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Phone company suggests detoxing

On a post-holiday diet or detox? Your phone probably needs a seasonal purge too, with an Australian survey showing the majority of mobile phone users collect numbers of people they don’t really know - usually when a little tipsy.

The online poll, commissioned by Virgin Mobile, showed that 86% of Australians aged between 18-34 had keyed in phone numbers of people they had met briefly, with half admitting that it happened while they were under the influence of alcohol.

The survey also showed that many of these “rogue” numbers are collected during work-related events or parties. Three out of five people working-full time said they collect rogue numbers when out having a few drinks, the poll showed.

The survey also found that men were more likely than women to collect numbers when at a work function - putting it down to politeness.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .