Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/12/18/women_fail_safe_text_test/
Women fail safe text test
Rude SMS
Posted in Business, 18th December 2001 18:14 GMT
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Three out of five mobile users have sent messages they regret when they sober up. And women are worse offenders than men.
According to survey by mobile services firm Zed [1], the female admitted to "rude" texting, sending confidential messages to the wrong person and SMSing their ex-boyfriends when under the influence.
In the cold light of day, women were more likely to feel guilty about the contents of poorly worded SMS messages - particularly when they discovered they called strangers by mistake.
Zed quizzed adults between 18 and 35 and found that 78 per cent of respondents sent up to three text messages a night when out drinking, with 22 per cent sending four or more.
One in five people have woken up to discover they had to apologise for drunken messages sent during a night on the tiles. ®