Interesting Facts

It seem that we Brits don't like to be kept waiting. According to research by Interparcel we get grumpy very quickly if we are forced to wait for any length of time. (It seems we will only wait 5 minutes at a bar before walking off, 13 minutes for a delayed train and no more than 10 seconds for a web page to load. It seems strange for a nation renowned for its ability to form an orderly queue, but if you read this, I applaud your patience in waiting for it to load.)

According to the Daily Telegraph, Britons spend, on average, six months of their lives queueing. (The average adult wastes around five hours and 35 minutes each month queueing, and queueing at the supermarket takes up the most time. Waiting for a bus or train, queuing to get a drink at a bar and paying for goods in a shop also emerged as things we spend the most time waiting for. I'm surprised it's only six months, sometimes it seems much, much longer.)