Lying and gadgetry go hand in hand
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We’ve certainly seen our fair share of broken promises when dealing with gadget producers, but a recent UK-based survey claims that “nearly 75-percent of people say gadgets, like Blackberrys for instance, made it easier to fib.” While this might not come as any surprise to you, that figure is at least somewhat worrisome, as just over half of the respondents noted that using gadgets to bend the truth made them feel “less guilty” versus pulling the shades face to face. As expected, the workplace was the most favored locale to bust out a techno-fib, with “67-percent” saying they had using technology to fake sick, announce completed work they hadn’t even started, or to “cover up a big mistake.” Moreover, digitized communication has seemingly made it easier to lie to our very families, as “just over 40-percent” of those surveyed admitted to fibbing to loved ones with the help of their mobile / email. Of course, most folks claimed that their primary intentions were to “spare others’ feelings,” but we’re not so sure these tricksters didn’t start lying to the surveyors. Regardless, saving face has never been easier thanks to handheld / wireless communications, but at least someone’s already thinking about curbing this purportedly growing problem — at least, that’s what we’ve been told.
[Via TechDirt]
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