It is a very simple and universal fact, that I have noticed in my relatively extensive experience, that whenever a mobile phone rings, bleeps or makes any other noise it is impossible for people not to check their phone.
A random ringtone pierces the relative silence and almost every person fishes their phone out of their pocket (or bag, or briefcase or whatever other hiding place they've stashed it) and stares at it intently to see if it was theirs that went off. It actually doesn't matter if it sounds utterly nothing like their ringtone, after all some impish and mischievous person (known or unknown) may have stolen our phone for the ten seconds it'd take to change the sound settings and then obviously has returned it to the exact spot in which you left it...
Why do we all check though? Is it a desperate attempt to look interesting, a burning desire to be popular, or do our brains just not work quick enough to tell us not to look and we're all trying to cover it up?
Speaking of people stealing your phone, this habit we all have of checking our phones upon hearing one could well give rise to a cunning plot being hatched by evil and nasty thievy type people. After all, in order to get every person in a two mile radius to put their phone out on display for you to peruse and snaffle, all you'd have to do is get someone to call you...! Now does the fact I've thought of that make me a conscientious person enlightening you on phone safety, or the evil thievy genius who's out to pick a pocket or two?
So who's up for a game of bingo...?
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