# Cashiers unwilling to say $6.66 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-unwilling-to-say-6-66/686966 "2014-04-25T16:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-unwilling-to-say-6-66/686966/101 "2014-05-05T17:18:23Z")
The Rays made it to the World Series but didn’t win. I do think baseball lost a really good team name in the process. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-unwilling-to-say-6-66/686966/102 "2014-05-05T17:21:59Z")
No fans insisted. There’s a rumor that it was due to pressure from religious conservatives but Stuart Sternberg wanted to change the name as soon as he took over. For what it’s worth, the team has been leaps and bounds better since the name change (winning record every season since and three ALDS appearances; they had no winning seasons in their first eight years.) ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-unwilling-to-say-6-66/686966/103 "2014-05-06T12:52:35Z")
One of my colleagues that used to work in Houston told me that the prefix numbers in the office phones were 666. It does not look to be the case now, so I am sure someone complained and had it removed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cashiers-unwilling-to-say-6-66/686966.md?page=5)