The male species puffs out his chest, struts over to the female, fumbles through some conversation, perhaps buys her an Appletini, and, if all goes well, scores her cell-phone number.

After the respectable three days have passed (remember the movie Swingers?), the male calls the female. But if she has given him the number (407) 970-8278, he is in for a rude surprise.

The man behind the voice, Jeff Goldblatt, originated the Rejection Hotline four years ago. He was at an Atlanta bar and observed a man flirting with an uninterested woman, who ultimately told the man to get away from her.

Even the man’s friends were laughing at him. There had to be a less humiliating way of rejecting someone, Goldblatt figured. So he recorded a Rejection Hotline message, first as a joke, but then word spread. Today, about 1.6 million callers dial the number each month, Goldblatt says. Local numbers are available for about 30 cities. Goldblatt, an MBA student at Emory University, also runs rejectionhotline.com, a site that makes a profit through advertisements, sponsorships and products for sale such as Rejection Hotline underwear.

John Fuhrman, author of “Reject Me, I Love It! 21 Secrets for Turning Rejection into Direction,” recommends offering a reason for rejecting someone. Constructive criticism, if you will.

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