“Say please and thank you.”

“Don’t chew with your mouth open.”

“Keep your elbows off the table.”

…Just a few rules drilled into children to teach them some manners. But a new study focuses on adults and their lack of manners when using a mobile device.

In a recent survey by Intel, 91% of U.S. adults say that they have seen people misuse mobile technology and 75% believe that mobile manners are becoming worse compared to 2009, when Intel first conducted a study on mobile etiquette.

Nearly all adults in the study (91%) say they have seen someone using their mobile device in an unusual place – behind the wheel (56%), in a restroom (48%), in a movie theater (32%), and on a honeymoon (9%). Almost a quarter of adults has seen someone using a laptop while driving!

But how are these misuses disturbing others?

• 74% believe that poor mobile etiquette has created a new form of public rage/violence, much like road rage


• 65% admit becoming angry around people misusing their phone


• 92% wish  people practiced better mobile etiquette in public


• 88% of U.S. adults agree that people rarely take others into consideration when using their mobile devices in public

The survey also ranked the top mobile pet peeves:

• Using mobile device while driving – 73%
  


• Talking on a device loudly in public places – 65%
  


• Using a mobile device while walking on the street – 28%
  

1 in 5 adults admits that they have poor mobile behavior, but they don’t plan on changing their ways because, well, everyone else is doing it.

What do you think of the Intel survey? What are your biggest pet peeves? And is there anything to stop mobile manners from getting worse?