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Have You Ever Had Gadget Rage?

Wed, 03/26/2008 - 5:15am by geeksugar
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I'm way too practical to throw down my iPhone when it crashes or drops a call one too many times, but boy have I wanted to. Much like how I've wanted to kick my TV dead in the center of the screen because my cable company has pooped out on service and I've missed a show — as DirecTV did to some rather irritable Red Sox fans the other day. You do not mess with these people and their games!

No one wants to damage an expensive piece of equipment, but sometimes you're so frustrated by either its inability to give you what you want, or often, someone annoying coming out of the other end of the receiver. Have you totally lost it and damaged a gadget?


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  • SkinnyMarie's picture
    SkinnyMarie
    1

    Only to a printer. You would think by this day in age a printer would have no reason to fail?!

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • crystahl's picture
    crystahl
    2

    well, my cell phone kept disconnecting me... and to top it off i was in the middle of an argument with my bf at the time... so i got tired of being cutoff so i ended up throwing the cell at my driveway. it shattered,oops. but i got a new phone out of it! Smiling

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • SkinnyMarie's picture
    SkinnyMarie
    3

    I just remembered another one. My aunt gave me a tracfone in college (yuck). It was crappy. Expensive cards, dumb phone. So I ran over it with my car.

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • gab6784's picture
    gab6784
    4

    I did once with one of my old cell phones.... it was a piece of s*** and well i decided to put it under the wheel of my car. It was beautiful revenge! LOL

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • Jessie M's picture
    Jessie M
    6

    It's not as cool as smashing a cell phone or computer...but I had this alarm clock with a wonky volume dial, and whenever I set my alarm, if the volume dial was touched (or if the table shook a bit) the volume went down to minimum. So I ended up sleeping in late way too many times due to the alarm being at the lowest level possible. I ended up throwing it out my 4th floor window (and it smashed on the edge of the dumpster). Sweet revenge!!

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • mn48225's picture
    mn48225
    7

    lol. I also threw my cell phone in a heated argument with a bf at the time.

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • millarci's picture
    millarci
    8

    I've always had this urge to do this to a printer but haven't yet.

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • linb's picture
    linb
    9

    My mother just sent me a slideshow that she made at work of her and her husband/boss destroying their copier, much like the Office Space scene.

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • freegracefrom's picture
    freegracefrom
    10

    I've slammed the phone (not cellphone) down in disgust, but that's about it. My boyfriend is a little extreme when it comes to video games - he throws (and far too often breaks) the video game controller.

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • gemsera's picture
    gemsera
    12

    After taking an extremely rude call from my boss on my day off I threw my very expensive phone at my equally expensive car - chipped the windscreen and shattered the phone into a few hundred pieces. He bought me a new one though, so no complaints!

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • JenBrett's picture
    JenBrett
    13

    Most of the photo copiers I've worked with. Paper jams are the worst, especially when, as in Office Space, there is no paper jam! I have kicked a few, but I also promised the last one a lap dance if it got thru the 3,000 page copies I had to make before leaving one night!

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • longhorn_sugar's picture
    longhorn_sugar
    14

    i love all things tech, but i have a terrible relationship with everything tech in my life -cell phone, computer, printer, you name it. the rage is definitely present!

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • northofantastic's picture
    northofantastic
    15

    Nothing recently, but in elementary school I totally destroyed my first Polaroid camera. I really regretted it afterwards. I've got a much better handle on my rage, but I still get the urge. Ugh. Sad

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • quelle's picture
    quelle
    16

    i've definitely abused my old phone lots by throwing it onto desks/whatnot. and i've had moments of pc rage where the ctrl+alt+del seems to do nothing and i pound on the keyboard a few times. but i've never actually damaged anything.

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • MandyJoBo's picture
    MandyJoBo
    17

    I've thrown a few phones in my time. I also used to go through mice & keyboards a lot when I played FPS games, which gets really expensive because I always buy the latest & greatest peripherals.

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • jlr32phl's picture
    jlr32phl
    18

    I desperately want to throw my company's color printer out of the window of our 16th floor office! The paper jams almost EVERY time you send something to print. How much could a new printer possibly cost? They're losing money anyways with all the paper that gets ruined from all the jams. It's so frustrating!

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • colormesticky's picture
    colormesticky
    19

    I've only lost it once. I hit my new laptop for being stupid. I hate you, Windows Vista. So very, very much. Other than that, I've only beat on a couple digital cameras that were already completely dead anyway. Kodak sucks more than Vista.

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • Phasekitty's picture
    Phasekitty
    20

    In an argument with my ex boyfriend in college, I threw my cell phone at the wall and it shattered. One of my friends was able to put it completely back together, though, and I brought it to Verizon and told them it stopped working. Got a new phone out of it Sticking out tongue

    Also, I have that angry competitive thing going on too and have broken video game controllers before...but I refrain with the Wii because I know how freaking expensive the Wiimotes are. Oh, and then there was that time I threw the TiVo remote...it has a crack on it's little glass/sensor thing on the top to show for it. My boyfriend says I need anger management... Sticking out tongue

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • Tabloid's picture
    Tabloid
    21

    I did. I do have some anger management problem quite sometimes. Well I don't know if it's really anger management but I still call it like that.

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • sweetpeabrina's picture
    sweetpeabrina
    22

    I've thrown my cell phone once... and the tech specialist at my job wouldn't fix a printer that continuously jammed. I took a little anger out on it..

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • wolfpackgal's picture
    wolfpackgal
    23

    i threw my cell phone at the floor once when i was mad at my mom... it majorly broke and i had to use duct tape to hold it together..

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • JovianSkies's picture
    JovianSkies
    26

    Not so much damage, but malfunctions were ensued by rage, and rough treatment.
    Sometimes, kicking/hitting something really DOES make it work!

    14 weeks 3 days ago Report Comment
  • simplycutebecka's picture
    simplycutebecka
    27

    I have not done it yet!

    I have wanted too many a times, but then I think how much it costs and I can't destroy it. Sad

    14 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • Baby Girl's picture
    Baby Girl
    28

    Cell phone - I caught myself just as I was going to smash it on the floor. I tossed it on the bed and walked away for some much needed time out.

    14 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • macgirl's picture
    macgirl
    29

    I too ran over my cell phone with my car. My sensible side would never do that with a good phone. It was old and I needed a new one anyways. Man it felt good Smiling

    14 weeks 2 days ago Report Comment
  • omlove's picture
    omlove
    30

    I have thrown my phone several times while having an argument with my boyfriend but on the bed...lolz. I had an urge to throw it on the floor but restrained myself thinking about the cost.

    12 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • MuffinGal's picture
    MuffinGal
    31

    My cell phones have always beared the brunt of my anger. So far, my Pink Razor has been safe from this.

    12 weeks 6 days ago Report Comment
  • lynbird's picture
    lynbird
    32

    Oh, my Apple Mighty Mouse has taken its share of hits. The scroll ball kept jamming and nothing would dislodge it (canned air, turning it upside down, slipping a piece of paper in it)except a good, swift smack on the desk. I finally gave in and just bought a Logitech usb mouse with a wheel.

    6 weeks 1 day ago Report Comment

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