Jacqueline Lee

World Cup 2010: How does effect office/school productivity

The World cup may affect some adults and students, mainly those who are soccer fans. They are willing to stay up until 4am to watch a match. They are willing to give up sleep just to watch a 90 minutes game. However I wouldn’t blame them as the World cup only comes every 4 years.

The students and adults would be tired the next morning as they have stayed up all night watching soccer. For an average student, waking up at 6 A.M. every morning can be quite draining already and may be quite difficult for some students to do. If the match ends at 4am, the student would only have 2 hours of sleep, this can cause the student to do badly in school because of the lack of sleep, and he might also sleep in class, causing inconvenience for himself and his teachers. He is sabotaging himself by sleeping in class and not paying attention to the teachers.

For the adults, they are slightly better off than the students as they have more time to sleep as they only start work at 8.30 A.M some even 9 A.M, they can afford to snooze more. They might be sloppy at work therefore the office productivity would decrease as they would be too tired to work or do anything properly.

On the other hand, being an adult allows them to bet on the game. Some of them might get addicted to betting on soccer, which is also known as gambling. The thrill of watching their favorite country winning and also betting on that team is indeed exhilarating as they would win money, unfortunately many people go into debts because of betting on soccer, they bet large sums of money and when they lose, they lose big.

They do not know how to limit themselves and control their gambling urges. It all boils down to the individual, if they can manage their time well, their productivity wouldn’t be affected that much, for example the students would have to study during the afternoon in order to sleep early and wake up in time for the match. That way, he does well in school and doesn’t get a scolding for not doing his homework from the teachers.