LONDON (Reuters) - Britons spend more than 90 minutes a day gossiping, e-mailing friends and flirting and in the office, according to a survey published Friday.In a typical working day, staff spend 54 minutes gossiping, 16 minutes flirting, 14 minutes surfing the Internet, nine minutes e-mailing friends and family and three minutes shopping online, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
Contrary to the popular belief that women indulge more in idle chit-chat than men, the survey of 2,000 people by Halifax Share Dealings showed that both sexes spent almost the same amount of time gossiping.
