for emails. People just expect you to say "@gmail.com"

Yup. For a looong time my email address has been the same: $firstname@$lastname.com

When I'm giving it to someone new it usually takes a few tries for them to get it right, even if they already know both my first and last names :/

[MivLives]

I had both of these problems. My number used to be something like 555-348-8889. My email uses a domain hack of my last name so like [e-mail]. The former eventually changed to something equally ridiculous but easier to say, the latter I'm still trying to figure out how to say out loud after 8 years.

[Terretta]

Yep. I have area code, digit, area code, area code. People are NOT pleased with a grouping like 321 9 321 321! Best to enunciate “digit. by. digit.” like the phone number robots.

The one that gets me is credit card operators who say your card number to you in groupings different from the card itself, like 5 digits then 3 groups of 3 instead of 5 4 5 or whatever the card is.