I have a cell phone dilemma

DosEquis · 11-01-2007, 11:25 AM

OK so I am at a local establishment last night, enjoying a few beverages and the scenery. Like any night of enjoying a few beverages there comes a point where they need to be recycled. I step up to bat at the urinal and think 'well while i am here i might as well check to see if I have any messages'. I remove my phone from its nerd holster, my sure handed grip was not so sure, and it flys out of my hand and maneuvers itself directly into the path of the stream of urine.

So i look down, some what bewildered and thinking to myself, what the fuck just happened here? At that point it was decision time. I am still peeing. Do i finish peeing, flush the urinal a few times, remove the phone from the toilet, and write it off as a loss.... OR ... do i act quickly reaching in to the urinal while i am still evacuating my bladder in hopes of saving this phones functionality. I go in. I leave no man behind. I take it over to the counter after i finish, wipe it off, and wash my hands thoroughly. Last night the phone went a little crazy and then failed to turn on. I disassemble it and let it dry over night. This morning i put the battery in and it actually seems to be working normally.

Here is my dilemma. It works now, but it has pee on it. I can't go claim warranty (i have the fancy warranty) because it works. I don't really have a few hundred bucks to go get a new one....but this thing has pee on it. Do I really want to use the keyboard on this phone that has piss residue? Do i get a new one? UGH. I mean...Bear Grylls drank his own piss.. this phone just has a light layer on it that will wear off.. Maybe i should just man up and deal with it.

Linzyhop · 11-01-2007, 11:28 AM

um, you can just buy a new case and keyboard for it. it's not that expensive.

Roonie · 11-01-2007, 11:31 AM

Its just pee. Seriously who cares. Piss is the least harmful body fluid out there.

motivez · 11-01-2007, 11:39 AM

Just keep it IMO, unless it's gotten way down into the cracks and starts to reek of urine and you can smell it and it starts to make your pocket smell like it..

Roonie · 11-01-2007, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by DosEquis

. I remove my phone from its nerd holster

I think this is a bigger problem you have.

WickedLou9 · 11-01-2007, 11:48 AM

pee is distilled water. You can drink it. yes it's gross but it's not harmful to you.

Just keep the phone. wipe it off and learn from your error young padawan.

7960 · 11-01-2007, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by DosEquis

I can't go claim warranty (i have the fancy warranty) because it works.

Make it not work.

7960 · 11-01-2007, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

pee is distilled water.

No, it's not.

It's drinkable but it's not distilled. It's got trace amounts of everything "you" in it.

DosEquis · 11-01-2007, 01:41 PM

I know its not a terrible fluid... but ugh.

DosEquis · 11-01-2007, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Roonie

I think this is a bigger problem you have.

There is no real good way to have it. Its a ppc6700, so it don't fit in a pocket and i dont carry a "man bag".

DosEquis · 11-01-2007, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by motivez

Just keep it IMO, unless it's gotten way down into the cracks and starts to reek of urine and you can smell it and it starts to make your pocket smell like it..

It was basically clear pee due to the number of drinks i had...so there is no smells to it really.

7960 · 11-01-2007, 01:54 PM

You have two choices:

a) break it and use the warranty
b) keep it and never, and I mean NEVER, tell this story again.

SoFlaJDM · 11-01-2007, 02:06 PM

so just throw it in water and get a new phone

DosEquis · 11-01-2007, 03:59 PM

I called them, they said stolen/theft/water damage is $50 deductable and they send me a new phone. Upon receiving it I send them the old one.

Scrum · 11-01-2007, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by 7960

You have two choices:

a) break it and use the warranty
b) keep it and never, and I mean NEVER, tell this story again.

Scrum · 11-01-2007, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by DosEquis

I called them, they said stolen/theft/water damage is $50 deductable and they send me a new phone. Upon receiving it I send them the old one.

Ewwww, they are going to resell your pee phone.

DosEquis · 11-01-2007, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by Scrum

Ewwww, they are going to resell your pee phone.

The guy was like "Ok, sir whats going on with it." I said, Well i was at the bar and long story short i peed on it. He was like 'excuse me'. Then i said i was at the urinal and the phone went for a swim. He was like "oh yeah...that happens all the time". I said 'does it really?' and he was like "No, but i meant water damage". bla bla bla.

JaJae · 11-01-2007, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by DosEquis

I said 'does it really?'

Almost had your hopes up that what you didn't wasn't too ridiculous. So close, yet so far.

7960 · 11-01-2007, 04:44 PM

moral of the story...........NEVER go for a phone/keys/money/etc when you are in the vicinity of a toilet or storm drain.

Roonie · 11-01-2007, 04:56 PM

I am really hard on phones. The latest one I have has taken a swim in the lake twice (fallen out of my pocket when launching boat). It has gone through the washing machine once. It has fallen in the toilet once (clean water). It still works. I have it down to a science now. Just take it apart and dry out everything for a day or two and it always works again.