# Worst rejection line you were ever given **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 5, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090 "2000-09-05T14:38:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CandyMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@CandyMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandyMan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/1 "2000-09-05T14:38:48Z")
I used to work at a computer store in sales. When we sold a computer we always sat down with the person and gave them a short tutorial on thier machine. I sold one to a nice girl who had come in 3 or 4 times before settling on her choice. I had _thought_ there was a shot a more there and decided to ask her out. I don’t even remember my exact words, I didn’t think I would have to remember, but it was something like “would you like to go get something to eat after this?” (around lunch time) She responded back with “I don’t think so” in a REALLY rough tone. Now, this alone wasn’t enough to set her apart, even though I felt the attitude was uncalled for under the circumstances. So, I reply back to her with, “A simple ‘No thank you’ would have been enough.” As I finished packing up her machine. She looked at me dead in the face and said “Oh come on, you must be used to rejection.” CandyMan ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/2 "2000-09-05T14:44:37Z")
One time, A girl I wanted to date bypassed the “Best Friend” line, she bypassed the “Like a Brother” line, and went straight for the kill with, “You’re like a father figure to me.” Knowing what I do now, I should have responded with something like, “Oh yeah? Tell me, who’s your daddy!” ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/3 "2000-09-05T15:05:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Cynical \* > \*\*One time, A girl I wanted to date bypassed the “Best Friend” line, she bypassed the “Like a Brother” line, and went straight for the kill with, “You’re like a father figure to me.” > > Knowing what I do now, I should have responded with something like, “Oh yeah? Tell me, who’s your daddy!” \*\* I like that answer. I would never use it, but it makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/4 "2000-09-05T15:31:02Z")
ME: “I was thinking maybe we could go out to sometime or something” HER: “Why would you think that?” I only wish I had had a funny comeback line like Mr. Cynical. That is nearly as funny as the classic “HOW MUCH FOR A BLOWJOB?” after being rejected in a bar. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/5 "2000-09-05T15:46:02Z")
I asked a girl for her phone number once & turns out later it was the number for the local time. Clever girl. I went back & gave her a chuckle of cleverness. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/6 "2000-09-05T15:47:20Z")
\*\*CandyMan[b/], that is rough. I’ve certainly gotten The Heisman before, but never in such a rude and callous manner. On the plus side, you don’t have to sit through even one date with a total bitch. Probably the best possible outcome… ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/7 "2000-09-05T15:48:41Z")
Doh! slash-B! slash-B! For my next amazing trick, I’ll post an entire message as a single hyperlink… ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/8 "2000-09-05T16:20:14Z")
Mine was in high school, I was intrested inthis guy Eric. I asked him out over the phone, and he replied : “Well, I wasn’t really intrested in you, but in your friend Mandi.” (my best friend!!!) Asshole… ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/9 "2000-09-05T16:39:41Z")
“I have to house-sit for a neighbor, and won’t be able to leave the house.” Ok, how about Thurs… “All week.” Oh. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/10 "2000-09-05T18:02:36Z")
“Yeah, I think I would like to go out with you.” “Really? Great! How about this weekend?” “Hmmm… No. I’m pretty busy this weekend.” “Okay. When won’t you be busy?” “December.” ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@Me\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Joe)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/11 "2000-09-05T18:12:47Z")
Well I don’t know if this counts, 'cuz I was actually ON a date with the person in question when it happened. But anyway, we had had dinner, then went to a bar to have a drink – it’s a bar in Manhattan called “g”, a place I actually hate and try to avoid, but my date dragged me there. We are sitting there talking, and there was really no chemistry happening so I didn’t expect much to occur. But, my date was actually in the middle of a sentence when he suddenly froze, transfixed by someone acrosss the room. Without a word he got up and walked over to say hello. I was a little too stunned to react at first, and by the time I got up, my date was coming back to me. “Wow that guy is hot!” my date said, “i’d do him in a second.” After staring at him for another few seconds, he suddenly tells me he forgot my name and asks what it is. I told him. Then, he abruptly got up and said “i’m sorry, I just have to talk to this guy, give me a call sometime, see ya!” and was suddenly gone. Needless to say i was too floored to even react, and thus lost my chance to throw my drink in his face, slap him and call him an asshole. The bar was much too crowded for me to follow after him as well. Let’s see anyone top that for complete and utter rejection. ---
**Author:** ![Stormi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Stormi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormi)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/12 "2000-09-05T20:05:59Z")
Long ago : me - would you like to dance him - no, thanks. That hurt. ouch. $20,000 in therapist bills, I’m almost over it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/13 "2000-09-05T20:11:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xizor \* > \*\*ME: “I was thinking maybe we could go out to sometime or something” > HER: “Why would you think that?” > > I only wish I had had a funny comeback line like Mr. Cynical. That is nearly as funny as the classic “HOW MUCH FOR A BLOWJOB?” after being rejected in a bar. \*\* How about: “You know, I’m now wondering that myself, and now I find myself thinking that I could do a lot better. Nevermind. What WAS I thinking?” ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/14 "2000-09-05T20:21:59Z")
When out on our first date, “I’m sorry, but I think I gave you the wrong impression: I don’t date.” Of course, I then lied and said I just wanted someone to go to the movie with (the one we were already at). Since this was the first time I had been accepted (I thought), the rejection hurt all the more. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/15 "2000-09-05T20:23:53Z")
Mine wasn’t so much a rejection as it was a blow-off (I think). I was working the bar at a busy nightclub. This outrageously cute girl comes up to the bar. Me: “Hi. What can I get for you?” Her: “I’d like a blah, blah, blah.” Me: ::Start making the drinks. In a good mood, smiling:: Her: “Your cute. I guess that means you have a girlfriend? Right? The cute one’s are always taken.” Me: “Nope. I’m single.” Her: ::In a somewhat dissapointed voice:: “Hmphh. Well, Thanks!” ::Walks away:: Me: “Ahh, Sure. You bet.” Huh? Did I miss something here? Was she only interested in me if I had a girlfriend? Was she _after_ my girlfriend? The barback standing next to me thought it was the funniest exchange he had heard. To this day I still remember that brush-off from a gal I didn’t even hit on to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/16 "2000-09-05T20:25:40Z")
In a crowded bar in Boston, walking up to 2 ladies: Hi how are you ladies doing? One says, I’m fine. The girls look at each other, smirk, and walk away. Well that sucked. … Another instance on the phone, with a friend at the time, years ago: Hey wouldja like to go out on a date? No. \ Well I gotta go. Bye. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/17 "2000-09-05T20:46:17Z")
I’ve mentioned this in another thread, but it’s worth repeating here. And it’s not really rejection so much as dismissal. I gave a woman I worked with flowers on Valentine’s Day and invited her to a play that was opening in a few days. She said yes, so I made the reservations. Then she asked if I could get a third ticket so she could bring a date. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/18 "2000-09-05T20:59:13Z")
RobotArm, I can read that a million times and can’t get past it. I can’t even put into words what that is. Sweet Jesus. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/19 "2000-09-05T21:47:10Z")
HER: “It’s impossible to find a nice guy these days. Where are all the nice guys like you?” ME: “Actually, I’m available.” Awkward pause. HER: “Well, I didn’t exactly mean YOU…I meant LIKE you…” ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090/20 "2000-09-05T22:03:18Z")
The first time I asked out a girl, I got rejected (6th grade). I called her up and asked her if she wanted to hang out some time. She said she had too many extracurriculars to hang out. Flash forward to my 10-year high school reunion. I told the same girl that she was the first girl that I ever asked out and that I was heartbroken when she rejected me. She took down my e-mail address and has been e-mailing me since. Looks like I might just get that date after all… Here’s another. A college girl really put me in my place. Me (drunk): Would you maybe like to go out some night? She: I don’t think so. Me: (still drunk): Okay, how 'bout sex then? She: Oh, please. I’d fall asleep and you’d fall in love. Me: Er…Ummm… (Brain cells working overtime to come up with a snappy comeback)… Oh, fuck it. See ya. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-rejection-line-you-were-ever-given/32090.md?page=2)