facts - SE Members Blog post - syndication express2024-03-28T20:03:03Zhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/factsLabor Day - 16 Interesting Office Facts!https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/labor-day-16-interesting-office-facts2013-09-03T01:33:44.000Z2013-09-03T01:33:44.000ZStephen Edgecombehttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/StephenEdgecombe<div><p>Today we celebrate Labor Day and honor all the hard-working men and women of the United States. Americans deserve this special holiday when one considers that <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93364&page=1" target="_blank">Americans works harder than any in the industrialized world.</a> According to Dean Schabner, we work more than the English, the French, the Germans, the Norwegians or even the Japanese. Further, Americans take less vacation, work longer days and retire later. The pressure on us to work more and more continues.</p><p></p><div class="byline"> As you relax with family and friends this holiday, reflect on these <a href="http://www.suppliesguys.com/Blog/Peripheral-Visions/22-interesting-office-facts-on-november-22" target="_blank">16 interesting Office Facts:</a></div><div class="byline"></div><div class="byline"> </div><div class="byline"><ol><li>One percent of U.S. employers allow employees to take naps during working hours.</li><li>People in the U.S. spend at least 1896 hours per year at work.</li><li>Women business owners employ 35% more people than all the Fortune 500 companies combined.</li><li>No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than seven times.</li><li>During thinking, we only use about 35% of our brains.</li><li>A typist’s fingers travel 12.6 miles during an average workday.</li><li>More American workers (18%) call sick on Friday than any other day of the week.</li><li>Tuesday has the lowest percent of absenteeism for American workers—11%.</li><li>Difficulty focusing on the computer screen, short-term memory problems and trouble with basic math can be caused by a mere 2% drop in body water. Remember to stay hydrated during work hours.</li><li>More people walk to work in Alaska than any other U.S. state.</li><li>Americans now spend more than 100 hours a year commuting to work.</li><li>More than 50% of lost work days are stress related, keeping approximately 1 million people home from work every day.</li><li>The average office worker spends 50 minutes a day looking for lost files and other items.</li><li>The United States has the fourth largest workforce in the world, at 154.2 million (does not include those who are unemployed).</li><li>Forty percent of worker turnover is due to job stress.</li><li>Remember to always take notes during meetings, as the brain retains less than 5% of what is said.</li><li>“Stewardesses” is the longest word typed with only the left hand. </li></ol></div><p> </p><p><a style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;float:right;" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBWz5xJJbLE/UiU0xGT0pOI/AAAAAAAAChI/UVXDdx27UJQ/s1600/come-unto-me.jpg"><img width="320" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FBWz5xJJbLE/UiU0xGT0pOI/AAAAAAAAChI/UVXDdx27UJQ/s1600/come-unto-me.jpg" border="0" alt="come-unto-me.jpg" /></a><br /> Finally, I encourage you today in the words of Jesus:<br /> "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." <em class="light"><span style="color:#999999;">- New American Standard Version (1995)</span></em></p><p> </p><p>Why not build a business which will allow you to earn a residual income and enjoy the world which has been given to you. 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