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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/shieldtown95 on 2025-03-06 22:15:04+00:00.
This one is short and sweet.
This happened about 20 years ago. I desperately wanted a cellphone. I did not have one at the time. In a family of 4, my older brother had our sole cell phone line at the time. He needed it more for some reason. My parents had an arbitrary rule: I couldn’t have a phone until my brother needed a new phone.
I’m not sure if there was a deal at the time.. i.e . get 2 lines or a family plan and save $$$ money but that was the rule.
My brother’s phone was perfectly fine…until I broke it.
Got my Nokia phone soon afterwards.
edit because so many people have asked this question.
I slammed the phone vertically (antenna up) on the garage cement floor. It managed to break the parts that held the battery in place. Technically the phone still worked if you held the battery in place but the battery would slip out if you didn’t. With some tape it could have still functioned but the damage/annoyance was enough to justify a new phone.