90% of my phone calls are from the same outfit informing me that this is my last chance to renew the extended warranty on my car. Based on my call history that recording is officially my best friend. And a very forgiving one given that it has been my last chance hundreds of times over the past several years. I hope this regulation won't interfere with our relationship.
A non-driver's state ID works for everything you'd use a driver's license for except operating a motor vehicle. Even though people typically say, "Driver's license" when they really mean either kind of state-issued ID card.
Isn't a driver's license nearly as easy to renew as a non-driving state ID? I don't see the point, even if you only need to rent a car on rare instances.
There are people who choose not to drive. If you have never had a license, there is nothing to renew. Then there are people who do not qualify for a driver's license (e.g. medical reasons).
Heck, I've lived most of my (middle-aged) life without ID and probably haven't used it in the past three years.
(Agree that it’s a poor form of primary identification. It is bulky. It is difficult to replace. And it contains more information than you need for identification.)
This is bad advice. You will need it in almost any country when getting stopped by the police. That can happen any time. This will be more of a problem in some countries than others. If you really can't find a way to carry it without getting pick pocketed then a least carry a xeroxed copy with you.
I let the call go through once just to see what kind of extended warranty they were willing to give me on a '93 Ranger with 250,000 miles.
I even hit them with "But YOU called ME with this extremely urgent notification! It's my last chance, you gotta help me!", but sadly I couldn't get her to give me a quote.
It's not Marriott. I feel a little bad for the big hotel chains whose names are used by telemarketing scammers because their reputations get tarnished.
Mine are mostly offers for a pre-approved $250,000 loan, available in less than 48 hours, for my non-existent small business. Curious what stolen mailing list I'm on that makes scammers think I'm a small business owner. Flattering really, that they'd think I have the potential to become one.
I don't even own a car, and I get them all the time. I make sure to very loudly laugh whenever I get one of those calls, even when I'm completely alone (which has been a little over two weeks solid now...).
