Bowl fever strikes
Getting the ball rolling Monday morning might be an XL headache for over half a million Canadians after tomorrow's Super Bowl, a Decima poll says.
About 580,000 fans -- or 5% of the full and part-time Canadian workforce over 18 -- will probably be on the injury list come Monday, according to the poll commissioned by Kronos Inc., a management company.
'BIGGEST IMPACT'
"We found that more people call in sick after a major sporting event than any other event," Kronos GM Pierre Belanger said yesterday.
"The biggest impact is on other employees who have to cover off for those missing," said Belanger, adding service and quality can go down and employers are stuck with extra costs for overtime for fill-in workers.
Other numbers from the poll:
- 7% of men call in sick while only 2% of women book off.
- 12% of those who earn $80,000 to 100,000 take the day off.
- But only 4% of those who take home $40,000 or less don't show up for work
- Albertans are most likely to call in sick with Ontarians coming in second.
'NEVER TAME'
Super Bowls "are never tame," said Mike Jeffery, owner of Bob Cajun in the Beaches and a long-suffering fan of the Seattle Seahawks who will square off against the Pittsburgh Steelers tomorrow.
"People you'd never see at a sports event show up more for the party," he said. "It ranks right up there in the top three with New Year's Eve or a gold medal hockey tilt - with our boys winning."
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