Wednesday, July 7, 2010
World Cup 2010
From what we know, World Cup can be known as the hottest topic nowadays. Most of my friends and even my dad watches it too since it is a rare event that happens once every 4 years.
However, due to a time difference in Singapore and South Africa, one of the matches is broadcast at 2.30am at night. As football fans, people regardless working or studying the next day will watch it to support the teams they think would win. As a lack of sleep, it will thus affect office and school productivity. This is because they do not have enough energy and feels sleepy, causing them to unable to work or study well. They might also be late for their work.
Some people also watch it as they bet on it, thus was very eager to know who win and lose to see if they had won any money. This means that it does promote more social ills as people will want to earn some money through winning from gambling. It has many gambling ways, such as guessing the goals, total number of goals and who wins. Even some of my friends, do bet on it too and they either win or lose money.
This is a rare event. I am sure if people have self-control and not to go overboard, and able to coordinate their time well, watching world cup would not cause much effects to their productivity and cause tragedy from gambling.
-liangping
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