Brits Bored for Two Years of Their Lives, Reveals Poll of 10,000 by Triviala.com

LONDON - The average Brit will spend more than two years of their lives bored to tears, it was revealed yesterday.

Fed-up folk spend at least five hours and 59 minutes of every week feeling completely and utterly bored with life. That’s an astonishing 13 days a year spent feeling disinterested with life, which equates to 786.5 days over the average adult lifetime of 60.5 years. And the main reason for being bored stiff is having no money.

The poll of 10,000 people across the UK, conducted by online quiz site www.triviala.com, revealed 55 per cent are bored rigid of having to watch the pennies and budget to get through the month. Another 47 per cent of people get aggravated and impatient with having to wait in queues for people to serve them, and for 45 per cent of people, listening to people whine about feeling ill is one of their biggest annoyances. Other things that bore people include reality television, work, their social life and eating the same food day in and day out.

Scott O’Donnell, spokesman for www.triviala.com said: “This survey is quite depressing, as it shows that most people are dissatisfied with the humdrum of daily life. It comes as no surprise to learn that a percentage of us are bored with work at times, and deciding what to eat on a daily basis can be tedious. But it’s easy to avoid the dullness of television adverts, Big Brother and reality television, as there are other, simpler ways to enjoy life.”

The top 50 things that make us bored also show that 39 per cent of people can’t bear feeling ill, whilst the same percentage loathe watching golf on television. 38 per cent of Brits are sick and tired of hearing about the MP expenses row, and 32 per cent get impatient listening to hold music when phoning the bank. Traffic and congestion are a nightmare for 32 per cent, whilst 13 per cent are bored of taking the same journey to work everyday. More than one in 10 people are fed up with their wardrobe of clothes, and wish they could have a makeover, whilst dieting proves tedious for 17 per cent of people.

Other ‘bores’ include sex life, waiting for nails to dry, worrying about job security, going to the gym, losing the football and waiting for a baby to be born.

Scott O’Donnell continued: “Seven out of 10 people polled admit they log onto the internet when they are feeling bored and this can be a great way to keep the mind occupied. The Triviala website offers a host of fun quizzes, so if you like celebrities, moves, sport or history they can distract even the most bored people.”

The poll also reveals 3 o’clock in the afternoon as the time we are most likely to feel bored. For most people, after logging onto the internet to alleviate their boredom, 51 per cent watch TV and 47 per cent eat.

TOP 50 THINGS WHICH MAKE US BORED 1. Having no money 2. Waiting in queues 3. Hearing people whining about feeling ill 4. Waiting for internet pages to load 5. Being ill 6. Golf on television 7. Big Brother 8. News about MP’s expenses 9. Television adverts 10. Waiting for public transport 11. Filling out forms 12. Poor weather 13. Waiting for someone to get back to you 14. Reality TV 15. On hold music 16. Work 17. Traffic 18. Talk about the credit crunch 19. House work 20. Paying bills 21. Adverts on the radio 22. Listening to people moan about the weather 23. Waiting for people to reply to emails 24. Being fat 25. People talking about their children 26. Washing up 27. Colds 28. Waiting at the airport 29. The boss loving the sound of his/her own voice 30. Thinking about what to cook for tea 31. Seeing the same people all the time 32. diets 33. Same journey to work everyday 34. Social life 35. Wearing the same clothes everyday 36. Shaving 37. Waiting for your nails to dry 38. Sandwiches for lunch 39. The same breakfast everyday 40. Choosing what to wear each day 41. Feeling worried about job security 42. Jogging 43. The gym 44. England never winning anything 45. Using the computer 46. Sex life 47. Losing the football 48. Getting your highlights done at the hairdressers 49. My partner 50. Waiting for a baby to be born

About Triviala

Triviala is a fun, free trivia game site. Players can win cash prizes by accumulating ‘crowns’ (virtual currency) and using them to enter our daily and weekly draws (48 prizes given away each week). The more ‘crowns’ players win by answering our quiz questions the more times they can enter the draws. GBP5000 is given away each month.

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Source: Triviala Company Limited

Scott O’Donnell, Triviala Limited | Tel: +44(0)207-267-8850 | e-mail: scott at triviala.com |