What everyday activity eats up too much of your time?
We put that question to visitors to our Web site, washingtonian.com. The winner: commuting, which voters said is the biggest waste of their day.
Here's how assorted activities ranked, by percentage of vote, as time-wasters:
Commuting | 36% |
Watching TV | 12% |
Surfing the Web | 11% |
Cleaning the house | 6% |
Doing laundry | 6% |
Dealing with spam | 5% |
Sorting throughjunk mail | 4% |
Running errands | 4% |
Making dinner/grocery shopping | 3% |
Handling paperwork/bill paying | 3% |
Waiting for home-repair help | 2% |
Waiting in doctors' offices | 2% |
Dealing with health insurance | 2% |
Fixing things aroundthe house | 1% |
Taking care ofthe yard | 1% |
Driving the kids around | 1% |
Other | 1% |