YOUNG PEOPLE HATE THE STOP AND CHAT

Daily News- "Its good to talk- but when some mobile owners feel that it isn't, they're staging fake calls to avoid speaking to people around them. A survey found that 13% of those who own a mobile phone resorted to this tactic rather than talk to somebody near by. That figure gets dialed up to 30 percent for the 18-29 year old age range and down to six percent for those between 50 and 64.."


When I saw the headline, I thought for sure the number was gonna be way higher than just 13%. Yeah, its 30% for people between 18-29 but even then 30% seems too low. I think I use this tactic about 60%. If you asked me the number of times I've "texted" someone while I was walking in an area where I knew someone but didn't want to talk, the number jumps to 80%. Sometimes I just don't feel like talking and I don't have the balls to pull a Larry David yet and just walk right by them without stopping. It is kinda hilarious that the number is only six for older people. They HAVE to talk to EVERYONE. I think my mother knows every single persons name at publix and not only their name, but probably their shifts too