Study: Weird Stuff Going On In Phone Booths

NOVEMBER 6, 2009 (New York, NY) – A new study has found that phone booths are overwhelming not being used for phone calls. In fact, the booths are largely being used for, in the words of the study’s director, “weird stuff.”

Many major cities, like New York, still have phone booths on almost every block. However, since the use of cellular phones became widespread within the last decade, the need for phone booths have fallen dramatically. Looking to examine what the remaining phone booths are actually being used for, scientists conducted observations of phone booths at various locations in Manhattan.

They found that the phone booths are only very rarely being used for actual phone calls. To the contrary, most of the time (52%) the booths are being used for activities that “would or should” commonly take place in a bathroom (urination – 39%, defecation 13%). Oddly, the booths were also being used for eating 7% of the time. Another 14% of the time the booths were being used for “hanging out” or “chilling.” Nine percent of the time the booths were being used for copulation or masturbation.