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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And if you were on the receiving end, you heard the slam. Or, so I've been told...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Nah bro, they actually felt it. You probably never got slammed so you don't know, but the person on the other end would suddenly fly across the room like a truck hit them, that's why we saved the phone slam for when someone REALLY deserved it. Good times.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I got phone slammed once. I died.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Condolences, you will be missed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Through the announcers table.

[–] merc 2 points 3 weeks ago

Because the handset ended up in a "cradle", there was almost always contact between the handset and the cradle before the switch cut off the phone. That was true even when someone was hanging up normally. There was a bit of a rattle as the phone went into the cradle. When someone slammed the phone down, that contact between the handset and cradle was much louder, but was cut off much more quickly. It wasn't painfully loud, but the person on the other end was very aware that the phone had been slammed.