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December 18, 2025 09:51AM
@catmom23 wrote:

Sadly, that doesn’t help. It may be that I chose not to sign up with them. I won’t sign up for companies that require my SSN as part of sign up before I even accept an assignment (or view their board).

You may be SOL then, mom. The biggest one out there requires SSN on all their platforms. Many others do as well. Consider getting a TIN to use instead. If they still have those.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/18/2025 03:15PM by sestrahelena.
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December 28, 2025 01:36PM
@catmom23 wrote:

I need hints as to where to find Darden and these shops please. I do check the knee one daily so either not on my area or with another company. The only Darden shops I see there were wine event ones recently or RC which only recently became Darden. I miss the Darden shops which I did pre-pandemic. Any help would be appreciated!!!

I found out years ago the knee ligament company doesn't show every shop they have to every shopper. You have to earn that right by completing shops successfully. But if you cant see any shops, how can you do that?

Think Jimmy John's. I couldn't see them until they weren't getting completed.

Not the topic of this thread, I know.
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December 28, 2025 02:46PM
Thanks for the heads up.

A music industry buddy has retired back here after being in upstate New York for a while, so I have someone to join me for lunch shops that require a guest.

First one up next year is Flower Child, which I have been looking forward to, even though my mom and sis said it wasn't all that good.

We are hoping Hash Kitchen winds up getting mystery shopped, with a required evaluation of their Bloody Mary bar.

Have synthesizers, will travel...
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December 28, 2025 03:13PM
@sestrahelena wrote:


You may be SOL then, mom. The biggest one out there requires SSN on all their platforms. Many others do as well. Consider getting a TIN to use instead. If they still have those.

If you are eligible to have a SSN, you cannot sign up for an ITIN. As I understood it, those are issued instead of, not in addition to.

I leave the social field blank all the time because most places that ask don't really need it. The pediatrician's office asked for 18 years and I left it blank every time. It was never a problem, they should stop asking.

But to work, you DO need to provide it to the employer. If the company is too shady to be trusted with that, you really should not work for for them.
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December 28, 2025 08:39PM
As a sole proprietorship you can get an EIN from the IRS and the company name can be your name.
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