Most educational! Makes a lot more sense than most of the guys posting here at least.
No rubbers on my phone at the time. No protection. Got done real good but I did have a screen protector on which kept the smashed glass together nicely.
When I summon the willpower I'm gonna try giving Google support a call to see if they can fix it and how much. Nice screen till it smashed to bits so I'm guessing it wouldn't be a cheap one to replace.