The art of the hang up

There used to be nothing quite as satisfying as the feeling of slamming down the phone on its base, punctuating the end of a particularly frustrating or upsetting conversation, and knowing that the person you just disconnected from was probably still holding their own phone in their hand, mouth agape with disbelief.

I hate to say it, but this was a simple (if not destructive) pleasure that technology has really robbed us of.

Now what do you do to make a point to your annoying conversation mate? Aggressively push the "end" button on your cordless or cell phone and think "There! That'll teach you! Hmfph!!"? Yeah, THAT's satisfying. I suppose you could throw the phone after you hang up on someone to really demonstrate your anger, but really, what good does that do? You will probably break your phone and the person you hung up on just thinks that this is yet another case of a dropped call and they'll probably just call you right back and continue to be annoying.