Brits will spend the equivalent of almost TWO years of their life just waiting, according to a new survey
The research looks into how long we spend aimlessly hanging around, from waiting for delayed flights to waiting for our phones to charge.
THE average Brit will spend the equivalent of nearly two YEARS of their life…just waiting, according to a new survey.
Researchers took an in depth look into how long us Brits spend aimlessly hanging around, with waiting in supermarket queues, delayed flights and waiting impatiently for phones to charge among the main time wasters.
The average Brit will spend TEN HOURS a year waiting for laptops and computers to load and 45 minutes every month will be spent impatiently waiting for video buffering to stop, according to the study by TalkTalk who have coined the term ‘load rage’.
The research found 11 minutes a week will be spent waiting for our phones to update and the equivalent of nine hours a year will be spent twiddling our thumbs while TV and films painstakingly download.
Nearly seven in 10 of the adults polled said they seem to spend a lot of their time aimlessly waiting around.
Aside from internet induced ‘load rage’, the study also revealed sitting in traffic, waiting in for deliveries to arrive and eagerly waiting for food to be served in restaurants were among the things we got fed up of waiting for.
And the typical adult complains in a shop, restaurant, doctor’s surgery or on the phone NINE times a month about how long something is taking.
The research showed that 14 percent of Brits spent so long hanging around they have shouted at a shop assistant and 23 percent have cried in frustration that they were having to wait so long.