This made me laugh. I feel the same way. I did notice a demo unit in the store missing the rocker all together - but then again, I'm sure it had been abused beyond belief.Same issue here. It doesn't affect the function at all, just makes my OCD flare up.
My volume rocker was in my purse and it completely fell off It's really inconvenient to use without it and I can't figure out how to put my phone simply on vibrate now. Also, Verizon is really giving me the run around about warranty replacement for the volume rocker when I have only had this phone for one month!