The research claims those co-workers you see doing the face palm all day cost the US $160 billion every year.
The study says most of the cost to employers comes through lost productivity but carries into other areas including medical and insurance costs.
Overall, what the CDC calls "heavy drinking" takes an even bigger chunk of change, weighing in at $220 billion.
To put things in perspective consider the cost of natural disasters in 2012 was also $160 billion.