Buzz buzz

What would you do for a cup of joe? Some coffee drinkers would go that extra mile for the fix, according to a recent survey.

Forty-two percent would trade in the morning paper, television or radio for a cup, while one in five would swap lunch for coffee. Twelve percent would give up three hours of sleep and one in 10 would skip brushing their teeth.

The survey found that two-thirds of Americans identify themselves as coffee drinkers, and nearly half drink at least one cup every day.

Men drink more cups per day than women, while people in the Northeast consume more coffee than drinkers in any other region.

One-third of coffee drinkers consider themselves social drinkers, who use coffee breaks as a time to catch up with family and friends, while almost one-quarter like the hot drink because it warms their hands.

Thirty-seven percent of coffee drinkers ages 18 to 24 drink the caffeine booster to help them accomplish tasks, presumably after a late night out on the town.

OnTech Operations Inc., a manufacturer of self-heating containers, surveyed 1,015 adults by telephone in January.

Office football

Instead of battling post-Super Bowl hangovers, some companies in Chicago and Indianapolis have scheduled time off for office fans, according to outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Indianapolis-based Monarch Beverages Co. planned to give its 630 employees paid holidays for game day yesterday and today. The company usually operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Indianapolis staff of Emmis Communications was to get today off if the Colts won, and the Chicago staff was to get the paid holiday if the Bears won.

No matter the outcome of the big game, workers at Coleman Custom Closet in Geneva, Ill., were told to stay home today.

New woman

Embracing singledom as a lifestyle choice rather than a consequence, today's twentysomethings don't worry about ticking biological clocks and finding Mr. Right, according to a recent survey from JWT, an advertising agency.

Nearly two-thirds of women surveyed across nine countries agree it's not unusual for women to stay single into her 30s, and most think that a woman can feel comfortable with her singlehood for nine years longer than she could 20 years ago.

Almost one-third plan on postponing childbirth until her 30s, while more than a quarter said they have no problem raising children without a partner.

While twentysomething partyers like Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan make headlines, the everyday twentysomething considers herself more the home-loving type than the clubbing kind and more organized than impulsive.

During the summer of 2006, JWT surveyed 5,946 twentysomething females from the United States, the United Kingdom, China, France, Russia, Australia, Mexico, Brazil and the Netherlands.