Figuratively speaking.

• Author: MacIntyre, John
• Position: TATTLE TALES - Brief Article

* Number of vacation days that will be forfeited by American workers in 2004: 415 million. Average number they will forfeit: 3. Average number forfeited in 2003: 2. Average number of vacation days taken in 2003: 12.4.

* Percentage of American companies that say employee morale is higher because of fitness programs and equipment at work: 56. Of companies that attribute reduced health-care costs to the programs: 27.

* Rank of inflated titles, inaccurate dates to cover up job hopping or employment gaps and inflated educational credentials as the misleading bits of information most often found on American resumes: 1, 2, 3.

* Percentage of American workers who say they delay fun because they feel guilty about doing something unproductive: 32. Who say they need more fun in their lives: 70. Who say that if they could live their lives again, they would work harder: 15. Who would spend more time enjoying leisure: 40.

* Percentage of Americans who...