職場人每天遺忘五件事 盤點最容易漏掉啥

Our busy lifestyles mean five important tasks or facts slip our minds during the course of a typical day, a study has revealed.

Failing to return calls and reply to emails are the most common omissions during hectic days at work.

And forgetting colleagues' names, leaving paper in the printer and neglecting to grab our packed lunch on our way out of the house also feature high on the list.

More than half of those surveyed blamed their forgetfulness on trying to do too many things.

A quarter said they were expected to remember too much, and a fifth said there weren't enough hours in the day to deal with everything.

The problem seems to get worse with age, with more than half saying they forget things more frequently as they get older.

And modern life adds to the burden, with one in five forgetting important passwords and a quarter not remembering to charge their mobile phone battery.

A further 12 per cent get a rude awakening every weekend because they forget to turn their alarm clocks off.

Seven out of ten also said they had become dependent on to-do lists to keep their lives in order.

Putting rubbish out, taking laundry out of the washing machine and doing the washing up were all among the 20 things most frequently "forgotten".據英國《每日郵報》11月2日報道，一項研究顯示，我們繁忙的生活方式意味着，在具有代表性的一天過程中，有五項重要的任務或是事件滑過我們的大腦，被我們遺忘。

在工作繁忙的日子裏，忘記回覆電話和郵件是最常見的疏漏。

忘記同事的名字，把文件落在打印機上，出門時忘記拿外帶午餐，這些也很常見。

超過一半的受訪者都會責備自己的健忘，總是忘記要做許多事。

四分之一的人說他們總是被要求記住太多事，還有五分之一的人則認爲一天中沒有足夠的時間處理每件事情。

問題似乎會隨着年齡變得更糟，一半以上的人說，隨着他們年齡越大，忘記事情也就越頻繁。

現代生活加重了這一負擔，五分之一的人忘記了重要的密碼，四分之一人記不起給手機電池充電。

另外還有12%的人每到週末都會追悔莫及，因爲他們忘了把鬧鐘關掉。

十分之七的人也表示，他們已經變得依賴於列出待辦事項清單，以保證他們的生活井井有條。

扔垃圾、把洗好的衣服從洗衣機裏拿出來以及餐後洗碗，都名列“最易被遺忘的20件事”之中。