The other day, I was frazzled as I was on the phone with a customer service representative who was trying to assist me but the company's system was down. It was no fault of her own, but it made me angry as I was trying to resolve a matter that had a deadline. As I went to slam down my phone, I realized what a mistake it would be to do so.

As I'm sure you are well aware, to slam a phone down nowadays usually ends up like this:

An expensive repair bill or an operable, but a visually obstruced screen. The incident brought me back to a time when we would slam the phone down in anger, without thinking twice of doing any damage to our telecommunication equipment.

Perhaps you recall the wonderous wall phone:

These were a real joy to slam down; perhaps it was an incessant telemarketer or a dastardly prank caller. You never knew. It definitely required some serious coordination too; you had to be sure the handset landed just right into the cradle. If you weren't careful, you might have punctured a hole in the wall.

Pay phones essentially required the same form as the wall phone, if public freakouts were your thing:

Perhaps someone didn't accept your collect call or was extremely late picking you up. Unfortunately, for the phone companies, these incidents may have resulted in a lot of "out of order" signs and repairs.

Let's head back home and visit two more. If you're old enough to remember the rotary phone, then you will recall that you could actually make the bell ring if you slammed the receiver down hard enough:

I bet you can hear what that picture sounds like. The good old fashioned rotary phone was one of the best. Finally, I'd like to reminisce on the cordless phone. Portable, not exactly light-weight, but capable of being slammed anywhere.

Besides complete destruction, the worst case scenario with this type of phone was the batteries and accompanying cover popping out. This type of phone is most analogous to our present day smart phone. 

So now we're unable to slam down our phones, for the most part. If you work in an office or still maintain a landline, obviously you can. But for those of us only carrying a smartphone, even with screen protectors and cases, it's probably best that we don't slam the phone down anymore. After all, there are better ways to deal with anger. Physical destruction is not one of them. So for those younger who never learn the art of slamming down the phone, it may not be such a big loss after all. Maybe a snack, nap, or a deep breath pause is better. Your iPhone will thank you.

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