# Damn floor! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 11, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-floor/218258 "2003-12-11T03:09:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-floor/218258/1 "2003-12-11T03:09:08Z")
After only seven months of use, my MP3 player is dead. Not because of some manufacturing problem. Not because of shoddy construction. No, it’s much worse. It’s the floor. The floor killed my MP3 player. Earlier today, I stood up while wearing headphones attached to the player. The player was sitting on a table, and the short headphone cord caused it to fly off the table and slam into the floor. Hard. And now… now… **it doesn’t work!** ☹ I should have been more careful. Shouldn’t have left it sitting on the table. But I did. Even after past… incidents. The thing has fallen off my bed countless times. It has dents in the case from flying out of my hand and into a wall. It has ceased to operate on one previous occasion. Luckily, the problem was solved by repeatedly slamming the player against a hard surface. But not this time. Nope, nope. It’s dead. Dead. This is like losing a member of the family. My MP3 player is like a brother to me. A mother. A father. A best friend. God. Dead. I think I’m going to cry. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-floor/218258/2 "2003-12-11T03:13:37Z")
this thing flies out of your hand for no reason? um…what IS a mp3? ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-floor/218258/3 "2003-12-11T03:18:22Z")
I had a loose grip on the thing. Too loose. ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-floor/218258/4 "2003-12-11T03:24:25Z")
Bring it back to where you got it, put on one of those “Uh… I… like dunno what happened to it… it uh… just like stopped working.” You’ll be surprised how well this works :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-floor/218258/5 "2003-12-11T03:25:07Z")
but what about teh mp3 player? 😉 ( oh fudge ) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-floor/218258/6 "2003-12-11T03:26:26Z")
THANKS 7 up yours! Your post just ruined my funny reply! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-floor/218258/7 "2003-12-11T03:31:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 7 up yours \* > \*\*Bring it back to where you got it, put on one of those “Uh… I… like dunno what happened to it… it uh… just like stopped working.” You’ll be surprised how well this works :dubious: \*\* And if that doesn’t work, I can try to cash in on my extended warranty. If they refuse, Best Buy corporate HQ is less than 20 miles away. :dubious: