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More than a third of adults could survive financially for only 11 days if they lost their job, according to a survey out this week.

That's the depressing picture painted by the Yorkshire Building Society.

But according to our own (not completely scientific) mini-poll, some in Maidstone couldn't manage five minutes!

The national survey polled 2,000 adults about their typical weekly spendings, and compared it with their savings.

It found the average weekly spend is just over £300. But more than a third of those quizzed had less than £500 in savings to use in an emergency.

That meant they could survive for just 11 days.

In a whistlestop poll conducted on the streets of Maidstone yesterday we found people in Kent fear the P45 as much as anyone else.

Fay Snell, 19, from Maidstone was the worst and said she wouldn't last two minutes.

Maidstone girl Sarah Shore was a little better and said she would last at least two weeks!

But bank employee Lewis Finbow said the only way to avoid financial hardship was to start saving and be more responsible.

See our video vox pop above.