Do You Use Your Cell Phone in the Bathroom?

When you gotta go, you gotta ... text? Approximately 75 percent of people take their cell phones into the bathroom with them, according to a survey by marketing agency 11Mark, The New York Daily News reports. And yes, there's even a t-shirt about it.


Some cell phone users have a harder time parting with their phones than others. Among the 1,000 people polled, 87 percent of Android users admitted to talking, texting or surfing the web while in the john, MobileBurn.com reports. BlackBerry users are most likely to answer (75 percent) or make (48 percent) a phone call, while iPhone users are most likely to engage in social networking (52 percent) or use an app (57 percent), the News reports.

So next time you get a tweet, think about where it came from. These days, a significant number of people (30 percent of men and 20 percent of women) won't go the bathroom at all without their phone. And almost EVERYONE under 35 talks, tweets or texts on the toilet -- a whopping 91 percent of those born between 1977 and 1993, according to the survey.

However, there's one big problem with all this multi-tasking. Sixteen percent of cell phones have fecal matter on them, according to Mashable.com. Do you use your cell phone in the bathroom? Be honest.