Friday, May 18th, 2012

Remotely Lost: An Entire Month Looking For the Remote

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    It’s 3:51 PM: do you know where your remote is?

    According to a new poll, chances are nay. Sky, UK’s leading entertainment and communications company has conducted a poll of 4,000 viewers on their TV remote control habits.

    Among the findings…

    “The average viewer loses it an average of 3.2 times a week and spends more than four minutes looking for it each time.

    That means each week we spend 15 minutes hunting for the pesky little device – nearly 13 hours each year – or 31 days during the average adult lifetime.”

    A whole month spent looking for your TV remote? Preposterous, you say? Consider this: in a separate study, Neilsen found the average American watches 151 hours of TV a month.  I guess when it’s put that way, it doesn’t seem SO bad… unless its one minute til the season finale of “Lost”… and you’ve got three kids… AND a teething puppy…

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    One Response to “Remotely Lost: An Entire Month Looking For the Remote”
    1. Waltsense says:

      This is depressing. I think the average american eats their control atleast once a year as well.
      Nah – I think its high time we talk to the TV and then it changes. We have to use a high squeaky voice or have some to make it change on your command

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