That co-worker`s stare may not be as vacant as you think.
A random telephone survey of 500 women and men ages 21-35 by the makers of J&B Scotch found that nearly one-third (32 percent) fantasize about having an affair with a co-worker.
Forty percent of the men admit lustful on-the-job thoughts compared with 26 percent of women with wandering workplace eyes.
Ironically, 94 percent of the married respondents said that if they could relive history, they would remarry the same spouse.
David Margolis, J&B USA director, says that the remarry results took him by surprise, considering the one-third who imagine office antics. But then, Margolis says, ”maybe the person`s spouse was standing by the phone when that question was asked.”
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The poll also asked several other personal questions, designed to reveal the extent of fantasy in people`s daily lives.
Given the chance to replace a partner in one of six celebrity relationships, 39 percent of those polled said they`d most like to be part of the Christie Brinkley-Billy Joel duet. Twenty percent said they`d most like to be Kiefer Sutherland or Julia Roberts (pre-breakup, that is).
Ranking lowest on the list were Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, Jane Fonda and Ted Turner, Roseanne and Tom Arnold and the TV characters Peg and Al Bundy.
The survey also asked if respondents` best-ever sex took place with their spouses. Eighty-five percent said yes. Six percent said no. Nine percent refused to answer.
”I guess people just don`t trust phone interviews enough,” says Margolis, puzzled by the refusals. ”Maybe they thought it was an inquisitive husband or wife trying to play a joke.”
Margolis says the survey results are being used to guide J&B`s marketing and advertising.