so i saw a Fan group upon the same name on FB, & i kinda laughed at it since it's true for me.
how about you guys? i thought i was the only one.. but i guess not. Loll.
i just press random buttons & what not, i always felt stupid by doing it.. but i guess it does help. =P

I know I do! It makes me feel better than having an awkward silence around the group of people I don't know that well... Unless I'm with just a friend.. Then I'd feel like a jerk for pulling out my phone in the first place...

oh man i do that all the time. especially when i'm on the metro.
i hate staring at people. or when they stare at me.

YEEEEEEES. LOL.
I did it once before when someone on the bus tried to keep talking to me. D:

hahahah! i do this too!
i always feel sort of like a loser when i do it though. but it sure helps.

HAHA OMG YES.

I used to sit on this bench after school, surrounded by a bunch of outgoing dance crew people. I was kind of an outcast, so I just pretended to text all the time ): such a fail..

im glad i found a better place to hang out now. LOL.

All the damn time..

or sometimes I do it just because my friends always get text messages when we hang out..their phones always go off and mine doesnt..so I text my sister XD

in awkward situations, i don't pretend to text but i actually just start texting/IMing/BBMing ppl.

Ugh...yes...it helps so much...>.<

i often visit FB when i was in awkward situation...XD

lol yeah i do that a lot. it starts getting really uncomfortable if i just sit there...

hhahaa, i do !! glad to know i am not the only one but i got caught once though by a friend and she thinks i'm weird. hmm

Nahh, I just like to sit with my arms crossed and look grumpy.
People know when to leave me alone then. Haha. Who gives
a crap if I look all weird.. I just don't want people bothering me.

Yes, i would just take out my phone and start typing something and then close everything. HaHa !!!
But sometimes i just send some random message to my friend and stare at the phone, waiting for the reply

haha yeah
except i do text(not pretend) but it's like random crap
to my friends xD

i don't pretend to text. i just move somewhere else.

i do it on the bus, to seem like i'm important LOL ~ like i'll sit there, and look at my phone and just poke it so it seems like i'm doing something. ;-;

haha i just joined that group.

i don't actually pretend to text, though. i DO text - usually my best friend telling her how awkward things are

I rarely do that... I usually find other things more creative to do (or to say, if I'm with someone).

But I realize that a lot of people rely on their cellphones, not only in awkward situations. Even if they're bored or something. (Some just wanna show off their new cellphones or their new wallpaper or applications or something).
A lot of people would rather play with their cellphone while waiting or while on the bus rather than staring around unless they go to *sleep mode* <--- That's me sometimes.

The most common would be... while eating... hahaha... A lot of people would rather even hold a giant burger with one hand and use their cellphone with the other hand like a pro... Because they don't wanna be seen as eating and staring around and admiring/focusing on the foods they're eating. Similar to when you take a poop except that no one can see you...

LOL!! in awkward situations??.......i guess so but when i'm walking by myself and i see a group of guys who look suspicious i pretend i'm talkin to someone on the phone >.<....but when i told my friend about this she said what if it rings?? haha xD

when I walk past a group of guys, I tend to look at my phone and have this really puzzled look on my face to show them "hey look! I'm so engrossed in my message that you guys don't even exist! so don't even try to disturb me!"

I always do it! Like that it seems like I'm busy/important/have a lot of friend and people doesn't bother me ^^

same here^^
i would start texting my friends.
their reply: ..are u nuts? texting me this random stuff

I pretend to talk on my cell : P
only if I don't want to talk to someone and I'm with a group of people
but if it's one on one, I think its rude so, I don't
I just cough or I start a new convo ( :

I don't pretend; I really do, or I just go through my phone book

ALL THE TIME HAHA.
sometimes i really do, but most of the time i'm too lazy to actually start a text haha.
yeah... it really does help to avoid the awkwardness since you look like you're not paying attention -.-
i do it a lot when my friend goes off to hug this guy she likes for like 5 minutes if no one else is around XD
either that, or i start looking for something in my bag as if it's so important at that moment XD

it's not that I pretend, I DO text lol
I txt some random stuff like, "RANDOM TXT, FOSHIZZAY"

I don't pretend, I just start texting random friends about totally irrelevant things.
But yeah, I do it A LOT when I'm stuck in awkward situations.

ROFLMAO! Yes. I joined that group on FB too! xD
I tend to do that when it's just reeeeeally awkward. It makes me feel sad though. xD
There was this one time that actually got me sad.
My friend told me that she was going out w/ my ex. I knew already but I pretended like it never happened.
She was staring @ me & I was really hurt inside so I grabbed my phone & pretended to text.
I just said, "Yeah. Cool." & stared at my phone pretending to text & tried to hold back the tears.
But I'm totally over him. I even told my friend that & she couldn't help but laugh.
I guess this is a good way to hide the awkwardness? (=

yup, when apparently i'm just pressing a bunch of buttons on my phone.

I'm trying not to do it so much because it reads as of "don't talk to me" look. Well that's what I think.

No, but I carry around earbuds with me even if I don't have an iPod or whatever. Usually I don't like it when strangers talk to me. =(

YES. When I'm alone waiting for my friends at a specific place and a bunch of my classmates walk my way, I pull out my cell phone

I don't pretend, i just start texting something random to my friends lol

Yes. Sometimes when I wait alone and people pass by...I don't know what to do and standing around doing nothing is kinda weird so I whip out my phone and start pressing random buttons trying to make it look like I'm texting someone.

It works.

LOL .
I saw that FB group a few minutes ago ! P:
Ehh , I sometimes do that xD
Only if it's really akward ...
IF it's normally akward I just look around and pretend I don't know anything .

I sometimes do that (or just fidget with my phone haha), but most times I actual text someone haha

Weird, I just reblogged something on tumblr that has to do with this.

Here we go;


Guilty.

Yes.
And I don't even have texting.

yeah, i do..
but then my pride gets to the better of me
and i just start mass texting people

I do; but I end up hitting the number keypad over and over again or I just browse through files on my phone.

I KNEW IT
i always wondered...are you people always actually texting?!?!
nowadays, 4 out of 5 people walking around campus are staring down at their phones
now i know what they're really doing....

nooo. LOL i usually look aimlessly at my hands and foot at that time

I don't pretend to text. I literally text a friend and tell him/her im already pissed. Haha!
I really hate being in awkward moments...Sometimes, I just excuse myself and walk out.

^ I do the exact same thing!
Gives me something to do and usually allows me to avoid an awkward situation

Yeah, I do. But I try not to. LOL Especially if there are a lot of people, and I'm the only one. Like if I'm waiting for someone to arrive -- I hate waiting. Ugh. So yeah, I guess it's one of the pros in owning a cellphone because I'm not so fond of texting.

LOL i only do that if i'm being shy around strangers.
But most of the time, i just stare and looking bored when i'm waiting for someone

no- if it happens to me, i will bother myself to look at my hands.

haha yes, i do.
just last night actually.. everyone went upstairs except for me and this weird girl i barely knew.
i pretended to text for like 5 minutes.. :X it was very awkwardd.

rarely, but in very awkward situations, yes. but that doesn't happen very often.

i'm such a talkative person, i would just converse with some stranger hahaha

yea
i hate awkward moments \........

HAHA, my life story! I always do that, especially when I feel somebody staring at me and such...