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Have you ever accidentally put your phone in the fridge?

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Dec 31st 2013, 3:28 PM 11,979 Views 3 Comments

PHONES ARE A bit of a magnet for klutziness. If we’re not dropping them on our faces, we’re lobbing them into the toilet or various other unsuitable locations.

Last night, UK phone network T-Mobile decided to capitalise on humanity’s inability to keep our phones safe.

So they tweeted this photo of a phone in a fridge, with the caption “Whoops! #happenstousall”.

Source: Twitter

There was an immediate backlash, from numerous people who believed that this was ridiculous.

However, a search on Twitter reveals that IT DOES HAPPEN.

For these poor unfortunates, the notion of leaving a phone in the fridge is all too real:

So where do you stand on this crucial issue? Have you ever accidentally put your phone in the fridge?

Poll Results:

Yes. (519)

Not personally, but it happened to... a friend. Yes, a friend. (247)

What? That's ridiculous, of course not. (127)

Yes.
What? That's ridiculous, of course not.
Not personally, but it happened to... a friend. Yes, a friend.

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Have you ever accidentally put your phone in the fridge?