Hello Diana07,
On average a person spends an estimated 45 to 62 minutes waiting everyday.
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45 minutes a day
?Everyday you waste time. Whether it?s filling up a tank of gas,
waiting for an elevator, or waiting to download a program- we waste
minutes. The average human wastes about 45 minutes a day in addition
to any free time they have.?
Wikibooks
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_to_learn_a_language
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62 minutes a day.
The below paragraph states: ?in 70 years, the average person spends at
least 3 years waiting.?
I calculated that those 3 years would be approximately 4.3% of time
spent waiting or 62 minutes a day.
Excerpt:
?Waiting, an inevitable and even necessary aspect of human life is not
something that most of us relish. We wait in lines: in order to
purchase groceries; to be served at popular restaurants; to be
attended to in a bank; at stop signs and traffic signals; at amusement
parts; to see a play or film. We must also wait for flowers to grow
and bloom; for babies to be born; for wounds to heal; for bread to
rise and cheese to age; for children to mature; for friends to call;
for love to deepen. Statisticians have estimated that in a lifetime of
70 years, the average person spends at least three years waiting!?
The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/sanchez/locked/cyclea/adventa/advent295a.htm
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Five years of life waiting
?If the average American spends five years of life waiting for things
? what can you do to make those five years more productive or fewer?
Use a mobile computer so you can be making notes or working while
waiting in line or for the doctor. I like to take along some of the
business magazines I receive and flip through the articles while
waiting.!?
Women Owned: "Getting the Most out of Each Day?
http://www.womanowned.com/Growing/Manage/Time.aspx
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Additional information that might interest you
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According Wireless internet service provider BT Openzone, British
business travellers spend 689,000 hours a month waiting in airports,
with most spending an average of two to three hours each month doing
so.
Times Online March 30, 2005
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11250-1547742,00.html
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According to efficiency experts, the average computer user spends 9
minutes every day waiting for files and web screens to download.
Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931686025/203-8067617-5165550
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?A recent survey found that state social workers waste an average of
12 hours a month waiting for overbooked courtrooms.?
Seattle Times Special Report
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002663091_mikeandliz04m.html
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?Americans now spend approximately fifteen minutes a day waiting in traffic.?
http://www.fairness.com/resources/one?resource_id=4379
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I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
