November 2008, The Business

Office workers in the south west are most likely to doze off, tell lies or be thinking about having sex with their colleagues during work meetings, reveals a new survey. More than 1,000 office workers nationwide were questioned in a poll by Powwownow, the home of free conference calling.
And the result showed almost half (48 per cent) have witnessed someone nod off and nearly a third (29 per cent) had thought about having sex with another colleague in the meeting.
Those in the south west were also more likely to be suffering from a hangover during a meeting (23 per cent). And they are the worst when it comes to telling fibs (22 per cent) but the least likely to feel hatred towards their work colleagues. Just 10 per cent said they had despised a fellow worker during a business meeting.
This insight into the nation’s behaviour in meetings coincides with the launch of Powwownow’s face to face campaign, which encourages us all to make conference calls instead of actually meeting people.
For further details visit www.powwownow.co.uk