Sports pools: the impact on work

[differenceblog]

As we've discussed before, women (in general) tend to take more time out of work than men. However, there is at least one reason why men may be more likely to call in sick than women. A new survey by Harris Interactive (2008) found that men were more likely (11% to 5%) to call in sick in order to (or as a result of) watching a sporting event

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[azhdragon]

This is yet another reason I don't get the north american sports thing.

in australia, major sporting events (other than week-long ones like the tennis or cricket) tend to take place on a friday night or a saturday - precisely so that people who wish to attend don't have to take time off work.

seems way too logical for me. I guess that's why the idea never caught on elsewhere.

Oh, and we also do our voting on saturdays as well, since it's compulsory - that way almost everyone can get to a polling station without having to take time off work.

[astrogeek01]

I've never participated, but there was a good hockey one going around the office a few years back. Me, I just don't gamble. I might take part in something like Fantasy Hockey, if I had the time to know enough to not embarrass myself. Or soccer. Probably not anything else though.