Sherry Taylor

Q: A new study found that 14% of people have missed a deadline at work because of this?

A: A Tech Issue

 

A new survey found the average American gets frustrated by technology twice a day . . . and just under 41 THOUSAND times over the course of their life.  Here six more stats from the survey.

  1. 65% of people said they regularly deal with “tech rage.”  That’s where you become FURIOUS at a piece of technology that won’t work right.
  1.  Half of us have YELLED at a phone or computer when it acted up . . . and 14% have THROWN their phone.
  1. 33% have flipped out when they had issues streaming a video.
  1. 14% have missed a deadline at work because of a tech issue.
  1. 20% of people have gotten into a relationship argument because a piece of technology wasn’t working.
  1. 16% of people said they’ve gotten so angry at technology, they’ve been reduced to TEARS.

 

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