[jolt42]

If Jenny's number was 555-5309 I don't think it would have worked in a song.

[hn_acc1]

If you shop at Safeway (Albertsons?) and need a member's discount, but don't have a membership/number, 510-867-5309 works. Staff members have specifically mentioned it.

[jrockway]

Something burned into my brain is "call 836-7000 or visit transitchicago.com" which was an announcement that played seemingly every 30 seconds on CTA buses back when I lived there. I was in California once and tried 312-836-7000 as the loyalty card phone number at Safeway and it worked. So I guess I'm not the only one. (847- 773- etc. would probably also work. That's why I thought the message was so cool... they got the number in every Chicagoland area code!)

I have shared this story on Reddit before and I got banned from r/AskReddit for "doxing". That phone number is super secret and must not be publicized! Whoops!

[macintux]

There was a fairly large local grocery chain who just required the last 4 digits of the phone number to get a discount. I’m not sure who thought that was a good idea, but they’ve since gone out of business (I’m reasonably certain there’s no direct correlation between those facts).

[neilv]

One time I used 867-5309 at a chain store, the young male checkout clerk had an instant of a look of recognition, and promptly sang the number, really well.

[devilbunny]

(xxx)555-1212 works surprisingly often. I've used it more than a few times while traveling.

About ten years ago or so, Kroger finally integrated the loyalty programs across all their brands of stores (City Market, Harris Teeter, Kroger, King Soopers, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, and others, but those are the ones I have been in), so you can use pretty much any older area code you like to try it out.

[bebb]

It's funny to see where that number ends up. Even on government websites, e.g. https://staging.housingbayarea.mtc.ca.gov/listing/ext/40d6d4...

[madcaptenor]

Generally 867-5309 in the local area code works for most rewards programs.

[drob518]

Rumor was that everyone who had 867-5309 changed it shortly after it released. Except for Jenny. She had a fantastic dating life long before Tinder.

[davidgh]

Rumor also has it that in virtually any major grocery store in the USA you can put in any (valid) area code and 867-5309 and it will work as a rewards member number to get you the discounts. I have done it when traveling and have had success.

[user3939382]

I heard of a business trying to sell it but couldn’t for licensing so sold the business and the number was incidental.

[saghm]

Seven is an important digit for the cadence because its the only one with two syllables. I guess you could double-up the last two fives and say "zero" instead of "0" to make it fit.

[aidenn0]

KLondike 5-5309 kind of works though.

[riffic]

Pennsylvania 6-5000 was a real phone number too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEnnsylvania_6-5000

[raw_anon_1111]

For the old RNB crowd it was 777-9311…