3:37 pmBetter than Life-Lock…
Jon called me from work this afternoon to ask me for my Social Security Number. I’ve know his SSN by heart for over a decade, while he still calls me every few months (for various insurance, investing, what-the-crap-ever reasons) asking for mine. Just to show what a lousy mom I am, though, I should tell you that I still don’t have either of my kids’ numbers memorized.
So today he called and asked for mine. I rattled off the first few digits quietly, blah blah blah–. He repeated, blah blah blah–. “Shhhhh!!”, I said. “Don’t say it out loud!” “Sorry,” he muttered. Then I thought about it… good luck to anyone trying to open a line of credit with my info!! Want to stop identity theft in its tracks? Have craptastic credit! Better yet, have NO credit (which is what happens when you have craptastic credit that slowly fades from your credit history until NOTHING remains).
A few weeks ago I saw that Life Lock commercial and was shocked and awed by the dude (who owns a large, successful company and therefore probably has decent credit PLUS lots of money) driving around in a big truck with his SSN smacked on the side. But now I realize, Dude, I could do that. I could totally drive around in a big, fat, yellow U-Haul with my SSN written on the side of it, and cruise around my town yelling obnoxious things out the window, and it would be of absolutely NO use to anyone.
If only my credit were good enough to rent a U-Haul…
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I feel your pain, Suz. Believe me. I feel it.
Comment by Leslie — September 11, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
Oh I feel so much better about a) not remembering my kids’ SSN (just had to get them out of the safe for insurance stuff) and b) having a craptastic (love that word!) credit score.
Good times.
Comment by stephanie — September 11, 2007 @ 7:27 pm
u-hauls are surprisingly difficult to rent. i just rented one about six weeks ago, and here’s the weird part. they want to verify every SIGNLE thing about you, except…how well you can drive (hint: totally bad driver). and, i too, have not memorized my kids’ social security numbers…alas.
Comment by kate — September 14, 2007 @ 6:40 pm