Office too hot? Computer playing up? Go on, have a grumble, it’s good for you | Phil Daoust
by Phil Daoust from on (#315FZ)
The 77 hours a year that we spend moaning at work could have advantages - for us and our colleagues
We Brits love to moan - at least those of us who work in offices. According to the animal charity Spana, we spend up to 20 minutes a day - more than 77 hours a year - whingeing to colleagues about everything from insensitive bosses to dirty sinks, but mostly about crappy computers and horrible co-workers.
"Seventy-seven hours!" you may be thinking. "That's almost two working weeks. Imagine what you could get done in that time." You could take up juggling, or train for a marathon. You could learn to drive and still have 10 hours left over. You could even - God help us - do more of the work you're actually paid to do. I'm glad I'm not the complaining type.
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