Are Phones Making People Late... Or Just More Flexible?
from the depends-on-how-you-look-at-it dept
A few years ago, we wrote about a study saying that 71% of people were consistently late for social events because they knew they could reschedule or adjust thanks to everyone having mobile phones. With that in mind, people should be positively thrilled by this new study that seems to indicate only about 20% of people consider themselves "unreliable" about such things because of their phones. Three-quarters, though, do say that the phones have made them more "flexible." Of course, it's a judgment call as to whether or not this is good or bad. Being flexible on meeting people has its advantages. Obviously, doing it in a way that wastes someone else's time can be problematic and rude, but if it's done right, that flexibility can be valuable, rather than seen as a negative thing.
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Yes, but...
What people consider themselves to be, and what they actually are, are frequently two drastically different things.
So people may consider themselves to be prompt, courteous and reliable, when in fact they are late, rude and flaky.
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similiar to driving statistics...
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what does this have to do with reliability? It's a social event. It doesn't matter.
"Oh my god, it's 20 til 7 and Bob isn't standing around sipping pinot grigio and making inane chit-chat yet. That unreliable bastard."
If 71% were consistently late for taking their friends to the airport, they would be unreliable.
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late with a cell phone
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