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Posted on: Sunday, March 11, 2007

Not everyone's normal, but we can all pretend

Compiled by John MacIntyre

When asked for the best movie quote of 2006, percentage who said "Everyone just pretend to be normal!" — Richard — "Little Miss Sunshine": 38.1

SPARE ME THE DETAILS

Percentage who chose "The details of your incompetence do not interest me." — Miranda Priestly — "The Devil Wears Prada": 35.6

MASTER OF HIS DOMAIN

Percentage who chose "I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me." — Frank Costello — "The Departed": 17.1

Source: Netflix Inc.

FAMILY TIES

Percentage of wealthy teens who said, "I deserve to be rich because my parents are rich," according to the "Growing Up Wealthy" survey, commissioned by PNC Wealth Management: 22

RICH KIDS WITH LIMITS

Percentage of wealthy teens who said they should not be able to buy anything they want: 45

WORKING WORKS

Percentage who said they are willing to work for the things they want to purchase: 80

MAKING MONEY

Percentage of those aged 18 to 20 who have a full-time or part-time job, which accounts for their spending money: 63

Source: PNC Wealth Management

WELL, WHO WOULDN'T?

Percentage of women who would take a diet pill to achieve Carmen Electra's body, according to a survey by Kelton Research and conducted on behalf of the diet supplement NV: 81

GREAT LOOK, NO JOB

Percentage of respondents who would quit their jobs if they could look like Carmen Electra: 21

JESSE JAMES WOULD, TOO

Percentage who would rob a bank: 7

Source: Kelton Research

BLAME IT ON THE CEO

Percentage of global business executives who assign blame to the CEO when companies' reputations take a hit after a crisis strikes, according to a new "Safeguarding Reputation" survey by global public relations firm Weber Shandwick with KRC Research: 58

MONEY MATTERS

Percentage of executives who cite financial irregularity as a major trigger of reputation failure: 72

ETHICS, TOO

Percentage who cite unethical behavior: 68

Source: Weber Shandwick

TOO MANY BUTTONS

Rank of "function fatigue" (getting fed up with the number of features on a single device) among the most cited complaints of mobile phone users, according to a survey conducted by the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience: 1

Source: Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience

HOW INAPPROPRIATE!

Percentage of U.S. employees who say they heard a sexually inappropriate comment at work last year, according to a survey conducted by Novations Group Inc.: 34

MEN HEAR A LOT ...

Percentage of men who said they heard a sexually inappropriate comment while at work: 44

WOMEN NOT SO MUCH

Percentage of women who said the same: 22

Source: Novations Group Inc.

SOCIALIZING'S KEY ...

Percentage of U.S. workers aged 20 to 29 who say that the social aspects of work are very important to their overall sense of workplace satisfaction, according to a survey conducted by SelectMinds: 77

THOUGH IT DOES GET OLD

Percentage of U.S. workers aged 30 and older who say the same: 67

WHO DO YOU TRUST?

Percentage of U.S. workers aged 20 to 29 who say they are "more likely to listen to information and recommendations if they are presented to me by someone I know and trust": 86

BUILDING RELATIONS

Rank of cementing relationships with colleagues and supervisors, adapting to a new company culture and learning new job responsibilities as the top challenges U.S. workers aged 20 to 29 say they face: 1, 2, 3

Source: SelectMinds

NET, TV GO TOGETHER

Of the 146.8 million U.S. adult Internet users, number who simultaneously watch TV while online, according to a study conducted by www.eMarketer.com: 102.6 million

RADIO, NOT SO MUCH

Number who listen to the radio while online: 89.4 million

PLENTY TO DO

Percentage of total media time spent multitasking: 25 to 30

Source: eMarketer

LOOKING INWARD

Percentage of managers who say their company typically looks at the current employee base first when conducting a job search before considering any other candidates, according to a survey by Hudson: 73

NETWORKING WORKS, TOO

Percentage of managers who found their jobs through networking: 33

STICKING AROUND

Percentage of workers who expect to stay with their current employer for more than six years: 41

Source: Hudson

OPTING OUT AT WORK

Percentage of U.S. workers who made a voluntary job change in 2006, according to a survey conducted by Spherion and Harris Interactive: 21

MONEY AND TIME

Rank of "growth and earnings potential" and "time and flexibility" as the top reasons employees sought a voluntary job change in 2006: 1, 2

Source: Spherion

IDLE THOUGHT

"People never lie so much as before an election, during a war or after a hunt."

— Otto von Bismarck, German statesman