Survey finds 10% of internet users surf on the toilet

November 2, 2008 by Mark O'Neill | 6 comments

By Mark O’Neill
Contributing Writer, [GAS]

Laptops and Wi-Fi networks have a lot to answer for it seems!   A survey by internet service provider Plusnet has found that 10% of their users have used their laptops to surf the net during a trip to the toilet either at home or at work.

Wouldn’t you find it a bit weird if a work colleague went into the toilets with a laptop under his arm and didn’t come out again for a while?   Or maybe when you’re in there and hear “click! click! click!” coming from one of the stalls beside you?!

It’s a bit like that famous Dilbert cartoon where Wally gets told that he’s getting a new cubicle, only to find out that it’s a bathroom stall.   Delighted, he sends an email to his mother from the stall saying “Mom!  I got my own office – with a door!”

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6 Comments »

Comment by Grincheux
2008-11-02 11:53:46

I am surfing on my toilets right now.
And what ?

 
Comment by Study Babes
2008-11-02 13:06:25

Lol I do that all the time, in fact that’s half the reason I bought a phone with WiFi so I wouldn’t have to carry my laptop in :D

 
Comment by Douglas Karr
2008-11-02 15:45:01

They have a fantastic, cheap, rollaway at Office Depot that works perfect in front of the couch or toilet. Not that (ahem) I’ve tested it.

 
Comment by The Windows Fix
2008-11-02 19:12:39

Anybody that owns a laptop, can’t deny they haven’t done this. 10% may even be somewhat low.

 
Comment by Casey
2008-11-02 20:39:03

Am I wrong to think that maybe this is a guy thing? Because I don’t care how geeky she is, I don’t think I’ve ever met a girl who’s done this. :-p

That’s what Entertainment Weekly is for!

 
Comment by Joel
2008-11-03 05:55:49

@The Windows Fix: Well actually I haven’t take my laptop to the bathroom yet, I prefer to use a phone like “Study Babes” does.

 
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