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Study Reveals Your Cell Phone May Be the First Thing Others Notice About You

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:00:44 +0000

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Maybe you shouldn’t judge a person by his phone, either. A new survey of more than 120,000 people in 15 countries has found that 56% of people believe their phone is the first thing people notice about them. Among men, that number creeps up slightly [...]

Do You Keep Love Letters From Previous Relationships? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:55:07 +0000

According to a new survey from the dating site Seeking Arrangement, the nature of the love letter has radically changed over the last decade. Instead of putting pen to paper, amorous messages now usually come in the form emails or text messages.

But the question remains: Do you keep such notes after a relationship has ended and you've moved on?

Who Is the Biggest Disappointment in Baseball This Year? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:31:26 +0000

The Major League Baseball season is winding down, and for some high-profile players and one particular manager, it probably feels like the longest season of their careers. So who was this year’s biggest disappointment? This past off-season, the two biggest free agents were Albert Pujols and Jose Reyes, both of whom left their longtime teams [...]

The Regular NFL Refs Are Back, So Is Everyone Happy? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:27:48 +0000

For weeks, all we’ve been hearing about is how terrible the replacement officials were in the NFL. The real officials were back this week, so were the calls actually any better? When the refs walked onto the field, they were greeted with cheers (probably for the first time), but those cheers soon turned to the [...]

Would You Rather Lose Your Wallet or Your Smartphone? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:22:03 +0000

For many decades, losing your wallet was clearly the worst. Not only were you suddenly without means to pay for anything, but you had been displaced of much of your personal information and were facing hours and hours of dealing with credit card companies and the DMV. Fun!

These days, a smartphone also packs a significant portion of your life into a small package that you carry with you everywhere and sometimes misplace. It also generally costs more than a wallet. So is the smartphone now the thing you'd least like to escape mysteriously from your pocket?

What's the Most Annoying Thing People Do in an Elevator? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:51:06 +0000

The ideal elevator passenger stands still with his eyes forward as he waits for his floor. However, during the countless elevator rides we take during our lives, we’ve all come across a fellow traveler whose behavior is less than ideal. So what are the most annoying things people do on an elevator? According to survey from Careerbuilder.com and Harris [...]

What's Your Favorite Pizza Topping? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:00:56 +0000

What topping to get on a pizza has long been a subject of discussion among friends. And while Zagat’s first annual pizza survey isn’t necessarily going to solve that debate, it does give a breakdown of which toppings are most popular among the pizza consuming public.

Are Hot Dogs Still an American Favorite? – Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:00:16 +0000

July is National Hot Dog month, which makes sense since patriotic folks barbecue an estimated 150 million franks on July 4th alone. But a recent survey from organic meat producer Applegate suggests that the hot dog’s status as an American staple could be in jeopardy.

Would You Rather Give Up Sex or Lose Your Job? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:00:29 +0000

If you need any other indication that the job market is tough these days, consider this survey by online casino Roxy Palace. In it, 700 men were asked if they would live without sex if that meant they could keep their job. Forty-three percent of the poll’s respondents answered that keeping their job was more [...]

Does Father's Day Get The Same Attention As Mother's Day? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:30:20 +0000

Retailers and greeting card companies would like you to think Father’s Day is just as important as Mother’s Day. Is that really the case? According to most people, the celebration of fatherhood — which was created to complement Mother’s Day — doesn’t get the same amount of attention as the original. A RetailMeNot.com poll of 1,005 [...]

New Survey Reveals Shocking Info on What Americans Think About Cheating on Their Significant Other

Shauna Wright — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:45:27 +0000

Bad news for the monogamists out there: according to a new survey, fully a third of people thinking cheating on a partner is sometimes okay. Hundreds of people were polled on their views regarding betrayal and cheating by Bad Online Dates, which found Americans now accept many behaviors that would’ve been deemed shameful or promiscuous [...]

Are You Worried About Pollution? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:30:53 +0000

According to a new poll from Gallup, Americans are less concerned about pollution than they have been at any time since 1990, when the polling company started regularly surveying attitudes on the subject. The group’s latest Environmental Poll has only 48 percent of respondent worried about pollution of drinking water and 36 percent concerned about air pollution. In [...]

Denmark Named World's Happiest Country — Where Does America Rank?

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:00:37 +0000

America might be the land that allows its citizens the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but that does not make American the happiest nation. A recent Gallup survey of several nations asked its citizens to rate their “life situation and what they believe the quality of their lives will be in [...]

And the Rudest Country in the World Is…

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:20:44 +0000

A new list of the rudest nations has been compiled and thankfully, America isn’t number one. Skyscanner.com conducted a survey of travelers to determine which is the least friendly. No surprise, France topped them all. The legendary French attitude helped earn the country more than one-fifth of the votes. Russia finished second, followed by Great [...]

Admit It — You Re-Gift, Don't You? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:00:31 +0000

‘Tis the season to receive gifts. Inevitably, some of the presents your friends and loved ones will be nice enough to give you won’t be anything you particularly want or need.

So, do you try to make these unwanted gifts usefull by wrapping them back up and giving them to somebody else who might actually appreciate them?

Survey Says — Holidays No Longer Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Shauna Wright — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:00:49 +0000

Seems “holiday cheer” may be a misnomer, at least according to a new survey. Consumer Reports polled 1,013 adults, revealing that 90 percent of us have at least one thing to complain about the holidays, and 15 percent hate that they’re expected to be nice.

Average Texter Sends or Receives 41.5 Messages a Day — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:30:54 +0000

According to a survey of 2,227 adults by the Pew Research Center, the average text message user sends or receives an average of 41.5 messages a day.

How much someone texts is not surprisingly tied to how old they are. Those in the 18-to-29 age group send or receive an average of 87.7 texts a day, whereas that total is only 4.7 for those in the 65-and-over group.

Cliff Huxtable Is America's Favorite TV Dad — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:00:30 +0000

Bill Cosby’s sweater-wearing, tough love-offering Cliff Huxtable character from ‘The Cosby Show’ is the TV dad most Americans would have wanted as their own father growing up. According to a Harris Poll of 2,184 adults, Ward Cleaver from ‘Leave It to Beaver’ is the nation’s second favorite TV dad, followed by Jim Anderson from ‘Father [...]