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Attilatheblond

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11. Employers do need those numbers though

Reply to Emile (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 06:48 PM

Nov 6

Worked for a big retail department store in a mall. The office was also where customer service & lay away was so lots of public there. The manager and assistant were CONSTANTLY leaving people's applications for employment, with SS#s, laying around on a table where customers were also filling out forms for stuff. I got tired of asking them to be careful with those applications where the public could see them. Finally told the District Manager to look for a bunch of law suits from people whose #s fell into the wrong hands.

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Remember when your SS card said, not to be used for identification? [View all] Emile Nov 6 OP

I still have my original one, issued in 1962 when I got my first job. MineralMan Nov 6 #1

That's when I got mine. BidenRocks Nov 6 #16

Yep, and now required too often as identification Attilatheblond Nov 6 #2

Remember when those jerks said they wanted to issue everyone new SSNs? TheBlackAdder Nov 6 #9

Sure do. Do they still say that? 3catwoman3 Nov 6 #3

No, not anymore. Emile Nov 6 #4

The Feds say you are NOT to use your card as an ID ... marble falls Nov 6 #5

Businesses need to be forced not to ask for your number. Emile Nov 6 #8

It's not so hard, refuse. marble falls Nov 6 #10

Employers do need those numbers though Attilatheblond Nov 6 #11

But like the sheet from the SSA says, your number is what they get, not a copy of your SSI card ... marble falls Nov 6 #14

I see all these medical forms asking for SSN. I NEVER fill it out. Liberal In Texas Nov 6 #12

When I lived in Nebraska, they used one's ssn as their DL number. I went to DMV and told them Federal Law ... marble falls Nov 6 #13

I still have mine from 1965 Walleye Nov 6 #6

Still have mine from like 1964. nt doc03 Nov 6 #7

I think I still have mine from 1960. I was 12 and a mom with 2 kids hired me full-time that summer... Hekate Nov 6 #15