Which of these rejection services do you like the best?

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So there is such a thing as "rejection line". If someone asks you for your phone number but you are not intersted then instead you give a "rejection number" and then they call it to find out that they have been rejected. So far I have ran on three kinds of rejection numbers:

NEW YORK REJECTION LINE

http://www.rejectionline.com/

This is the original one. All the other rejection lines simply barrowed this idea. So on the one hand this should be the most interesting one because its creator is the one who is to be given credit with the whole idea as opposed to creators of any other rejection line. In fact what it did was a miracle. It was made by a brother and sister who moved to New York and created a different phone line to manage the unwanted calls. Then they gave it to their friends and then its spread. So the fact that they only gave it to friends but then at the end the whole world knows about it is a huge success, and the creating of the other two rejection lines can be viewed as the success of theirs. Likewise, the fact that other two rejection lines have humor can really be viewed as borrowing their idea since they had a humor, first. Although, of course the other two lines elaborated on the idea.

Now, closer to business, one of its shortcommings is that it only has ONE number for New York and that is it 212-479-7990. As far as the other ones they both have many numbers for different states. But then again each person can view it differently. On the one hand the fact that it has only one number is a shortcomming. But on the other hand you won't get bored because when there are several numbers they are always saying the same thing. So now that there is a service that only has ONE number you go like "wow every other phone line has A or B, but this particular one as Z, WOW".

Another thing is that if you look at that website itself, it has A LOT of really interesting tape recordings, for example "comfort specialist" which gives you comforting message with some sarcastic remarks. Also they have "male rejection specialist" that says that he is sorry that you have to hear it from complete stranger but you have to know you are a loser and no one would ever ever love you or female rejection specialist that first looks into a database to see that you are a loser but then the "manager" finds her mistake.

So these are all interesting things. However, there is one problem there. Namely, it was taken off. If you were to actually call that number and ask for comfort specialist, you would no longer hear what you would hear on the website. Instead you would hear automated voice giving you the same number except for area code change to 001 and that is it. And they don't have "male rejection specialist" or "female rejection specialist" any more. Plus the "sad poem" was quite long and interesting on that website, but on the phone they changed it to simple "why oh why oh why". So I definitely like it a lot less than if they had it the way they used to have.

So you can either just say that it is less interesting than other ones because most of its interesting feautres are gone. But on the other hand you can give it credit for what they used to have and in this case it would be a good candidate for the most interesting one, at least in my opinion.


GOT REJECTED

Its website is http://www.gotrejected.com/ but for some reason when I click on it I don't see any kind of rejection-related material. Instead it has stuff on air tickets or whatever.

Like I said this line has many different numbers for different area codes, and in each one you would hear the same thing so I guess it is all connected to the same system. Anyway one of tehse phone numbers is 310-495-5412 Unfortunately, though, all of its area codes are around West Coast.

I like this a lot. It is the only service that has 6 different bottoms that are actually WORKING. So just compare: new york one only has 3 bottons and the third is the only one that didn't lose its contents. On the other hand, got rejected has SIX bottons and ALL of them are working AND interesting. In this respect it also beets the next rejection line too because the one that I will describe after this one doesn't have ANY bottons at all. So yeah, I would definitely vote for "got rejected" just because of the variety of bottons you can choose from.

You can, for example, hear some "consoling poetry" where you are read a love poem and then they begin to cry in a funny voice. Also you can hear "joke to raise your spirit" where they would give you four different jokes that are basically a word games. You can also "win prizes" (which would be pre-payed phone card) by answering their contest which would be to present the funniest story of how you "got rejected" (i.e. what happened when someone gave you that number). It also lets you hear the current winning entries and I found them quite funny. I especially like that remark at the end of the third winning entry where it says "when I called this number it was so cold, even I got some chills, brrrr" I think this was quite funny, cause to me it seems anything BUT cold.

For the similar note, no matter what bottom you choose, at the end they would say "do you feel rejected yet? May be not, why don't you call back and try some of the other bottons". This would be especially funny if you choose some of the more entertaining options, like for example "to hear some jokes to raise your spirit" and after you done listening to jokes you were asked whether or not you feel rejected yet, LOL.

I also really like that feature when they said "if you don't understand why you were given that number in the first place please press 6" and then if you do, they say "evidently you did not understand why you were given that number, the person who gave you this number does not want to talk to you, they don't want to touch you, smell you, be in your same local, receive email from you, receive voicemail from you, receive your blank phone calls, they don't want you to send them pictures, they don't want you to buy them items of clothing, they don't want you to talk about them in the radio, they don't want you to talk about them on TV, they don't want you to talk about htem in your sleep and they don't want you to talk about htem in public, and all variations of above mentioned items. In short you were completely and throughly rejected".

REJECTION HOTLINE

http://www.rejectionhotline.com/ And you can see some of the numbers here: http://www.rejectionhotline.com/numbers.aspx For example, try this: 641-985-7888

I guess the way in which it beets both of the other two rejection lines is that it has its services in every possible location in USA; on the other hand rejection line only has in New York and "got rejected" only has in West coast.

HOWEVER, in all the other respects it is much less interesting than any of the other two. The one thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't give you any of the different bottoms to choose from. It just gives off the same thing to everyone.

It is not all that boring though, it has some sarcasm, for example it says "may be you are just not that person's type, note this could mean boring, damn, arrogant, or just a general weirdo". But then again I feel they could do a better job. For example when they said "the person who gave you this number did not want you to have their real number" it sounds kind of lame, it would of been far more interesting if it was presented the way the previously described rejection line did.


However, the nice thing about it is that it invented a new holiday, which is called "get over it day" which takes place on March 9 and they have website www.getoveritday.com Also in some of these numbers it mentions www.justthoughtyoushouldknow.com where you can send audio messages to inform ppl of things like bad breath or bugger sticking from their nose. And in the Ohio version of that number they made the insertion where they advertised certain kind of tea to get rid of your bad breath.

But just to make it clear, these are just insertions that differ depending on the particular number that you choose to call out of all the numbers they offer. The main text is the same. The way they make these insertions is that they say that it is "provdied by ***** and sponsored by *****" so they would fill in these blanks and then tell you what it is about. For instance it can be sponsored by "get over it day" or it can be sponsored by "just thought you should know" which sends autio messages to ppl, or in 740 version of it it was sponsored by "honest tea national beverages real tee real taste" and in this case when they get to "bad breath" they would expland a little by saying that "you can knock a bird out of the tree by breething in wrong dirrection" and then advertise that tea.

Unfortunately, however, it seems like about a couple of weeks ago they got rid of this kind of variety and made it exactly the same on all area codes by ALWAYS sponsoring it by "get over it day" and nothing else. So I am not sure why they got rid of that variety it made it a bit less interesting.

The other interesting feauture about it is that if you go on that website it allows you to create a fake business card with one of these rejection numbers on it, and where your school, company etc will be "noitcejer" which is "rejection" spelled backwards. And of course, you can choose exactly where you want to use "noitcejer" and where you want to put real name of school to make it look less suspicious.

So I guess it should be given credit for the rejection business cards, for get over it day www.getoveritday.com and for "just thought you shuld know" www.justthoughtyoushouldknow.com But at the same time it has less sarcasm than the other two rejection lines, but that is of course something you might and might not agree with because different people have different sense of humor. Plus it doens't have different bottoms you could try, but again different ppl have different taste.

Also, it is not clear whehther it is "rejection hotline" or "got rejected" that should be creditted with business card thing. On the one hand I see the business card on "rejection hotline" website, but on the other hand, whenever I call "got rejected" phone it offers you a business card with your name printed on it. BUt this goes back to the fact that www.gotrejected.com website doesn't seem to be working at least nto from my computer since I get air tickets instead. So who knows may be "got rejected" has its own business card thing.

So what do you guys think? Which rejection line do you find the most interesting?

Okay someone PM-ed me and they were confused about the difference between rejection website and rejection number and what purpose each serves. I think it is worth posting publically the explanation that I emailed this person because other people might have this confusion as well. So here it goes:

No appart from checking the sites you should call the number. The number is the real thing, sites are just explanations.

Here is how it works. Suppose person X asks you for your number, but you don't want to talk to them. At the same time, you don't want to tell that up to their face either. So instead you give them one of these numbers pretending that it is your number. So they think they got your number and everyone is happy. Then when they will actually call it, the answering service will explain to them that this is NOT your real number but instead it is one of these rejection numbers designed for that very purpose. So that way they will know for a fact that they have been rejected.

Of course another alternative is to simpily make up a random number. But the problem with this is that they would think it was a typo or something. But if you give them the specific numbers I just presented they will know it isn't a typo because of the answering service that will tell them what is going on.

Now the reason I was asking you to check out a site is that in the "New York rejection line" they got rid of some of the recordings that they used to have. BUt on that site you can play them and listen to them anyway. In other words if you check out the site you will get to hear what you would of heard if you were to call that rejection number few years ago.

I really hate this idea. I remember hearing about it once. Guess it wouldn't effect me though, as I would never have the nerve to ask for a number.

I hate the idea too. It combines the spinelessness of not being honest with the person, and cruelty.

Do people consider that if someone keeps getting told, "You're worthless and no one will ever love you." that they might actually stop expressing themselves? Are these people so horrible that this is actually considered a good thing?

My god man, it can be pretty daunting to open yourself up to someone and set yourself up for a blow. I hardly think that a service needs to be invented that makes it even worse. What's next? People setting up a line you can call to tell people to kill themselves?


You need to be clear if you're not interested in someone. But do you really need to open up with self esteem crushing? What is so hard with "I'm sorry, but I'm not interested."

People like that don't deserve partners.


Now pushy people that don't get the hint is another story.

Within a context it is quite clear that any kind of demeaning statements they might have are really meant to be a joke. The only thing I would have problem with is the part about not being able to be upfront with you. But this is something that is nearly universal, and ppl do it plenty of times without ever using this service. If the other person must avoid being upfront wiht me, I would certainly much rather be notified through this service then just to continue wondering what is going on. And, once again, in terms of so called "insults" it is quite clear that it is just a way they humor you. And if anything this would only lift up my mood, and make it seem less cold.

Actually, the 'joke' would only make it worse. It would seem as though you were being made fun of as well as rejected. I think that this would infuriate me beyond belief.

Heh, one of my buddies actually found a way to tape that into his cellphone voicemail for a while, that way whenever someone called him they got all that before the beep. Clever.

Yes I heard that it is possible but I never figured out how. So, for example, how did your friend make sure that appart from recording the words, a person would also be asked to press the bottoms to choose the particular fun thing they want to listen to, as it is the case if you call one of these numbers?

Another question is how did your friend make sure that only the ppl he doesn't want to talk to would hear it when they call his number, while the rest of the ppl whom he does want to talk would NOT hear it?

The problem, especially here in the west, is just that. People are taught this way through propaganda, and all these "reality tv shows", that kinda stuff. if your lower on the pecking order, they'll consider you less human. I know, it's sick.
Ever wonder why they tell us to "not worry about it" when we bring up something dealing with lonliness or incel or fear of growing old alone, but then once a rich and popular guy has to go, lets say, two weeks without any action, it's a deal they can atleast talk about and emphasize to an extent with each other on? Often they'll even try to hook him up with someone. But because we're not as popular, they feed us a line of bs just to get us to shut up basically, because theyr "too good to hear our problems". Basically it's all a popularity contest, we're "less human" because we're not as popular, we're not popular because we're different, or "weird".
Even if you luck out and find a girlfriend, they'll still have the same stuck up attitude because you didn't get it as easy as THEY did. They might even possibly attempt to wreck your relationship.

In this case it would depend on which of the three hotlines we are talking about. I would say New York one is the meanest one in this respect. West Coast ("got rejected") one does have some bottons that would make fun of you, but at the same time it has other bottons that are more positive, like for example when you can win pre-payed phone card. To me it seems like the message it would communicate is that you are not a loser because usually the most popular ones are the ones who participate in contexts while the rest go off tracks. I would also say that West Coast makes you feel better about being rejected by letting you listen to other ppl's stories thus letting you know that you are not the only one. And finally as far as "rejection hotline" I believe it actually encourages you not to worry too much by talking about "get over it" day and all that stuff. Well to be fair all three have bits and pieces of sarcasm but this isn't really that cut and dry.

The local rejection hot line in Cleveland apparently just has a recorded message, none of the rest of that so I guess it didn't take much more than being able to transfer the sound from outside the phone to the speaker - I am curious though how he kept it at the right volume and kept it from overloading the mouthpiece.

But still the other question remains: how did he keep others who called him from thinking that they got rejected? Was he making sure that only the numbers on a "black list" would get to that recording?

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I shall give one of the rejection numbers to my online buddy who keeps wanting to talk to me on the phone as a joke to see how he reacts.

So which of these three will you choose to give him?

On an old Simpsons book I have (it's probably out-of-print now, it came out in 1991 or 1992), there was a divorce hotline with the number:

1-800-KL5-BGON

Tim