Rejection Hotline

The Rejection Hotline is an automated tool for rejecting unwanted suitors. Developed in 2001, it consists of a phone number which, when dialed, answers with a recording stating that the person who gave the dialer this number did not want them to have their real number. A list of possible reasons for the rejection is then enumerated, albeit with the caveat that there is no way to know with certainty what particular reason is applicable to the situation. The idea of creating the number was conceived when Jeff Goldblatt determined that it would be better to create a centralized rejection number that people could give out rather than, say, the number of a local pizza parlor. The company that operates the Rejection hotline also operates many other hotlines of humorous intent such as the Breakup Butler, the One Night Stand Hotline, the Easter Bunny Hotline, and fake headquarters hotlines for the Obama, Clinton, and McCain presidential campaigns. Occasionally it covers new issues, e.g. the Billion Dollar Bailout hotline.