In this day and age, Americans have grown accustomed to the simplicity of their personal communication devices. No need to actually dial a friend or loved one’s phone number — that is, until you get arrested and cannot recollect any number but Empire Carpet. Just ask Henry Haynesworth of Brooklyn, New York.

Haynesworth, 36, says he never even bothered to memorize his parent’s house phone or his wife’s cell number — even in the case of an emergency such as an arrest.

“I’d just press ‘Parent Home,’ or ‘Shirley’ and I’d be instantly connected to a loved one,” Haynesworth told It’s So True. “As my case indicates … memorizing at least one number is a good idea.”

After Haynesworth was arrested and tossed in jail for his third urinating in public violation, authorities confiscated his cell phone, and Haynesworth had no one to call. So he dialed up the last number ingrained in his memory: 588-2300 AND 5. Thanks to decades of steady, ad nauseum messaging, Haynesworth was able to finally reach his wife via Empire Carpet

Empire Carpet customer hotline representative, Melissa Slutski, said she received a call from the Hudson County Correctional Center and spoke to a “frantic gentleman” pleading with her to call his wife and let her know that he was thrown in jail and needed bail money.

“I was shocked,” said Slutski. “But I kept my composure and told him that I would only reach out to his wife if he would take me up on my irresistible offer of 60 percent off of an in-home carpet estimate … once he was released from jail. He did.”

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