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The research has been conducted by anonymous diary site Pencourage.com, which aimed to discover how nosy people in Britain really are and whether or not the nation can keep a secret.
Of the 2,000 people who took part in the survey, two-thirds admitted that if they found out a colleague was having an affair, they would share the news with someone else. Just 31% said they would keep it to themselves, because it is "none of our business".
Of those who would spill the beans (66%), 36% said they would only tell people outside the office, while the remaining 30% admitted they would blab at work. In fact, one in 10 said they would go as far as to deliberately drop 'subtle' hints to try and share the secret, while 13% would tell a colleague they are close to. 4% of people added that while that despite their best intentions they'd be likely to accidentally reveal the news. For an – perhaps brutally honest – 2% of respondents, they had no issue with sharing the information openly with everyone, claiming they would feel 'morally justified' to do so. An equally honest 1% said they too would tell everyone, because the secret is "too exciting to withhold" from others.
Deciding whether to keep the news a secret or not varied depending on the region. For example, 72% of those in the East Midlands said they would be unable to keep a juicy secret, compared to 42% of people in Scotland who said it was none of their business to do so.
Elsewhere, respondents in the North West are more likely to keep the gossip to themselves, but could be at risk of accidentally letting it out. Despite many claiming it to be "none of their business", Scottish people are the most likely feel justified by openly revealing a colleague's infidelity, and are three times more likely to argue that "an affair is morally wrong".
Peter Clayton, founder of Pencourage, commented: "The stratospheric growth our site has enjoyed since it launched shows there is clearly a natural curiosity about others' private thoughts and real life confessions – as well as an inherent desire to share our own secrets, so we wanted to find out how these attitudes vary around the UK.
"This research into our penchant for tittle-tattle shows that whilst Britons might have a reputation of keeping a 'stiff upper lip' we appear to have a very mobile lower one."
(JP/IT)
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2 In 3 Would Say If A Colleague Was Having An Affair
Two thirds of people in Britain would blab to their colleagues if someone in the office was having an affair, a new study has revealed.The research has been conducted by anonymous diary site Pencourage.com, which aimed to discover how nosy people in Britain really are and whether or not the nation can keep a secret.
Of the 2,000 people who took part in the survey, two-thirds admitted that if they found out a colleague was having an affair, they would share the news with someone else. Just 31% said they would keep it to themselves, because it is "none of our business".
Of those who would spill the beans (66%), 36% said they would only tell people outside the office, while the remaining 30% admitted they would blab at work. In fact, one in 10 said they would go as far as to deliberately drop 'subtle' hints to try and share the secret, while 13% would tell a colleague they are close to. 4% of people added that while that despite their best intentions they'd be likely to accidentally reveal the news. For an – perhaps brutally honest – 2% of respondents, they had no issue with sharing the information openly with everyone, claiming they would feel 'morally justified' to do so. An equally honest 1% said they too would tell everyone, because the secret is "too exciting to withhold" from others.
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Deciding whether to keep the news a secret or not varied depending on the region. For example, 72% of those in the East Midlands said they would be unable to keep a juicy secret, compared to 42% of people in Scotland who said it was none of their business to do so.
Elsewhere, respondents in the North West are more likely to keep the gossip to themselves, but could be at risk of accidentally letting it out. Despite many claiming it to be "none of their business", Scottish people are the most likely feel justified by openly revealing a colleague's infidelity, and are three times more likely to argue that "an affair is morally wrong".
Peter Clayton, founder of Pencourage, commented: "The stratospheric growth our site has enjoyed since it launched shows there is clearly a natural curiosity about others' private thoughts and real life confessions – as well as an inherent desire to share our own secrets, so we wanted to find out how these attitudes vary around the UK.
"This research into our penchant for tittle-tattle shows that whilst Britons might have a reputation of keeping a 'stiff upper lip' we appear to have a very mobile lower one."
(JP/IT)
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