Figuratively Speaking is a statistics column intended to educate and amuse readers with its take on prevailing conventional wisdom. The column shows the vagaries of a life in business, though it offers informational figures about all aspects of society. It is attuned to the twist or the sarcastic, but the chief aim of Figuratively Speaking is to capture changing trends, including the differences between the sexes, the changing workplace, brick and mortar versus high-tech, wages, costs and everything in between.
Formerly self-syndicated, Figuratively Speaking appears in top publications including The Detroit Free Press, the Star-Tribune in Minneapolis, the San Jose Mercury News, The (Portland) Oregonian, The Indianapolis Star, The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, the Honolulu Advertiser and many others. Canadian clients include: The Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, and The (Montreal) Gazette.
A fascinating, flexible and thoroughly sourced column, Figuratively Speaking will entertain and enlighten readers.
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John MacIntyre is a versatile journalist with more than 15 years experience as a writer and editor. As the former editor-in-chief of two city magazines, he has directed, written or commented upon a wide range of subjects in all media.
In 1989, MacIntyre launched the column Figuratively Speaking, a statistics column intended to educate and amuse readers with its take on prevailing conventional wisdom.
The column shows the vagaries of a life in business, though it offers informational figures about all aspects of society.
In addition to print media, MacIntyre has written extensively for radio, television and video. He has also started a magazine about antiques and is the author of three books: one on golf, one on motherhood, and the other on Nova Scotia.
MacIntyre earned a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He currently lives in Nova Scotia with his family, which includes a mutt named Skipper.
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Percentage of employers who expect their workers to wear a business suit, according to a study conducted for CareerBuilder: 4
Percentage of employers who report having a business casual environment: 43
Percentage who allow jeans: 33
Percentage where workers wear a uniform: 21
Source: CareerBuilder.com.
Percentage of hotel guests who admit to pocketing room amenities, according to a survey by accommodation booking service Hotels.com.: 35
Ranks of Denmark, Netherlands and Norway on the list of the least-sticky-fingered hotel guests: 1, 2, 3
Rank of the United States: 23
Source: Hotels.com.
Percentage of Americans who believe that organic foods are healthier than nonorganic, according to the results of a Harris Poll: 55
Percentage of respondents who know what the term "dirty dozen" (The Environmental Working Group's annual list of foods that consumers should always buy organic due to pesticide levels) means in regards to organic food: 23
Source: Harris Interactive.
Percentage reduction in the resale value of a home in which there are smokers, according a survey sponsored by Pfizer Canada: 29
Percentage of real estate agents and brokers who said most buyers are less likely to purchase a home where people have smoked: 56
Source: Pfizer Inc.
Percentage of single men who have received a sext (sexy photo or explicit text), according to findings from the third annual Singles in America study by Match.com: 57
Percentage of single women who have received a sext: 45
Percentage of these singles who have shared them with others: 23
Source: Match.com.
Percentage of Americans who believe that money and wealth should be more evenly distributed among a larger percentage of the people in the U.S., according to a Gallup poll: 59
Percentage who think the current distribution is fair: 33
Percentage who think the government should redistribute wealth by heavy taxes on the rich: 52
Source: Gallup.
Percentage of American adults who say they have ever tried marijuana, the highest percentage ever, according to a Pew Research Center survey: 48
Of the 48 percent who have ever used it, percentage who say they did so in the past year: 25
Percentage who say they have tried marijuana, but not in the past year: 75
Source: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
While more companies are using mobile devices and Cloud apps, approximate number of office professionals in North America alone who get 10 hours or fewer of training every year provided by their employer, according to data drawn from IAAP and other sources: 6 million
Estimated percentage of those office professionals who are completely responsible for their own training and get little training support from their employers: 50
Source: International Association of Administrative Professionals.
Percentage of family caregivers who admit to lying to the person they're caring for, according to a survey by AgingCare.com: 73
Percentage who believe lying is justified because it either makes their own life easier, or it's for the elderly family member's "own good": 50
Source: AgingCare.com.
Ranks of Facebook ($34.3 billion), YouTube ($26.8 billion), Twitter ($23.6 billion) and the Chinese social network Qzone ($16.3 billion) on the list of the most valuable social media brands of 2013, as assessed by the department of Social Media Management of HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich, in cooperation with BV4 Certified Brand Valuation Experts: 1, 2, 3, 4
Source: University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration -- Zurich.
Idle Thought
"What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering." -- George Bernard Shaw, Nobel laureate
(Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre(at)bwr.eastlink.ca.)
COPYRIGHT 2013 JOHN MACINTYRE INC.published Sunday, May 05, 2013
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