STAT OF THE WEEK: 30% of adults 18-29 have PRETENDED to be on the PHONE to AVOID human interaction.
Scary right? Not so fast, readers ages 30-49. Good chance about 1 in 10 of you have used the same trick.
Just 6 percent of respondents age 50-64 are guilty.
So what ever happened to good ol’ “how’s the weather” elevator chitchat? Leave it to those age 65+, the kings and queens of gab. Only 2 percent of that age range ducked human interaction.
Source: The Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project