People say we’re cold and reserved, but in fact most Brits are happy to make small talk with strangers, with around half of us indulging our chat-habit twice a week at least (49%) according to national research by ChitChat Bingo.
So friendly are we that 16 per cent of Brits have even found romance through small talk, with a third making new friends and 3 per cent even identified a business partner.
Queues were far and away the most popular place to strike up a conversation for 35 per cent of us – even more than the quarter of us who like a good natter at work. Bars might be popular for men, 14 per cent of whom say this is the best spot to chat to strangers; but their chances of chatting up a woman are slim as only 5 per cent of them admit to chatting with strangers in bars. The worst place to try out your lines on a stranger is a lift, which appears to be a no-go area for all but 2 per cent of us.
The research conducted by ChitChat Bingo, the UK’s friendliest bingo site, shows that young people are most likely to engage in an impromptu chat with a stranger (92% will chat up strangers at least once a week) whereas 50 per cent of the older generation love to chat in a queue.
- It brightens my day
- I’ve made friends
- None, I loathe it
- I found romance
- I married someone
- I found a business partner
- I won money!
| 56% | |
| 33% | |
| 17% | |
| 11% | |
| 5% | |
| 3% | |
| 1% |
Research was conducted with 1,000 adults by YourSayPays and ChitChat Bingo.
For more information please contact David Child or Kimberley Nanson on 020 8332 9690 or email chitchat@lucre.co.uk.
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