Used my phone case as a hammer for a picture hook, screen cracked in 4 places

Last Tuesday I was hanging a shelf in my kitchen and couldn't find the actual hammer. My stud finder kept beeping false too, but that's another story. So I grabbed my thick rubber phone case and used the corner to tap a nail in. First few taps felt fine, then the case slipped and the phone smacked right into the nail head. Cracked the screen diagonal, top to bottom, plus two spider cracks near the camera. Repair quote was $139. The picture hook went in perfect though, so I guess that's a win? Has anyone else damaged something way more expensive than the tool they were trying to replace?

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ward.piper2d ago

The picture hook went in perfect though" is honestly the most relatable part of this whole thing. I've noticed this pattern where we're SO close to a tool, we just grab whatever's closest and hope for the best. I once used a butter knife to pry open a paint can and bent the knife so bad it's now a weird spiral shape, but the paint can opened fine. My neighbor used his phone to level a table by stacking napkins under it, and now his camera lens is scratched. It's like our brains see a problem and just grab the nearest object without thinking about what could go wrong. We save a trip to the garage but end up paying way more in repairs.