World Cup 2010 Fever

Be it anytime and anywhere, you will think for a moment,” Who will be the World Cup Champion this time?”
Even myself as a student and football fan, I will think of it too.
Every four years, the number of football fans has been increasing rapidly in hundred thousands. Singaporean fans including students and employed people who work, had been under the effect of tiredness lately. It is due to watching world cup matches especially at 2.30am.

However, we should be prepared for the outcome when people will start to get sick leave on the days for watching the semi-final and the last final matches. Instead of waiting for upcoming, I feel it is best in the interest of workers’ well being that they should be permitted to report for work at afternoon. So that they have plenty of time to sleep for the whole morning after watching the semi-final and final matches. Beside allowing them a half day to sleep, in pro and con, it has less impact on "half day" than forcing them to come to work looking sleepy. By doing it so, it helps the workers to be more energized in doing works. Also,it benefits the employers to be viewed and respected as being generous employers or bosses for granting them.
Surely the companies will not want to see any unfortunate happening during morning.

It is quite interesting to see how a Chinese quitting his job to watch World cup. What I wanted to say to that man is that it is admirable to do so but that is not an effective way. In China, jobs are not easy to get. One should treasure earning his own living in hard times. He should keep his job and know how to plan his time including for watching matches.
Employers were worried about the workers’ performance and their businesses. They had to put themselves in the workers’ shoes, thinking about the world cup and how it affected them physically and mentally. Once it happened during the world cup, the employer was betrayed by his worker when the worker applied for sick leaves to visit his mother in hospital. In fact, he was taking leave to watches world cup. That was a dishonest thing to do and it could bring serious consequence to the employer and worker.

Overall, I feel best even for a few days, the employers should be more generous and concerned about the workers. In Singapore, they should allow them to sleep in the morning and report to work at afternoon. In this way, the workers will not be looking tired. In addition, they will feel more psyched, giving their best and be thankful for the care given to them.