(FOX Business) – If that person next to you on the train, gabbing away on her cell phone while typing away on her laptop, seems to be getting louder and more irritating — you are not alone, FOX Business reported Monday.
Mobile manners in America are getting worse, according to a study.
A recent survey of 2,000 Americans conducted by Intel Corporation (INTC) and Ipsos found that 75 percent of respondents feel phone manners are worse now than they were a year earlier, and 91 percent report seeing someone “misuse” their cell phone in the past year.
The top pet peeves reported were using mobile devices while driving (73 percent), talking on a cell phone loudly in public places (65 percent), and using a cell phone while walking on the street (28 percent).
Intel spokesperson Jessica Hansen said cell phone etiquette is often a gray area due to how people perceive their own manners. Nearly all of the respondents (92 percent) said they felt they had good technology etiquette.
Nearly all of the respondents, a shocking 91 percent, said they have seen someone use a cell phone in a taboo place, such as while driving (56 percent), in a public restroom (48 percent), in a movie theater (32 percent), and on their honeymoon (nine percent).
Even more disturbing, 24 percent of respondents said they had seen someone using a laptop while driving.
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