The Friday Afternoon Guide to Lowering Office Productivity: Fantasy Football

Sports really unite people – at least if they have the same nationality and gender. I made the mistake of watching England – Germany in a restaurant full of German supporters – none of them actually German. Luckily, I could take out all my drunken frustration on a friend afterwards.

Of course, most of us aren't actually able to support our home team unless it's the UEFA or World Cup. Honestly, can you really support Man U if you grew up in Essex?

 

There is one solution to this problem, though: It's called "money". You have the moral right to support any team or cause if you have bet money on it; and no one may question your motives or your dedication. You don't question the motives of those friendly girls at the Pudong Sports Bar [537 Changyi Rd., tel. 5876 8411] who come up to you and ask you to buy you a drink, do you? Fortunately, they tend to leave you alone once you've told them that you're a teacher; and since he beer is cheap, the happy hour seems to last forever, and the manager even lets you plug in your iPod, there's no reason not to spend all your evenings there. (Ask for Simon, and tell him Mr Wu sent you. If he doesn't understand immediately, tell him my nickname is "Ming".)

Anyway, today's topic is football. I recently received an e-mail from a former colleague, containing an invitation to a so-called Fantasy Football league, one of those great ways to waste time at work. From what I could tell, most of said workmate's working hours were spent on managing his fantasy football team.

This colleague was promoted recently, which means that someone must have recommended him, although I can't think of anyone who would – except maybe Steven Gerrard, who his striker of choice in last year's Premier League.

For this season, just check out http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

 

If you find it boring simply to bet on the best players, why not bet on the worst? Fantasy F***wit lets you do just that: the players get points for losing games, getting yellow cards, or getting sacked; off-pitch behaviour is also monitored and rewarded, which means that they get points for drunk driving and cheating on girlfriends. Enjoy the rest of your Friday afternoon!

 

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This post does not in any way encourage or condone gambling, prostitution or football during working hours.

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Comments

[MelanieJ]

Now I have something interesting to do this Friday afternoon.I think I'll go for the Fantacy F***wit and bet on those talented worst players!

[Wu Yong]

Thank you very much for your comment, Melanie!

Please pay attention to the legal disclaimer: don't do this at work, unless you manage to get your boss to participate!

[Steven Clark]

Football is always fun whomever may be the game between. Indulging into a short session of football is even more exciting. Thanks for sharing such a good weekend plan, enjoy...

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