People spend a year of their lives searching for misplaced items, such as keys and remote controls. Men look for clean socks and driver’s licenses, while women search for their children’s shoes or toys. Americans waste over 9 million hours daily on this. Executives spend a month yearly looking for lost documents, and women spend a year selecting outfits. The average American watches three hours of TV daily.
On average, people spend a year of their lives looking for things out of place, according to research conducted by Priority Management Pittsburgh. One of the most commonly lost items that people waste time looking for are keys, followed by remote controls. An IKEA study on common habits found that an average of six seconds are spent looking for keys every morning. Other misplaced items vary by gender. For example, men are more likely to look for clean socks and a driver’s license, while women spend more time looking for their children’s shoes or toys. Collectively, it is estimated that Americans waste over 9 million hours every day looking for things that are out of place.
More information on lost time:
A Forbes study concluded that the average executive spends nearly a month a year looking for misplaced documents or information.
According to a 2009 Matalan survey, women spend a year of their lives selecting their daily outfits.
In the United States, the average person spends about three hours a day watching television, as reported by the US Bureau of Labor.
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