According to the Saab press office: “On average, a woman wastes one day each year fumbling around for keys in the bottom of her handbag.” What?! Are they mad? No woman on earth could possibly spend an entire day each year scrabbling about in her handbag…
Let’s work it out. I’ve just timed how long it took me to locate and remove the car key from my large and unusually unhygienic handbag… 37 seconds flat. Say that I take three trips in the car each day, and each time park somewhere before returning home. That makes 6 times that I have to dig out my keys – or 222 seconds a day. That’s 81,030 seconds a year, which equates to 1,350.5 minutes… or 22.5 hours.
Twenty-two and a half hours. Twenty-two and a half hours every year, digging through my handbag looking for keys. I think I’m going to have to shoot myself.
Good Grief!
37 seconds to find your keys?
Most men keep their keys either in their trouser/jacket pocket, belt pouch, or a quick-access pocket in their brief-case/work-bag etc. I usually keep mine attached to my belt via a secure clip-on key-ring.
Surely most ladies handbags have quick-access pockets of some sort which could be used for key storage, thereby reducing the “fumbling” time? Oh, silly me….. any such device would obviously be utilized for easy-access storage of cosmetic products & appliances.
AlfaMartini | 11 Jun 07 - 14:07