New figures suggest that irish people are the most miserable in Europe. Apparently, we spend the equivalent of more than a working day -- nine hours and 28 minutes -- every week griping about something. And women are more likely to moan than men. A majority (59pc) of both sexes agreed on that.
Our objects of grief (in order) are the weather (see previous papers on weather and well-being here and here), traffic, feeling tired and our workloads. And we are at the peak of our grief at 10.37am each Monday. "That's when more of us are whining and moaning than at any other time of the week."
The survey was conducted by Uniroyal Tyres and involved asking 4,000 Europeans about the frequency of their gripes. More details are available in the Irish Independent here.
Showing posts with label transport choice. Show all posts
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Cork Economics Blog
Here's a link to a very amusing post from the new Cork Economics blog (check it out) that describes the economics of student transport choice as they migrate from the UCC campus to Cork city-centre for a night out. I've seen similar episodes at the UCD bus-stop. Also, the majority of buses didn't stop outside the UCD campus after 8.30 pm last semester, due to an incident between a bus-driver and a student. This brought plenty of uncertainty and heightened taxi-demand (and then supply) into the UCD market.
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