WE LOVE HALLOWEEN _ Unless we’re in a recession, or it’s the first year of a pandemic, we love to spend money on Halloween. In 2024 Americans plunked down $12.2 billion on all things Halloween. Working backwards for 15 years…
• 2023 | 11.6 billion
• 2022 | 10.6 billion
• 2021 | 10.14 billion
• 2020 | 8.05 billion
• 2019 | 9.20 billion
• 2018 | 9.12 billion
• 2017 | 8.86 billion
• 2016 | 8.44 billion
• 2015 | 7.44 billion
• 2014 | 7.09 billion
• 2013 | 6.90 billion
• 2012 | 6.50 billion
• 2011 | 6.82 billion
• 2010 | 6.60 billion
• 2009 | 5.80 billion
10 PERCENT OF AMERICAN DRINKERS CONSUME ASTOUNDING AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL _ A recent study revealed that the top 10 percent of American drinkers guzzle down a staggering 74 alcoholic beverages per week. This equates to over four-and-a-half bottles of Jack Daniels, 18 bottles of wine, or three cases of beer in just seven days. Based on data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), the analysis shed a bright light on the extreme drinking habits prevalent in the U.S. 30 percent of American adults don’t drink at all. Another 30 percent consume, on average, less than one drink per week.
5 RUDEST THINGS YOU COULD DO AROUND YOUR CO-WORKERS _ Sometimes our colleagues are full-tilt nightmares, people so awful there’s really nothing to redeem them. Job website Monster surveyed thousands of workers about the rudest things coworkers could do around them.
5. Consistently being late to meetings
4. Being unresponsive to messages
3. Using inappropriate language
2. Gossiping
1. Not cleaning up after oneself
