مشکلات بسیار بریتانیایی - اجتناب از مردم

I live on a street where — when I come round the corner, I often see some of my neighbours standing in their gardens and I sometimes just go and hide round the corner… and go on my phone for a bit because I don’t want to talk to them about the bins.

You know when you try to avoid somebody and you pretend you’re on the phone…?

“Sorry, I’ve got take this,” and it’s not ringing. It’s clearly…

“I have to take this.”

“Hello?”

“Sorry, my love. What did you say? Mm-hmm. Oh, wow.”

“Yeah, OK. Sorry, can you…”

(He mouths)

“Sorry, sorry… Hmm?”

(She titters)

I’ve done that a load of times and people will just believe you.

They will go, “Oh…” [HE MOUTHS]

That’s it. It’s a great one.

“Sorry, I’ve got to… Hello?”

Gone, see you later, bang.

That’s a real favourite of mine.

Yes, who but the British could see the mobile phone and realise that its main benefit would be as a means of AVOIDING conversation.