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We used to put the on 'hold' and put them in a drawer. Just, "hey, theres someone at the door, can you wait a minute?" And then come back an hour later and see how long the cordless said the call had last.
Had one last 1.5h once.
These days, I just whistle a loud sustained C# into the phone that seems to pick up particularly well, and usually getts them to hang up cursing pretty quickly