一项新调查指出，超过半数 (63%)拥有手机的美国民众在厕所中接电话;将近半数 (41%)从厕所中拨电话出去。不仅如此，他们还在厕所隔间内看短信、上网漫游、购物。此一发现显示，人们已到了不顾时间、场合任意使用手机的地步。

　　礼仪专家表示，在厕所内闲聊、上网，不仅粗鲁无礼，对电话那一端的人不敬，而且有“占着茅坑不拉屎”之嫌，妨碍他人“办正事”。此外，高科技时代的卫生也受到破坏，因为虽然有92%的手机使用者事后洗手，仅有14%也清洁了手机。

　　年纪较轻的人更厉害，16%表示，他们在厕所中下单网购。他们在厕所使用手机的比率也最高，91%这么做。

　　礼仪专家佩姬・波斯特写道：“即使是公共厕所也应该是隐私场所，有人进来打电话就破坏他人的隐私，因为你强迫他人听你的谈话。所以，我们建议手机使用者：如果要打电话，请到外面去。”

　　If you hear the sound of running water the next time you call a co-worker on his or her mobile phone, don’t be surprised. Three-fourths of Americans with mobile phones say they use them in the bathroom, a new study shows.

　　Approximately the same number of men and women have used the phone in the bathroom, according to a survey of 1,000 Americans by 11mark, an integrated marketing agency, although men seem more tethered to IT in the toilet: 30 percent of men versus 20 percent of women agreed with the statement, "I don't go to the bathroom without my mobile phone."

　　More than half the surveyed users (63 percent) said they have answered a phone call in the bathroom, and almost half (41 percent) reported initiating a phone call. That's not all, however: What goes on behind the walls of the stalls is anything a mobile phone is capable of. Sixty-seven percent said they have read a text, and 39 percent have surfed the Web. Men work more from the bathroom―20 percent said they have participated in work-related calls, versus 13 percent of their female colleagues.

　　As expected, Gen Y respondents are the pacesetters in the "mobile everywhere" movement, with 91 percent using their phone in the bathroom. Still, older generations are not far behind. Eighty percent of Gen X reported using the phone in the bathroom, as did 65 percent of Baby Boomers and 47 percent of the Silent Generation.

　　While online, they are doing more than just surfing; 16 percent of Gen Y report they have made an online purchase while in the bathroom. Users of iPhones are particularly likely to browse and buy in the bathroom �C 22 percent have made a purchase, versus 10 percent of Americans with mobile phones overall.

　　"The writing is on the stall," said 11mark principal Nicole Burdette. "This study confirms what we all know: that the last private place is no longer private."

　　In the process, high-tech hygiene is taking a hit, the survey found. While 92 percent of mobile phone users said they wash their hands after using the bathroom, only 14 percent said they wash their phones.