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The Art of Street Dating
I’ve already had a fantastic response to my earlier blog today, when I talked about meeting new people each day.
ChitChatBingo have sent me the results of a survey which confirms this:
Brits find romance, friends and even business partners in queues
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 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.
1. It brightens my day 56%
2. I’ve made friends 33%
3. None, I loathe it 17%
4. I found romance 11%
5. I married someone 5%
6. I found a business partner 3%
7. I won money! 1%
Lee Knott, head of marketing services, said “Chat is one of the great pleasures of life, but who’d have thought it was so beneficial? It seems that the grouchy 17% who say they ‘loathe small talk’ are missing a lot.”
Research was conducted with 1,000 adults by YourSayPays and ChitChat Bingo.
James Preece – The Dating Guru
www.singlesolution.com
