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Toys R Sex?

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Or, Those Pesky Phone Numbers That Use Letters…

I know businesses like to give you their phone number using letters that spell out words so that you can remember their number easier, but I find it annoying. Go ahead, give me the cutsie number, but have the heart to translate it into actual numbers underneath. Please?

I find it awkward to hunt peck around the phone keypad looking for the corresponding number and I am prone to mis-dialing.

Case in point – I was going through some old gift cards I forgot I had just now and calling to see if I have balances left on any of them. The back of the Toys’R'Us card says to call 1800-TOYSRUS. I thought I dialed it correctly, but when I connected to the number, all I heard is a woman’s voice saying, “Call 1-888-FREESEX, that’s 1-888-FREESEX.”

Huh?

At first I thought it was a case of a wily phone sex business snapping up the Toys’R’Us number after it expired. I even spent a few minutes doing an internet search to see if this had been reported in the news. And then, I realized I probably just mis-dialed and tried the number again. This time I actually connected with Toys’R’Us.

By the way, my gift card balance is zero. It’s old enough that the balance got eaten up in ridiculous fees.

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