A
British survey has found that the average adult smiles about seven times a day -- including one smile
that is totally, utterly fake.
The
poll, conducted by British toothpaste company BlanX, noted that the fake smile
was usually reserved for the workplace and directed toward the boss. (Luckily
for them, research shows that even a fake smile can help reduce
stress.)
"We
don’t smile as much as we thought the UK would -- an average of seven and a half
times each every day," BlanX spokesperson Louise Marks told the Daily Mail. "That’s not a lot when you think
about how many people we come in contact with every
day."
The
toothpaste company queried 2,000 adults and found that the most cheery among
them smiled about 11 times a day. Grouchy people limited themselves to a single
smile.
Twenty
percent of those polled admitted that they had smiled at a truly in appropriate
moment -- during a funeral -- and nearly 50 percent copped to grinning during a
heated argument.
"The
one thing that did come out of the survey though, is that a genuine, big smile
from someone we care about has the power to transform our day no matter what
kind of mood we are in," Marks said. "When our lover flashes us a big, bright
white, toothy smile it just melts our hearts, our research has
found."
By Lylah
M.Alphonse
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