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Snoozing or Sex?
Economist.com ^ | Sept. 6, 2009 | Staff

Posted on 09/07/2009 4:50:41 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe

MORE than half of business travellers prefer a perfect night's sleep to great sex. That's just one of the interesting findings of a recent survey conducted by Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Sleep, as it turns out, is very important to business travellers. (It doesn't take a genius to figure that out—just ask anyone who has ever been jet-lagged.) The more interesting finding is that today's business travellers are even more sleep-deprived than their predecessors. When the same question was asked ten years ago, only 31% preferred great sex to great sheep-counting. Perhaps the incessant trend towards worse and less-comfortable airline accommodations is to blame. Perhaps today's business traveller just complains more. Who knows?

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1 posted on 09/07/2009 4:50:41 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
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To: Wardenclyffe

I would prefer both!


2 posted on 09/07/2009 4:54:59 AM PDT by refermech
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To: Wardenclyffe

What a bunch of whiners. All the real road warriors must have been laid off...


3 posted on 09/07/2009 5:14:05 AM PDT by Jagman (They comport, We deride!)
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To: refermech

Usually that happens ; )


4 posted on 09/07/2009 5:40:01 AM PDT by Shady (The Fairness Doctrine is ANYTHING but fair!!!!)
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To: Wardenclyffe

Gay.


5 posted on 09/07/2009 8:24:29 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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