Another Example of The luckyme Syndrome

[David Sklansky]

I sometimes take baths rather than showers. I sometimes talk on my cellphone while in the tub. If I'm not careful, the phone gets a tiny bit wet, and when it does, it goes on the fritz for a few hours until it totally drys. The symptoms vary.

Today I was careless again and about a half an hour later the phone started acting up and I couldn't call out. My friend, who knows a little bit about electronics, asked to look at the phone and the battery and pronounced it ruined. She gave me some technical reasons which are off the subject. But every battery that had this symptom, in her experience, was kaput.

I told her that I would bet the phone would be OK in a few hours. Even money. I gave her my reason which was that the problem was due to moisture and it would go away. Just like it always had. She became insulted and gave me the luckyme retort that this problem was not caused by moisture and that I needed a new phone. The fact that it happened to pop up right after my using the phone in the bath was just a coincidence. I replied that I would accept her answer if the problem was undeniably caused by something else but as long as she couldn't say that, then the problem was PROBABLY caused by the moisture. Given the fact that it had occurred right after the bath. And that it would probably fix itself just like it always had. IT DIDN'T MATTER MUCH THAT THESE SYMPTOMS WERE USUALLY CAUSED BY SOMETHING ELSE.

She was forced to let her anger subside a few hours later when I called her with the phone she wanted me to throw away.