“Up through the 1970s, you were asked to put your full social security number on EVERYTHING: sign-ups for free events, volunteer activities, pre-orders, and more. In public schools, your social security was used as your student ID number and printed out routinely for the world to see.”
#7 Greyhound buses and trains were the same way, as well as restaurants and bars and stores and, everywhere
#15 until they went out of business and that was because the chain stores moved into town, usually a short drive away, couldn't walk to them, they sold more things at cheaper prices.