Percentage of travelers who, unfortunately, have endured loud snoring from their seatmates on flights, according to a TripAdvisor flier survey: 44

Percentage who have experienced obvious intoxication: 25

Percentage who have experienced excessive flatulence: 19

SMALLER SALARIES

Percentage of companies that have frozen salaries, up from 21 percent in December, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt: 55

Percentage of respondents who plan to decrease this year's bonus pool by an average of about 40 percent: 48

Percentage who have added a "clawback" (or monetary recoupment) policy: 23

WORKING HARDER

Ranks of taking on more projects/responsibility and working more hours as the leading concessions employees are willing to accept to keep their jobs, according to a Q1 www.Glassdoor.com Employee Confidence Survey of employed adults: 1, 2

Percentage who are willing to take unpaid leave: 34 (Up from 24 percent in December 2008.)

TAX REFUND

Percentage of Americans who said they expected a tax refund this year, according to a survey by Econ4U: 83

Percentage who were planning on spending the refund: 31

Percentage who said they would use it to pay off existing credit card debt: 18

NIGHTTIME DRIVE

Percentage of American drivers who complained of an inability to focus while driving at night, according to a survey by the National Sleep Foundation: 18

Number of times higher the fatality rate at nighttime (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) is than the daytime rate: 3

CUTTING ON CARE

Percentage of Americans who have gone without medical or prescription drug care in the past year, due to the cost, according to a survey by Zogby: 16

Percentage of those Americans with less than $25,000 in household income who admit to doing without medical care: 34

FREE VIDEO

Percentage of network video downloaders who favor watching ads in exchange for free video, according to the findings from Knowledge Networks: 80 (Up from 67 percent in 2006.)

IDLE THOUGHT

"The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else."

— John Updike, writer (1932-2009)