For many parents and teachers, 2025 was the year of “6-7.” If you aren’t familiar with the real-life meme that’s taken over children’s brains this past year, it’s when you chant, ”Six, seeev-en” in a singsong voice while moving your palms up and down in a “so-so” motion. It reached a fever pitch this fall when parents started getting in on the fun by dressing up as “6-7” for Halloween and Dictonary.com made it their word of the year. Luckily, my own children have declared this trend “so over,” but the damage is done. It’s hard not to quietly mutter, “6-7” whenever we encounter those sequential numbers in the wild.
We’re not the only ones, however. While my family and I only do it as a quiet joke, plenty of people have taken it to another level by loudly chanting it in public spaces whenever the number ‘67’ pops up (and, in some cases, even when it doesn’t). While some entities have embraced it and turned it into marketing campaigns, others are not impressed. This past fall, it became a trend for guests at In-N-Out to eagerly wait around for employees to call out order number 67. It got so intense and, at times, so obnoxious, that the company decided to retire the number 67 from their ticket order system altogether.
In-N-Out Burger has officially retired the number “67” from its ticket order system, amid the viral “6-7” trend.
PEOPLE confirms that the West Coast burger chain has removed “67” from orders, much to the detriment of the throngs of adolescents who’ve been lining up to eagerly await the number being called. An employee at a Los Angeles location confirmed to PEOPLE that the number was removed about a month ago, and added that In-N-Out has also banned the number “69” from its ticket system.
PEOPLE has reached out to the corporate office for In-N-Out for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Chatter around the removal of “67” from In-N-Out’s system began on Reddit when a user noted, “while i was at work yesterday night, i noticed that everytime i would get to number 66, and then get to the next customer it would just go to number 68, an it would skip 67. now im curious on if or why they removed it.”
Commenters rushed to explain the number’s significance, noting that the skipped digits could be related to the viral “6-7” trend.
“Viral 6-7 all the kids are yelling these days. My in n out also skips this after a while kids kept making a commotion when the number was called,” one person replied.
Another commenter said they “didn’t think much of” the “67” removal, to which someone replied, “You’re presumably over the age of 15.”
The phrase “six seven” doesn’t seem to have one specific meaning, but is commonly associated with the song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by Skrilla which features the recurring lyric, “6-7,” as well as NBA star LaMelo Ball due to his height, which is 6’7″.
In-N-Out is not the only eatery to take notice of the trend. In November, both Wendy’s and Pizza Hut got on board with the now-common phrase, adding a “67-cent Frosty deal” and “67-cent wings” to their respective menus.
I’ve seen some of the videos going around of giant crowds at In-N-Out waiting for order 67 to be called. The genuine enthusiasm in simply hearing a number called out is something to behold. While waiting around to loudly cheer for a specific number is – all things considered – harmless fun, I can see how it can quickly get out-of-control and disruptive for management. This may be controversial, but I’d still rather my kids call out ‘6-7’ in a fast-food line for fun than get involved in something stupid and potentially harmful because it was considered a fun trend. But I get it! Some people really do take these types of things too far, which is a shame. I wish there was a happy medium. Oh, and I can understand taking ‘67’ out of the rotation, but retiring ‘69’ as well? That’s a bold move from a restaurant called ‘In-N-Out.’ Just saying.
In-N-Out Burger has reportedly removed the number '67' from its ordering system because the kids were having way too much fun 🤭 If it is making people happy in their stores, why would they remove it? pic.twitter.com/EePJ1G8C36
— Karthik 🇮🇳 (@beastoftraal) December 9, 2025
I’m glad I’m not young or have any youngsters around the house. This would get old so fast.
I hate having to give my birthday now when someone needs to verify, because of this 6 7 trend, lol.
Yeah this is so on its way out…
There’s been a ton of articles written about it (at least 67 I think), teachers have been giving 67 minutes of detention or making kids write 67 lines, etc etc, and to make matters worse it’s moved from secondary to primary school kids, signalling its imminent death.
It’s been a thing with elementary school students for months and months, lol.
I have tried to hasten its death by just yelling 6-7 whenever I can. “Guess what boys? Tomorrow is friday and the next day is Saturday. those are days SIX AND SEVEN of the week!!!!!!!”
I’ve been told I’m making it less cool so i just keep on keeping on.