By Neil Vowles, 8 August 2008 12:42
NEWS
Office workers are set to snub the greatest show on earth in favour of knuckling down at their desks.
While China prepares for a frenzy of co-ordinated enthusiasm for the Beijing Olympics, three-quarters of the 100 responses to the latest silicon.com poll said they would be focusing on work rather than keeping an eye on the Games.
The majority of Olympic devotees say they will watch results updated online while in the office and only one in 20 polled say they will watch online video.
With China seven hours ahead, many of the most prestigious events will take place during British working hours. However, only three per cent of the 100 polled will have a radio or TV set up in the office to follow how medals are won and lost.
In a separate survey, conducted by Monster, UK workers proved to be less enthusiastic to follow events in the office than other nations.
Canadian employees were the most enthusiastic, with four in 10 set to follow the Games to some extent, closely followed by Hungarian and Finnish workers.
Although less than a third of UK workers will keep tabs on events to any degree they showed much greater enthusiasm than their French counterparts, 94 per cent of whom will not be following the Games at all.
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1. Karen Challinor
"Office workers are set to snub the greatest show on earth in favour of knuckling down at their desks"
snub ?
how about "Office workers are conscientiously working their contractual hours in order to put food on the table and a roof over their heads while the country is in the middle of a recession, leaving their VCR's and PVR's to capture the greatest show on earth for them to watch at their leisure when they have some"
doing the job you are paid for should not be regarded as a snub to anyone or anything
2. Robert Wingfield
A pity you didn't have a choice for "Don't give a flying ffffffog about the Olympics" in your survey - I guess that is why only 100 of us responded.
3. anonymous
What? No one interested in this corporate money spinning extravaganza?