LONDON — Are you handy enough that if a lightbulb went out in your home you’d be able to change it? Believe it or not, one in five people aren’t so skilled. In fact, a new survey of people in the United Kingdom finds not only do about 20 percent of people not know how to change a bulb — the same number aren’t sure how to boil an egg, either.
The British insurance company Aviva recently released their annual Home Report which detailed, among numerous findings about how people do work around the house, relatively common tasks that people encounter. The company surveyed 2004 people across the UK in February and March about their habits and roles at home.
In addition to just one in five not being able to change a lightbulb or boil an egg, the survey found that nearly a third of the participants couldn’t cook any meal on the fly. And if someone were to spill a portion of their meal on their clothes or on the floor, only 59 percent would know how to get rid of the resulting stain.
Only 37 percent could change a flat tire.
The findings were even surprising to the folks behind the study.
“As a nation we tend to take pride in our ability to do things ourselves in and around the home, so it’s a surprise to see there could be a skills gap in places,” says Aviva Propositions Director Adam Beckett in a press release. “That said, we also know that people lead busy lives, so while we enjoy doing things ourselves, we also appreciate the opportunity to leave things to a professional from time to time, particularly with some of the more challenging jobs.”
Interestingly, while 50 percent of those surveyed said they learned how to do a home task on their by trial and error, plenty of people are turning to the internet for help, especially millennials. The study found four in 10 people aged 25 and under prefer learning do-it-yourself chores online. That’s more than twice the number in the age group who turn to an actual book for help.
Here’s a look at the polled tasks and the number of people who indicated they could successfully complete them:
| Â Task | Percentage who feel confident doing this task |
| Boil an egg | 81% |
| Change a light bulb | 79% |
| Cook a complete meal without using a recipe | 69% |
| Read a map | 66% |
| Sew on a button | 65% |
| Unblock a sink | 62% |
| Remove a stain from a carpet or clothing | 59% |
| Change a baby’s nappy | 57% |
| Wire a plug | 57% |
| ‘Bleed’ a radiator | 53% |
| Check oil levels in a car | 53% |
| Put up a shelf | 47% |
| Put up wallpaper | 39% |
| Change a flat tire | 37% |
| Change a washer on a tap | 30% |
| Fit tiles | 22% |
Click here to read the entire report, which broke down the findings by age groups and revealed many other interesting results.
I’m sure it’s no better here in the US.
I chalk it up to a concerted effort by progressives, to sow the seeds of generational dysfunction into society, to make people necessarily dependent on on government.
Ignorance breeds ignorance, yielding people who can barely fend for themselves.
Many of our Millennial hipsters wouldn’t know one end of a screwdriver from the other and they vote for the sort of leftist fools who ensure they never will.
Those people that can’t do simple things like change a light bulb are not adults; they’re retarded, plain and simple.
I agree, not being able to change a light bulb definitely puts one in the retarded category.
But they all know how to Hate…thanks to a liberal progressive education
The one group you are allowed to hate is white Christian conservatives
Since London is now majority Muslim, using toilet paper properly is down to around 10%.
Ok, this has to be a joke. How to boil an egg: add water, heat, egg, wait until egg is boiled, viola. How to change lightbulb: unscrew old bulb, screw in new bulb, viola. So what is so hard about this? No wonder people shoot themselves accidentally…
I’m impressed when I see a millennial snowflake who can tie his/her own shoes.
How many millennials does it take to change a lightbulb? Trick question, none of them can.
Would be more interesting to see the stats seperated by gender.
All 87 of them?
Yeah I’d like to see the 87 women that can’t change a light bulb, because they’re strong and independent.
I would like to see that also
I worked with a male millennial idiot that didn’t know how to affix a paper towel rack on a bathroom wall with a cordless drill. I told him his father should be ashamed.
I worked with one who couldn’t even change the toilet paper roll!!! Just left the empty cardboard tube. I left it that way for days – to no avail.
That is just lazy, another one of their filthy traits.
98% However, do know how to identify white privilege and take a selfie.
No, I don’t believe that 1 in 5 adults can’t change a lightbulb.
You’d be surprised. Most of the dumb f­ucks who voted for Obama twice think Obamacare is a Republican invention.
Good Lord, how stupid are you if you don’t know how to change a light bulb? If you cannot do that, please have yourself spayed and neutered so you do not pass on your obviously defective genes.
Wow, Britain has gone from being an empire to a nation of braindead fools! That being said, I fear our own country isn’t too far behind.
Kids are coddled generation after generation.
Eventually, the service industry wins as it will be on call to come out to the house and wipe the millennials azz…for a fee.
Looks like we need more college student with degrees in “how to change a light bulb” because those which haven’t went to college are unable to change a light bulb. I think a master’s degree is need for boiling an egg because finding a pot filling it with water, placing egg in the water then turning on the heat has got to be above and beyond a bachelor degree.
The last two generations of college adults have been told that any form of labor is for dopes. The lucky are forced by economic circumstances to do household tasks and even work construction before they get a degree. The Unlucky “elites” who have pampered existence seem to be disinterested in doing any basic tasks.
Most members of the snowflake generation don’t know how to boil an egg because their uber-progressive indoctrinator told them that ‘s a White privilege.
I’ll have to remind my British friends about this survey next time one of them criticizes Americans.
I bet the same ignorant has expertise in SJW studies.