Today, my friend told me that Otter Box phone cases protect the phone whether it's thrown or just dropped. I disagreed. He then threw his phone across the room into a cement wall to prove it. The phone's screen was completely shattered and now he thinks I owe him a new phone. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I bought an otter box. While setting up my iPhone, I dropped it and it is now shattered. FML
Today, I figured out that a $40 phone case does not protect your $500 phone from a five year-old throwing it off a fourth story balcony. FML
Today, I was showing my new iPhone case to my friends, saying how it was scratchproof, shockproof, and waterproof. I demonstrated it by dropping it on the sidewalk from about 5 feet. It bounced onto the road. Apparently, its not truck-proof. FML
Today, I bought an $80, "invincible" phone case. One test drop later, my phone had turned into an expensive paperweight. FML
Today, my brother got mad at me for breaking the screen on his phone. He'd already dropped it so many times that the whole screen was cracked to the point that you couldn't see anything on it, but for some reason, I am fully responsible for its destruction because I accidentally delivered the finishing blow. FML
Today, at a family gathering, I gave my toddler my phone to get a moment of peace. After assuring my nosy, judgemental aunt and cousin that I wasn't worried about it because I have dropped it myself numerous times over the last two years, and I trusted the OtterBox phone case it was in, my son dropped and broke it. FML
Today, my fancy rubber phone case did its job and saved my phone from damage when I dropped it on the bathroom counter. Unfortunately, it was rather useless after the massive bounce it took before landing in the toilet. FML
Today, I went to give my boyfriend a hug and accidentally knocked his brand new phone out of his hand. The screen was broken. FML
Today, I got a Samsung Galaxy and opened the box to see a cracked screen. I showed the clerk and she said I must have dropped it. I hadn't moved since she handed me the box. FML
Today, I got my phone fixed after the screen had been shattered for four months straight. Then, the moment they handed it to me, it fell straight to the floor and shattered. Again. FML
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Top comments
1221jamw 11
Buy him a really old flip phone, or perhaps a Nokia and tell him you agree that the Nokia won't break
Wolfipoo 31
Well that's idiotic that he thinks you should give him a new phone, he's stupid for thinking that wouldn't crack it, your life sucks Op.
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Comments (130)
Sandman2015 12
I guess that doofus is out a phone and a friend. Don't pay for other people's stupid mistakes.
danimal_crackerz 26
Give him Monopoly money to buy a new one
tiredofwaiting 25
Your friend is a ******* idiot. But it was his own stupidity that got him where he is so you owe him nothing.
andromedea 2
otter box has (not sure if still going) a guarantee if it breaks you send in your phone and them will either fix it or buy a new one
JebMcdeber 11
Why is this an FML? Is he threatening you in some way? Are you going to cave to his demands? Otherwise, **** that guy. Don't be friends with idiots. I mean, unless you're an idiot. In which case you should stick together at all costs.
petergozinya37 8
You don't need to take the blame because your friend is an idiot.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
I have an Otter Box, and my dad swears by them. We've dropped our phones a few times with that case and they've been fine. But I don't think they're meant to withstand intentionally being thrown across the room into a cement wall; they're for accidentally dropping them on hard floors/surfaces. So no, you don't owe your friend a new phone. Reasonable person standard comes into play here.
FireHanyou14 7
If he thought that an Otter Box would protect his phone from a cement wall, then he's kind of a dipshit. And what person thinks that because his phone got broken trying to prove a point-which failed-means you have to buy him a new one?
sillikitti 15
Yeah you don't owe him a dime. He took the risk. The probability of the phone surviving is not to be thrown intentionally with force, but only by dropping it maybe, 10-12 feet. Not guaranteed tho. Gotta register the case too haha