What would you do in this situation ...

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So my car broke down and I called the breakdown company and got towed to a service station close to my home.  I had been rowing in the tow truck with my SO over the phone and when I got to the services - where I was going to be collected by a second truck for the onward journey- I walked my dog.  It was dark - the services weren’t deserted but weren’t busy - the tow truck man approached me with my key and gave me his phone number.  This is an unusual situation for me.
As much as I was rowing with my SO I love him very much and I wonder if I handled the situation right as a woman on her own without a ring on her finger.  My SO is a Latin lover and we are passionate he gets jealous sometimes, but that day I had caused the row with my own bad mood. We all have them!
I hope you can share with me what you would do basically to see if it can calm an ongoing heated discussion topic with said SO.  
I am asking for an unbiased view and without giving the end of the story - if you were in my shoes how would you deal with that situation? 
Would you take or refuse the number? Why? Would you tell SO or not?? Why?
All thoughts greatly appreciated ladies.

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I'm very confused here. 
What exactly is the big deal? Just throw away the number and move on with your life. There's no need for this post to even exist
You didn't go on a date with him. You didn't flirt with him. You didn't kiss him. You didn't ask for his number. 
Just throw it away and be done

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OMG I totally get this!! I’ve been with my Latino-Caribbean husband for a total of 12 years. We meet working in a restaurant together and Lemmie tell you this situation happened several times. The EXACT same situation with my car breaking down the tow truck driver giving me a ride to the service station with the car in tow, on the phone with BF/now hubby, get out and he drops the car I’m standing out front he gives me his number while I’m on the phone. That was the final time we had that convo. He let it all spill (2years dating) he explained the way he sees it/the norm where he was raised. If a girl takes a number that means she’s single and available, if she declines then she’s dating someone, women with rings are off limits. I voiced my view, avoid confrontation with a man while in a vulnerable situation, I was raised with manners but sometimes it’s more polite to accept an unsolicited number than to reject a person, a man shooting his shot by sliding a number isn’t accepting his offer it’s just not declining him to his face, he’ll get the message when you don’t call him. Now all of that said this is intended as random passing of numbers not the guy that sits behind you in college that you will see in class for then next 10weeks, that requires a nice decline since your in a relationship. Long ongoing disagreement made short. He understood where I was coming from and I understood why he thought the way he did. 10years later we are still madly in love, you gotta hammer it out and find an agreement that works for both of you, also figure it out...cuz honestly I felt like I only got number when I was on the phone with him....so that whole not telling him thing doesn’t always work.

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This actually happened to me once. Back when I was in my early 20s a guy gave me his phone number obviously without me asking while I was working. I took it and threw it away after he left. Some guys don't take rejection well and it wasn't worth the gamble since I was working alone. I did end up telling me SO about it and that was the end of it. Not a big deal

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Take it or not, you don’t have to keep it. As a woman, alone, in an unfamiliar place, I’d probably take it just to avoid any issue with the dude and then toss it.

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I would have kept my argument private, not taken the number, and probably forgotten all about someone offering me a number with all the stress of having a broken down car to deal with.

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