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Study on Cell Phone Etiquette Reveals Rampant Hypocrisy

by Warren Riddle on June 22, 2009 at 08:30 AM

Rude cell phone behavior is a familiar nuisance to everyone. We've all been annoyed at some point by a person talking loudly in public, or swerving across the highway as they hammer out a text message. Polling firm Harris Interactive recently conducted an Intel-commissioned tech-etiquette survey of 2,160 U.S. adults. The resulting statistics are interesting, predictable, and frustrating.

As revealed by the poll, detailed over at BetaNews, the most significant concern over public mobile habits involved texting while driving; 72-percent of those surveyed ranked it as their "biggest annoyance." 63-percent of the respondents admitted to being perturbed by loud public conversations, and 55-percent said they couldn't stand overhearing discussions of a personal nature. The study also asked people where they most often witnessed these breaches of etiquette -- restaurants, movies, and bathrooms were the most common responses.

Overall, 82-percent of the people surveyed said they'd witnessed disrespectful and annoying cell phone use in public. This, though, is where it gets interesting and frustrating.

Even though almost all of these folks complained about public phone nuisances, only 28-percent of them admitted to publicly talking about personal matters, and only 38-percent copped to texting while with a group of people. Talk about stones and glass houses. If you're not sure about proper tech-etiquette, or if you're worried about being a cellular hypocrite, just check out our 16 Biggest Tech No-Nos. [From: BetaNews.com]

Tags: cell phone, CellPhone, etiquette, survey, tech etiquette, TechEtiquette, texting while driving, TextingWhileDriving, top

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