According to the survey conducted by OnePoll, half of all Americans hide in the bathroom for alone time from family, especially when there are more people present in the home.
Do you need some alone time? It turns out that the majority of people use their toilet whether they need to or not. According to a recent survey of 2,000 people, 51% of Americans hide out in their bathrooms to get some much-needed peace and quiet.
It seems to happen more frequently when there are more people present in the home. When compared to childless, single respondents, parents who still have children in the home are three times more likely to seek refuge in the bathroom (62% vs. 23%). Unsurprisingly, kids between the ages of three and twelve were the noisiest family members (61%) - twice as noisy as teenagers (36%) and three times as loud as adults (23%).
According to the survey, which was carried out by OnePoll on behalf of Masonite, the typical respondent requires four to five hours of...