Research by 3 suggests we’re turning into a bunch of ‘Communifakers’ who’d rather pretend to talk and text than look like a Billy no mates in the pub. According to its bullet proof scientific analysis ‘43% of women, almost a third of men (32%) and three quarters (74%) of all 18-24 year olds are guilty of pointless phone fondling.
Why? Well (stat overdose alert), 36% of us do it while waiting for friends, and 35% do it when we don’t want to avoid speaking to someone in the street (oh the irony!). And according to psychotherapist Lesley Haswell; “People experience the need to appear socially busy at all times and ‘just waiting’ is a no-no. Our basic human instinct is to be part of a group. Alone we can feel more vulnerable.”
So there you have it folks, we’re a nation of phantom-phoners and faux-texters because deep down we’re all just a little bit insecure. It’s not that we’re actually too busy watching films, surfing online, checking out Google Maps, emailing, doing the accounts, editing .docs and playing Orcs & Elves II to make a phone call.








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