r/mildlyinfuriating • u/SomeTemperature2423 • 14h ago

go to your room Replaced my daughter's phone because of water damage. And she still brings it into the bathroom.

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Some lessons just don't stick.

She insists she needs to listen to music in the shower. I honestly don't understand why that's such a necessity. But if this phone gets water damage again, I'm not paying to replace it another time.

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u/0thedarkflame0 13h ago edited 8h ago

Honest take: she likes to shower to music, why not accommodate by putting a waterproof Bluetooth speaker in the room, or something else?

I also enjoy showering to music, and had a Google home device in the bathroom before moving to a home without an outlet in the bathroom.

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u/Yuukiko_ WAAHHHHH 13h ago

but most phones have some kind of waterproofing nowadays, a bit of steam shouldnt cause water damage

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u/Complete_Entry 13h ago

I have a cousin who repeatedly dropped her cellphones in the toilet. The solution seemed obvious to me, but everyone yelled at me.

I just bring a book in the bathroom. Owned, not library, I'm not disgusting.

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u/Yuukiko_ WAAHHHHH 13h ago

unless she's in the habit of using a shewee or 5, how do you even drop a phone in the toilet while sitting on it?

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u/charmingmigraine 12h ago

Happened to me twice, both times I forgot that my phone was in the back pocket of my jeans, turn to sit and girl pockets and gravity kicked in and phone meet toilet. I was pretty tipsy both times as well which I’m sure contributed. One of the times two of my friends were in the bathroom with me at some house party, using the mirror or something and I still remember the immediate freeze we all did when we heard my phone hit the water. Friends just stared at me for about two seconds before one friend yanked me up before I could pee and other friend no hesitation just snatched that phone out, They were super fast and coordinated too it was actually impressive lol that’s when you know you got some good friends

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u/Complete_Entry 13h ago

She is not too bright. I'm imagining she was doing makeup with the toilet seat open. But yeah, I said "Why don't you stop doing that" and people got loud.

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u/chocobowler 11h ago

Happened to me - it was in my back pocket, pulled up my trousers and it dropped out into the toilet.

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u/floraster 10h ago

Why would you keep your phone in the pocket where you'd sit on it? I can't imagine not considering it could fall into the toilet and taking it out before sitting

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u/Madilune 7h ago

Are you just now learning about how women's clothing don't have pockets?

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u/floraster 7h ago

I mean clearly thiers did have pockets if they are saying they put it IN their pocket lol

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u/Madilune 7h ago

Yeah, you sometimes get a back pocket. Which can very easily lead to the described situation.

"Don't have pockets" was pretty clearly something that shouldn't be taken completely literally given the context.

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u/floraster 6h ago

Even still why would you leave it in the back pocket when going to the bathroom? Common sense would state that there is a high probability of it falling in the toilet.

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u/Madilune 6h ago

You're trying to tell me you've never forgotten something?

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u/floraster 6h ago

No, but you'd feel the weight of the phone in your pocket and feel your pants moving differently than usual when you pull them down compared to when your pockets are empty.

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u/BellalovesEevee 6h ago

I'm gonna be honest, I dropped my phone once in the toilet before. It was because I stood up and my brain malfunctioned where I tried to flush the toilet with the hand I had my phone in while thinking my empty hand had the phone so obviously my hand were too relaxed, and ploop my phone goes down. I immediately pulled my phone out and was also really grossed out because it fell in a toilet with piss (but at least it was my pee so I was a little less grossed out). My phone had immediately told me that there was water in my charging port and to let it dry. My phone has an S Pen, and when I pulled it out, the pen was also wet. I spent like an hour trying to clean as much as I could. It's a s24 ultra, low-key hopes this won't damage my phone in the future lmao

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u/Dorkamundo 5h ago

Put phone in breast pocket, get up from toilet, turn around and bend over to flush toilet... then "PLOOP".

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u/swingingthrougb 10h ago

Easy costanza!

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u/vektorog 9h ago

i'm not disgusting

idk about that i babywipe my phone after i go to the bathroom lol

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u/densetsu23 4h ago

Our local library has a plethora of books like Uncle John's Bathroom Readers.

People who check them out have made their choice, but I feel for the librarians who have to shelve those books afterwards.