Brits Bored for Two Years of Their Lives – Reveals poll of 10,000

The average Brit will spend more than TWO YEARS of their lives bored to tears, it was revealed yesterday (15th of September 2009).

Fed up folk spend at least five hours and 59 minutes of every week feeling completely and utterly bored with life.

That’s an astonishing 13 days a year spent feeling disinterested with life, which equates to 786.5 days over the average adult lifetime of 60.5 years.

And the main reason for being bored stiff is having no money.

The poll of 10,000 people across the UK, conducted by online quiz site www.triviala.com revealed 55 per cent are bored rigid of having to watch the pennies and budget to get through the month.

Another 47 per cent of people get aggravated and impatient with having to wait in queues for people to serve them.

And for 45 per cent of people listening to people whine about feeling ill is one of their biggest annoyances.

Other things which bore people include reality television, work, their social life and eating the same food day in and day out.

Scott O’Donnell, spokesman for www.triviala.com said: “This survey is quite depressing, as it shows that most people are dissatisfied with the humdrum of daily life.

“It comes as no surprise to learn that a percentage of us are bored with work at times, and deciding what to eat on a daily basis can be tedious.

“But it’s easy to avoid the dullness of television adverts, Big Brother and reality television as there are other simpler ways to enjoy life.”

The top 50 things which makes us bored also shows that 39 per cent of people can’t bear feeling ill, whilst the same percentage loath golf on television.

Thirty eight per cent of Brits are sick and tired of hearing about the MP expenses row, and 32 per cent get impatient listening to hold music when phoning the bank.

Traffic and congestion are a nightmare for 32 per cent, whilst 13 per cent are bored of taking the same journey to work everyday.

More than one in 10 people are fed up with their wardrobe of clothes, and wish they could have a makeover.

Whilst dieting proves tedious for 17 per cent of people.

Other ‘bores’ include sex life, waiting for nails to dry, worrying about job security, going to the gym, losing the football and waiting for a baby to be born.

Scott O’Donnell continued: “Seven out of 10 people polled admit they log onto the internet when they are feeling bored and this can be a great way to keep the mind occupied.

“The Triviala website offers a host of fun quizzes, so if you like celebrities, moves, sport or history they can distract even the most bored people.”

The poll also reveals 3 o’clock in the afternoon as the time we are most likely to feel bored.

And for most people, after logging onto the internet to alleviate their boredom, 51 per cent watch TV and 47 per cent eat.

TOP 50 THINGS WHICH MAKE US BORED

1. Having no money

2. Waiting in queues

3. Hearing people whining about feeling ill

4. Waiting for internet pages to load

5. Being ill

6. Golf on television

7. Big Brother

8. News about MP’s expenses

9. Television adverts

10. Waiting for public transport

11. Filling out forms

12. Poor weather

13. Waiting for someone to get back to you

14. Reality TV

15. On hold music

16. Work

17. Traffic

18. Talk about the credit crunch

19. House work

20. Paying bills

21. Adverts on the radio

22. Listening to people moan about the weather

23. Waiting for people to reply to emails

24. Being fat

25. People talking about their children

26. Washing up

27. Colds

28. Waiting at the airport

29. The boss loving the sound of his/her own voice

30. Thinking about what to cook for tea

31. Seeing the same people all the time

32. diets

33. Same journey to work everyday

34. Social life

35. Wearing the same clothes everyday

36. Shaving

37. Waiting for your nails to dry

38. Sandwiches for lunch

39. The same breakfast everyday

40. Choosing what to wear each day

41. Feeling worried about job security

42. Jogging

43. The gym

44. England never winning anything

45. Using the computer

46. Sex life

47. Losing the football

48. Getting your highlights done at the hairdressers

49. My partner

50. Waiting for a baby to be born