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…


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