Don't Drink And SMS

from the dangerous-stuff dept

You know those drunken phone calls you regret the next morning? Well, now you can start regretting drunken SMS text messages too. It seems that nearly 60% of people responding to a study in the UK admitted that they later regretted sending text messages when they were, well, less than sober. Many of the messages went to complete strangers when wrong numbers were pushed. Others went to ex-significant others (the old standby for a drunken phone call). Women were more likely than men to send out regrettable messages. One of these days we're going to have to ask people to drop their mobile phones off in a bag along with their keys before they can be served drinks...

Leave a Comment..


If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
 


 

Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Save me a cookie
  • Note: A CRLF will be replaced by a break tag (<br>), all other allowable HTML will remain intact
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>
A word from our Sponsors...
Follow Techdirt
Flattr rss rss
Essential Reading
A word from our Sponsors...

Close

Email This