Rejection Hotline

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

What Is The Rejection Hotline?

In a nutshell, the Rejection Hotline is a phone number you can give out if you just don't want to give out your real number. Callers hear our humorous Rejection Hotline recording and are not-so-subtly informed of your non-interest. But it's all in good fun and we hope those on the receiving end can look at it like Curt did:

"So I guess I'm one of the 'rejectees' mentioned in the L.A. Times article, because I had a girl give me the Rejection Hotline number at a bar a few weeks ago. But I'm not writing to complain about it at all. Just the opposite, I'm writing to say THANKS! Not only do I think it's hilarious, but I love that I could go on letting my buddies think I had gotten her number that night and none of them were around to give me $h*t when I made the call a few days later and heard the Rejection Hotline message... [and I> realized I've still got a lot to learn when it comes to knowing if a girl's interested or not. Thanks for the laugh and the reality-check!"
-- Curt, Los Angeles
Why Does The Rejection Hotline Exist?

The dating scene is full of people who can't take a hint or can't take "no" for an answer (and many who apparently can't take showers, can't brush their teeth, or can't seem to go out in social settings without awkwardly embarrassing themselves).

Anyway, the Rejection Hotline exists as a simple alternative to uncomfortable situations and it is a public service to both the rejector and to the rejectee.

The rejector has an easy way to get rid of unwanted suitors, to express a lack of interest in a non-confrontational manner, and to gracefully escape an uncomfortable situation.

The rejectee , on the other hand, is able to hear the bad news in the privacy of his/her own home without being subjected to public embarrassment and/or ridicule from anyone who otherwise might have witnessed a more public rejection. Further, there are no unanswered "what if's," no desperate assumptions of "I must have just mis-dialed," and no ambiguity - all of which are common by-products of the *randomly selected fake numbers which were more common before the advent of the Rejection Hotline.

* Note: Randomly selected fake numbers also disturb innocent people - like little old ladies, pizza delivery shops, and any household unfortunate enough to have Jenny's 867-5309 as their number. Yep, we'd like to think we're helping them too.
How did the Rejection Hotline start?

We started the original Rejection Hotline in Atlanta in the summer of 2001, as a joke, just for sh*ts and giggles amongst a few friends. We really had no idea how popular it would become, how quickly word would spread, and how many millions of people would soon be hearing the Rejection Hotline recording. We knew we were in over our heads when the number of calls began to exceed the capabilities of our original voicemail system. We couldn't believe we started getting thousands of calls a day! So we eventually upgraded our voicemail system, put up our RejectionHotline.com website, added Rejection Hotline numbers in new cities, and began receiving some great media coverage!

Anyway, that's the short version of our our story. For a longer version, please visit our Press Room . And feel free to contact us with questions, comments, feedback, or just to say hello.

REJECTION HOTLINE BY STATE:

ALABAMA
205-383-1788 Birmingham
334-541-0107 Auburn

ARIZONA
520-917-0480 Tucson
602-230-4210
602-325-0066 Phoenix

ARKANSAS
501-545-4960

CALIFORNIA
310-217-7638 Los Angeles
310-735-0099 Los Angeles
408-236-2060 San Jose
408-513-3090 San Jose
415-228-0207 San Francisco
415-356-9833 San Francisco
424-202-6983
661-367-2388
818-301-6845 Los Angeles
858-492-8002 San Diego
916-384-0237 Sacramento

COLORADO
303-218-9999 Denver
303-607-7527 Denver
719-359-8077 Colorado Springs
720-259-1388 Denver

CONNECTICUT
860-760-1846

DELAWARE
302-250-4049

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
202-448-8881
202-452-7468

FLORIDA
305-503-0846 Miami
352-475-6679 Gainesville
407-970-8278 Orlando
813-792-4079 Tampa
904-879-8012 Jacksonville
954-880-9025 Fort Lauderdale

GEORGIA
404-260-1318 Atlanta
706-335-0511 Athens
770-276-3002 Atlanta
770-908-7383 Atlanta
912-754-5588 Savannah

HAWAII
808-756-9701

IDAHO
208-272-9997

ILLINOIS
312-588-3108 Chicago
630-809-3239 Aurora
773-509-5027 Chicago
815-404-2580 Crystal Lake
847-859-7254 Evanston

INDIANA
317-332-0670 Indianapolis

IOWA
641-715-0150

KANSAS
785-875-3188

KENTUCKY
270-735-1622
502-379-4025 Louisville

LOUISIANA
225-614-9641 Baton Rouge
504-208-2271 New Orleans

MAINE
207-376-0768

MARYLAND
301-576-1104
410-347-1488 Baltimore
410-500-4687 Baltimore

MASSACHUSETTS
413-351-2684
508-556-3549
617-861-3962 Boston
781-382-3478
781-654-2925

MICHIGAN
248-262-6861
313-915-9016 Detroit
734-205-0534 Ann Arbor

MINNESOTA
612-232-1638
651-319-9775 Minneapolis

MISSISSIPPI
601-792-4440

MISSOURI
314-359-3930 St. Louis
417-326-2677 Springfield
573-856-4522 Jefferson City
816-298-0420 Kansas City

MONTANA
406-371-9027

NEBRASKA
402-434-6535 Lincoln
402-827-9874 Omaha

NEVADA
702-386-5397 Las Vegas

NEW HAMPSHIRE
603-413-2340

NEW JERSEY
201-808-6011
609-373-1072 Princeton
732-894-5017
908-636-2965
973-409-3011 Newark

NEW MEXICO
505-310-2496 Albuquerque

NEW YORK
212-660-2245 New York City
315-682-1822 Syracuse
347-689-1270
516-730-7245 Long Island
518-935-4012 Albany
646-717-8395 New York
716-357-2127 Buffalo
845-259-2245
914-269-4245

NORTH CAROLINA
336-455-8634 Greensboro
704-208-1658 Charlotte
828-859-2905
919-674-0320 Raleigh

NORTH DAKOTA
701-552-9028

OHIO
216-269-0085 Cleveland
330-342-3454 Akron
419-452-6002
440-328-3382
513-277-0088 Cincinnati
614-360-9876 Columbus
740-321-1277
937-396-7974 Dayton

OKLAHOMA
405-213-1048 Oklahoma City
918-649-1711 Tulsa

OREGON
503-207-0299

PENNSYLVANIA
215-618-1505 Philly
412-567-2767 Pittsburgh
724-733-0018
814-337-4101 Penn State

RHODE ISLAND
401-648-6543

SOUTH CAROLINA
803-358-0885
843-303-9675 Charleston
864-607-9208

SOUTH DAKOTA
605-877-3007

TENNESSEE
615-238-2005 Nashville
901-248-9901 Memphis

TEXAS
210-280-0176 San Antonio
214-245-0885 Dallas
512-651-1907 Austin
713-866-6249 Houston
817-326-1433 Ft. Worth
972-504-6270 Dallas
972-836-0066 Dallas

UTAH
801-820-4032

VERMONT
802-922-9007

VIRGINIA
703-912-1725
703-945-1694
757-215-4557 Virginia Beach
804-335-1422 Richmond

WASHINGTON
206-494-0827 Seattle
509-481-9180 Spokane

WISCONSIN
414-243-1102 Milwaukee
608-669-9054

WYOMING
307-462-2022

CANADA
204-272-3976 Winnipeg
250-984-0686 Victoria
403-775-9982 Calgary
514-667-0361 Montreal
519-488-2355 London
613-686-3620 Ottawa
647-476-4910 Toronto
778-786-8557 Vancouver
780-669-5270 Edmonton
905-963-0318 Hamilton

It Could Always Suck More
202-448-8882
212-201-3515

One Night Stand Hotline
212-201-3517

It Could Always Suck More
267-350-8894
305-503-0845
309-319-9999
312-588-3107
314-236-0039
323-213-4134
505-346-0102
510-285-2263

Spanish Rejection Hotline
619-270-9578 Male
626-242-9958 Female

It Could Always Suck More
816-410-0114

Piss on You
949-313-0673

OUR OTHER NUMBERS
401-992-4051 Rectal Removers
571-527-2045 RH Old Man
760-481-3098 Female-voiced R.H.
813-273-8160 Call to Santa
909-723-5660 Telemarketers
949-313-0670 Marshmellow-mouth
949-313-0671 British R.H.
949-313-0672 Australian R.H.

Almost to Voicemail
216-912-0163
401-992-4030
973-409-3264

Breakup Bitch & Breakup Butler
401-427-2990 Breakup Butler
803-234-8035 Breakup Butler ~ nice
817-256-9693 Breakup Bitch

Call to Confess
207-228-0146

Frustration Hotline
410-500-4686 Original
424-202-6981 What the...???
805-351-8307 Original

Call to Santa (Not for Kids)
781-452-0835
831-227-2138

Call for Luck
407-209-3439

Drunk Dial Hotline
386-682-3997 Drunk Dial