According to the findings of a survey conducted by mozy. ie, nearly €440 million worth of goods are mislaid by Irish people every year; with the 2pm to 6pm period on Saturdays in December being the time when most of the items are lost.

The findings of the survey indicate that Irish people apparently become careless during the mentioned hours on December Saturdays, chiefly because of their holiday shopping spree, Christmas parties, and other common distractions amid festivities.

Revealing that the most common item which is mislaid by Irish people is smartphones, the mozy. ie survey showed that expensive handsets and other smartphones comprise approximately 40 percent of all the items which are lost by men, and 27 percent of all goods that women lose annually.

However, despite their yearly loss of goods worth hundreds of millions, Irish people are not the worst when it comes to losing stuff. As per the survey, US residents are even more careless, and they end up losing two times more items than their Irish counterparts. In comparison, Germans are the least likely to lose goods.

About the reasons behind people's tendency to lose goods during holiday shopping season, Claire Galbois-Alcaix from mozy. ie said: "Getting carried away and carrying too much were two of the top reasons for losing things, and dashing home from work to get to a seasonal party or bustling back after a day of Christmas shopping are great examples of these."