{"id":4365,"date":"2013-07-18T02:58:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T02:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=4365"},"modified":"2024-03-12T15:59:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:59:32","slug":"66-take-their-phone-to-work-rather-than-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/66-take-their-phone-to-work-rather-than-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"66% Take Their Phone To Work Rather Than Lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb10\">A survey was conducted recently where we polled a collection of 1,000 people and asked them if they would rather take their cell phone to work, or their lunch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4367\" alt=\"lunch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/lunch.jpg\" width=\"229\" height=\"220\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4367 lazyload\" alt=\"lunch\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20229%20220%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" width=\"229\" height=\"220\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/lunch.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">We all know how far technology has come in the past 5 years alone, so the results really shouldn&#8217;t shock us, but they certainly make for interesting reading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">I really didn&#8217;t think that the results would swing so far to the one side, but it appears that two-thirds of people asked would much prefer to pick up their phone than food when leaving for work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">I guess when you stop to think about it, people are probably in the mindset that if they forget their lunch they can always buy lunch from a local store, quite easily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Whereas it is not so easy to drive home for your phone, especially if you have to catch public transport or have a lengthy trip in each morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><strong>Check out the split:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4366\" alt=\"lunch-or-mobile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/lunch-or-mobile.png\" width=\"544\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/lunch-or-mobile.png 544w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/lunch-or-mobile-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4366 lazyload\" alt=\"lunch-or-mobile\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20544%20319%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" 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