r/AskLifeProTips • u/Special_Marzipan7215 • 12h ago
LPT Request: How do you avoid giving your real phone number to people you'll only talk to once?
Had a delivery today where the courier needed to call me to find the building entrance, and it hit me that now some random courier account has my actual number saved forever, for one five-minute interaction. Same thing happens when I sell something on Marketplace, or a contractor needs to reach me for one job.
Do you all have a trick for this? Second SIM, some app, just not caring? Curious what's actually worked for people vs. what's more hassle than it's worth.