Laughed out of the room

If someone is “laughed out of the room,” it means others didn’t take what the person said or proposed seriously. Legend has it that Netflix founders offered to sell Netflix to Blockbuster for just $50 million in 2000. But, according to legend, the Netflix founders were “laughed out of the room,” or Blockbuster didn’t take Netflix’s proposal seriously. The employee ended up leaving the company after she was “laughed out of the room” when she asked for a raise.