2005-02-12

How to escape from the date from hell

If you have Virgin Mobile, all you have to do is dial three numbers and then hang up.

"Virgin Mobile will call back a minute later with a perfect excuse to get out of there. We'll even talk you through what to say," the company, a joint venture of the Virgin Group and Optus, said in a statement.

A survey of 402 people by Virgin Mobile found that 53 percent arrange in advance to have a friend call them mid-date to check they are all right or if they need an excuse to get out.

The results showed women were twice as likely as men to use the tactic.

3 comments:

Just Somebody said...

I think it's disgraceful that anybody would engineer something like this when they could just.....oh, sorry, that's my phone - must dash.

Michael said...

Seems like so much effort just to offend somebody every bit as much as if you just said "Look, I'm sorry, but this is arse and I never want to see you again, you freak."

Jen Jordan said...

Ah, yes, the blunt and therapy inducing method.