Survey reveals clothing is merely an option for Brits on the phone
New research from BT Broadband Talk today has lifted the lid on some of the nation’s more unusual talking habits, and has revealed that almost half of Brits regularly talk on the phone when they’re not wearing any clothes!
49 per cent of people questioned as part of the survey admitted that they were happy to talk to friends and family when naked in the privacy of their own home, and this also was the situation where most respondents are pleased that the recipient of their call couldn’t actually see them! British women are much more likely than men to do this, with 57 per cent of females questioned, and 40 per cent of males, regularly making phone calls when naked.
A quarter of people questioned also said that they used phone calls as a way of pretending they were elsewhere – this figure rises among males, 30 per cent of whom regularly use the advantage of not being seen to make the person they are speaking to think they are somewhere else.
The BT Broadband Talk research shows that the majority of Brits are ‘talking multi-taskers’ with 83 per cent of people questioned saying that they carry out other activities while speaking on the phone. Women (86 per cent) are more likely to do this than men (78 per cent) and the research showed a female slant towards carrying out more practical tasks while making phone calls – popular responses from women included preparing food (64 per cent) and ironing (43 per cent). Men, however are more likely to be found watching television (63 per cent) while talking on the phone.
A number of other differences in the talking habits of the opposite sexes were also highlighted by the research. Women are more than twice as likely as men to pick up the phone to speak to their parents, while men are more likely than women to be found speaking to friends of the opposite sex.
Wendy McMillan General Manager, BT Broadband Talk, said: “Talking on the phone is an everyday activity for most people, what’s interesting about this research is the variety of different ways in which we go about it. Some of the facts revealed here might make us think about our phone calls a bit more and start to wonder what the person at the other end of the line is actually doing!”
BT Broadband Talk is an easy way to make and receive calls, all you need is a broadband connection and a normal touchtone phone. Customers simply plug the phone into the broadband enabled router and make and receive calls in the normal way.
With BT Broadband Talk, inclusive evening and weekend calls and great UK landline, mobile and international call rates are available and these apply whether callers are clothed or not. Callers using BT Broadband Talk can enjoy Hi-Definition Sound capability for high quality voice calls (provided both caller and recipient have a broadband connection with BT Home Hub and BT Home Hub Phone or BT Broadband Talk Softphone), as well as benefiting from a second virtual phone line and separate phone number.
BT Broadband Talk Customers can make calls from their computer using BT Softphone or via the BT Videophone.
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