Percentage of adults who check their e-mail while out of the office: 62
Percentage of workers who routinely respond to e-mail within one hour: 50
Approximate number of pores in an eggshell: 17,000
Average number of kernels on an ear of corn: 800
Number of hours spent by the average American watching DVDs and videos in 2004: 78
Sources: Hewlett-Packard, Martha Stewart Living, The New York Times
I have this manager, lets just call him Lumberg. He tries to identify something about yourself and will relate with you. He often tries too hard relating to us. For instance, he knows I like football, so this morning he comes over and talks to me about last night’s game. In case you don’t know, my beloved Dallas Cowboys lost their 13-0 lead in the last four minutes of the game last night and lost 13-14 to the Washington Redskins. He told me that he thinks Washington’s strategy was to not score any points early on so that Dallas would be tricked into thinking they had a poor scoring offense and would simply score later. Is this absurd thinking or what??? In any sport, if you have the chance to score, you score when given the opportunity because it may not be available again. Urghhhh.
