Who is in the wrong? You decide!

[LastMangoInPeckham]

Person A dropped person Bs phone.

There is now a crack in the screen. Top right hand side.

Person B wants person As phone until person A has fixed person Bs screen.

Person B deems their phone broken, person A claims that a crack in screen does not a broken phone make.

Person A and person B are now not on speaking terms.

No, don't give him your phone, fuck the. Apologise hugely, take it to the nearest appropriate shop tomorrow, get it fixed while you wait. Cracked screen should not affect usage.

I agree that Person B is being a bit UR but what do they do for a phone whilst Person A is arranging its fixing?

I think the prob lies with the 'need' for a mobile/smarty pants phone as being necessary to life really.

Person A should give their phone to Person B for the 'duration' accompanied with PA-laden comments regarding B's need for a phone to make themselves feel 'whole' again.

I think replacing the screen (the needed repair) may invalidate the warranty (if the phone still had one) so I can understand why person B is upset. However, presumably person B is an adult - so upsetting as it is, life goes on- a repair is the answer - not taking person As' phone. I can however understand this would be the way young siblings would react- its logical to a child- perhaps with their precious first phone.

Just to be clear, phone works absolutely fine! The crack is top of screen so doesn't affect usage in any way. It's the knowledge of it being cracked that renders it unusable. In my heart, as person A, I know that IANBU and that person B is BVU! However it is enormously helpful to have that validated xx

Maggsio genius has created PSP - Precious First Phone.

obvs meant - PFP

I nearly used PFP!

Person B obvs unreasonable. Even if broken beyond use you're not then obliged to give away your property, only pay for a replacement (assuming 100% your fault).

Person A to reduce hassle for B could find repair shop locally, order new screen, pay for it and then all person B will have to do is wait about an hour for phone to be fixed (did it recently so know how long it takes). Person B sounds like a bit of a baby.

It's your partner? And they want you to not just pay but give them yours?

That's a relationship you don't want to be in.

The screen on my phone has been cracked for over a year (ds dropped it :( ) It works perfectly fine. I am hanging on until I can get a new phone when contract is up - another 3 weeks to go! Yay!

I can completely understand why B is annoyed about this. I suspect you might do better apologising to them rather than fighting over who is to blame. If you broke my phone, I'd be pretty cross if you then went on to get angry with me over my reaction to it.

I can see why B wants to borrow your phone. But again I can also see your logic in saying theirs continues to be functional. Perhaps you could prove your point about its functionality by offering to swap, since as you say, it's not something anyone would begrudge having to use.

But surely you have an old phone in a drawer that could suffice?

A should pay for repairs.

B should wait for repairs without using A's phone.

Screen repairs take about an hour. Person B can live without being connected for an hour.