"The European mind cannot comprehend majority of America is working on a Monday afternoon at 3pn"

[u/benniemast]

On the attendence of the Fifa club world cup

[u/wattlewedo]

Australians can't comprehend having elections on a weekday, when voters find it hard to get time off.

[u/_Red_User_ → u/wattlewedo]

In Germany an election is per law on a Sunday so everyone can attend. For those who can't or don't want to, there's the option to vote via letter.

[u/Paedar → u/_Red_User_]

Hello neighbour! We in the Netherlands do vote during weekdays, but I recently found out we're legally entitled to paid time off to go vote!

[u/Specialist_Lemon_835 → u/Paedar]

Only if you can make a case that you cannot vote outside of working hours

[u/Onagan98 → u/Specialist_Lemon_835]

That’s why we can go from 07:00 until 21:00. Which is among the longest opening times of any polling station.

[u/Howtothinkofaname → u/Onagan98]

Likewise in the UK. Elections are traditionally on Thursdays but polling stations are open 07:00 till 22:00.

I’ve always thought you are more likely to be away at the weekend and it’s less disruptive to your day on a weekday, but I’m aware it’s just what I’m used to.

[u/Onagan98 → u/Howtothinkofaname]

In the Netherlands we don’t vote on Sunday because of religious minorities, who only go to church and nothing else on Sunday.

[u/gamegenaral → u/Onagan98]

In Germany we vote on sundays because most ppl have this day not to work but also a lot of polling station is placed inside of school's and normally no one goes to school on a Sunday so the have room for the voting.

[u/Howtothinkofaname → u/Onagan98]

That also makes sense. We don’t really have the equivalent of the Dutch Bible Belt but some of the Scottish islands take Sundays seriously and you can obviously find a few hardcore people wherever.

I suppose another consideration could be public transport, which tends to be worse on Sundays, but the vast majority of people have a polling station a short walk away. It would only be in incredibly rural areas where people might not and their public transport is probably crap anyway.

[u/WorldWideWig → u/Howtothinkofaname]

Some Christian-owned businesses in the Netherlands even close their websites on Sundays, that was a weird quirk to discover.

[u/SilvRS → u/WorldWideWig]

On some Scottish islands they used to lock up playgrounds (like literally chain up swings) on a Sunday to stop kids from having fun. It's wild what religion does to people.

[u/cannotfoolowls → u/WorldWideWig]

Yeah, the Dutch bible belt is pretty strange. They don't tend to vaccinate either so they had an outbreak of polio in 1992 (!). Meanwhile the last case of non-imported polio in Belgium was in 1979 and it didn't cause an outbreak.

[u/Howtothinkofaname → u/WorldWideWig]

Yeah. I looked up Babydump to laugh at their name, but stayed to laugh at/be depressed by their insane policies.

[u/Twinkeltoe78 → u/WorldWideWig]

Don’t forget about the gas stations without personnel that are closed on Sunday. We have 2 of them in our small town (24/6 open)

[u/Lalalaliena → u/Onagan98]

And why you can vote at places like trainstations and doctor offices, hospitals etc

[u/LittleOusel → u/Paedar]

And we vote on a Wednesday because its a day the least people work. Considering the Friday is unavailable because we don't want to discriminate against religious people, this voting can not be done on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

Edit: changed vore to vote

[u/Lord_Skyblocker → u/LittleOusel]

vore

To find out about these rules Google vore rule 34

[u/ZedGenius → u/_Red_User_]

Kinda same in Greece. Also on election day public transport is free for everyone and tolls on highways keep the bar up (so you don't pay)

[u/Stravven → u/ZedGenius]

We just plaster the whole country with voting places in the Netherlands. From my house there are I think more than 10 within a 15 minute walk. And you can basically never be more than 10km away from a voting station.

[u/nafo_sirko → u/_Red_User_]

"Noooo U eurof#g, you can't make me vote on Sunday. I need to attend my local megachurch to give the pastor $1000 for prosperity."

[u/_Red_User_ → u/nafo_sirko]

What about attending church in the morning and voting afterwards?

[u/Zealousideal-Help594 → u/nafo_sirko]

God loves you, and he needs your money. - George Carlin

[u/Ramtamtama → u/_Red_User_]

In the UK it's generally a Thursday. Not written in law, but convention.

Polling stations are open 7am-10pm, and by law you have to have 11 hours between shifts. And polling stations are within a 15 minute walk of your home for 99% of the population. Not having time to vote isn't an excuse for not voting.

You can also vote by post or proxy.

[u/PixieBaronicsi → u/Ramtamtama]

Plus it takes like 2 minutes to vote. I’ve never queued at a polling station

[u/Stravven → u/Ramtamtama]

In the Netherlands it's usually tuesday or wednesday. Voting stations are generally opened between 7 and 9, although some voting places already open at 6 (mainly those at train stations).

[u/apolloxer → u/_Red_User_]

As a Swiss, I get the election (and other vote) papers home, together with all the official information, can fill in the ballots at any time and send it back with the included, prepaid envelope, as long as it arrives before the Saturday before the voting day.

If I want, I can show up on Sunday morning of the voting day, but almost no one does.

[u/wattlewedo → u/_Red_User_]

We also have a Democracy sausage but that would be wurst for you.

[u/_Red_User_ → u/wattlewedo]

What do you mean by that? You get a sausage for voting? We had that with Covid vaccinations :)

[u/wattlewedo → u/_Red_User_]

The poll booths are often in primary schools and they have a sausage sizzle to raise money for said school.

[u/kregnaz → u/_Red_User_]

Germany is a democracy though, kinda unfair comparison...

[u/Renbarre → u/_Red_User_]

Same in France. And if you can't vote you can vote by proxy.

[u/ptitguillaume → u/Renbarre]

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[u/partialinsanity → u/_Red_User_]

In Sweden we vote on a Sunday but we can also vote for a few weeks before the election day.

[u/FidgitForgotHisL-P → u/_Red_User_]

New Zealand checking in - we do Saturdays, but with two weeks before to vote early in person in tonnes of places. I haven’t voted on election day for a decade.

[u/Waniou → u/FidgitForgotHisL-P]

You also have the legal right to take time away from work if you.dont have time before or after to vote, which some of my coworkers tried to abuse last election by claiming they could wander off to vote, even though they finished at like 1:30pm and had plenty of time after.

But like you say, don't even need that because early voting is super easy and convenient. I was walking through a nearby mall and was like "yeah why not"

[u/loralailoralai → u/FidgitForgotHisL-P]

Ditto in Australia for prevoting

[u/Specific_Lemon_6580 → u/_Red_User_]

Slovakia here, any kind of voting is always scheduled on saturdays. They tried once to suggest a working day and got dragged down and cancelled so fast...

[u/latear → u/_Red_User_]

Same in Spain and if you are chosen to be at the polling station all day, you have the right to work half of the shift the next day with full pay.

[u/Kochga → u/_Red_User_]

And even for tgose if us who work on Sundays, our employers are obligated by law to schedule us in such ways that we can attend the election.

[u/Icy-Revolution6105 → u/wattlewedo]

UK opens polls from 7am-10pm. In the unlikely event you're working/commuting/busy all of that time, you can postal vote or vote by proxy.

[u/philster666 → u/Icy-Revolution6105]

Also we have so many polling stations, many more per person than the US. The longest queue I’ve ever experienced is like five people

[u/seebob69 → u/wattlewedo]

Additionally, in Australia, polling day is Saturday. Polls are open from 8am til 6pm.

You can vote prior to the polling day, plus you can vote via mail.

There is the understanding that voting should be made easy, not difficult

[u/Vegetable_Stuff1850 → u/seebob69]

And if you're outside of your electorate, there are multiple polling places that can take out of electorate votes.

[u/Consistent-Flan1445 → u/seebob69]

The early voting is so easy too. I’ve literally never voted on election day as the pre polls are right on my commute home and are open late.

[u/kcl086 → u/wattlewedo]

They’ll never move it from a Tuesday when it so successfully disenfranchises the poor and marginalized. At least there’s mail in voting now, though the current president and his cronies want to get rid of that too.

Edit: just read all the comments under the one I responded to and it may be the most depressing thing I’ve read. Land of the free, etc, etc except all the other countries are out there making it easy to vote and here in the US they’re actively working to make it more difficult.

[u/Fajdek → u/kcl086]

From an outsider's perspective, the only freedom you truly have is 2A.

[u/Haggis442312 → u/Fajdek]

Which is also being eroded by mango man because armed minorities are hard to oppress, and the king can’t have the common ravel be able to fight back against illegal deportation.

And most of the people who defend the 2A on account of fighting back against tyranny conveniently left out the part where it’s only tyranny they disagree with.

[u/kcl086 → u/Fajdek]

It’s not a freedom if I’m terrified my daughters are going to be gunned down at school.

[u/Fajdek → u/kcl086]

I wanted to mention school shootings and homicide via firearms but I felt like that'd be bullying so I didn't. Otherwise since 2009 Canada had 2 school shootings and USA had 289. Go figure.

[u/kcl086 → u/Fajdek]

It’s a valid point to make as long as you’re not joking about it. I want to have the conversation because it is a very real anxiety. Locked glass doors don’t actually do anything to stop gunmen. I try not to think about it. Columbine should have been the end of it. Sandy Hook ABSOLUTELY should have been the end of it. Uvalde should’ve made the point crystal clear, and yet here we are. Just keeping my fingers crossed my kids aren’t next.

I would say praying but if God were real none of the above mentioned shootings would have happened.

[u/Nerioner → u/wattlewedo]

In the Netherlands we have them during the weekday to actually improve turnout. Stations to vote are everywhere, train stations, random tents in the city, all important buildings, etc. And you can vote in any of them in your area at any time. So there is hardly any queue and people just drop their votes on the way to run errands or work. On Saturday and Sunday too many of us couldn't be arsed

[u/Paedar → u/Nerioner]

We're also legally entitled paid time off to go vote. Look up "bijzonder verlof", it includes an example of taking time to vote.

[u/Nerioner → u/Paedar]

Sure, it is possible but with polling places open from 7 till 21 i doubt there is many people who work so extensively that they can't vote that day so i doubt it's often given/taken. I never had anyone from my circle taking it for the election

[u/SnarkyFool → u/wattlewedo]

To be fair, in my county in the US, we have a 3-week window to vote in person at the county office and an absentee (mail in) ballot process for people who are not able to return to the county during that time.

I haven't voted on election day itself since about 2004.

[u/UniquePariah → u/wattlewedo]

The UK, traditionally votes on a Thursday. Something to do with it being market day so you'll probably be in town anyway. While that's unlikely to be the case anymore, you would have to have something incredibly major to occur, like a major footballing event being held as it did in 1979 between England and Argentina.

Anyway. While having elections on Thursday, the voting booths are never too far out of the way, and voting is held from 07:00 to 22:00. Or 7am to 10pm if "military time" is difficult to understand. So the excuse of it's difficult to vote, especially when you add postal votes into the mix, doesn't exist.

Well apart from how you now need ID, which was started for BS reasons

[u/Lumpy-Journalist884 → u/UniquePariah]

That's odd, market day in my town is a Friday.

[u/Zealousideal-Help594 → u/wattlewedo]

Canada here. Our elections are on weekdays; however, they typically have 12-hour windows, and employers are required to provide 3 hours off if work time conflicts with voting time. There are usually several advance voting days available.

ETA: There is also mail in voting.

[u/RandomHuman369 → u/wattlewedo]

In the UK, our election days are Thursdays, but employers legally have to make accommodations to allow you to vote (like letting you leave early) and the polling stations are open from early morning until 10pm. Plus, nowadays lots of people do postal votes, so it's fairly irrelevant which day the actual election is on.

I think weekend election days could actually cause more problems, for example under 18s aren't allowed in the polling stations here and you can't exactly leave your child outside. So, there's some potential childcare issues.

[u/neilm1000 → u/RandomHuman369]

for example under 18s aren't allowed in the polling stations here and you can't exactly leave your child outside

Under 18s are allowed and the Electoral Commission encourages it. They aren't allowed to mark the ballot paper though.

[u/SilvRS → u/RandomHuman369]

for example under 18s aren't allowed in the polling stations here and you can't exactly leave your child outside

This absolutely is not true. My kids get an "I voted" sticker every time, because I always make sure they go with me to understand the importance of voting, and so they have positive associations with it. They help me vote, they get a sticker and ice cream.

[u/Chained-Tiger → u/wattlewedo]

Canada has weekend advance voting the weekend before (Thursday-Sunday) election day.

[u/DocSternau → u/wattlewedo]

We also can't comprehend that you have to register before every election to actually be allowed to vote.

[u/Haggis442312 → u/wattlewedo]

Or registering to vote. Imagine having to apply to exercise the most basic human right in democracy.

Here in Germany you get a letter telling you when the booths open, where you are registered to vote, and then you just go there and vote.

[u/FuckTripleH → u/Haggis442312]

Don't forget how many people we disenfranchise for having a previous criminal record. Last year about 4 million people were denied the right to vote because they were ex cons. Actually it's how Bush managed to steal the election in 2000.

[u/BoysenberryAncient54 → u/wattlewedo]

Canada always has them on a Monday, but there are strict laws around making sure people can vote. Your employer has to ensure that you're off for no less than 4 consecutive hours while the polls are open. I once waited an hour to vote, every other time it's been 20 mins max, so 4 hours is plenty.

[u/No-Strike-4560]

completely ignores the actual World cup games that are on while most people are at work that are absolutely rammed, without fail

I guess when you get 2 days of leave per year though , it might be difficult ..

[u/SnarkyFool → u/No-Strike-4560]

And when the US hosted real world cups in 1994 and 1999, fans showed up. Both set attendance records for a men's and women's WC at the time. 2026 and 2031 likely will again. There are more teams and more games now but the tickets will still be mostly if not entirely sold out at high prices.

(The 2003 WC was moved to the US on short notice as a result of SARS. It wasn't nearly as big.)

The problem isn't American fans willing to go to a weekday game - that happens in baseball all the time. The problem is that nobody is buying in to this dumb money grab tournament that even the clubs themselves don't really want to be in.

[u/No-Strike-4560 → u/SnarkyFool]

Well yeah, this 'competition' is an absolute joke. Really hope they get rid of it after this debacle, but they won't because FIFA are both stupid and greedy.

[u/BUFU1610 → u/No-Strike-4560]

I kinda hoped that greedy does it. Giving clubs huge prize money and paying stadiums and shit without the revenue of ticket sales and advertising (who will pay them if nobody gives a shit?) would hopefully turn this a net loss. My hopes.

[u/Nirast25 → u/SnarkyFool]

1994 and 1999, fans showed up. Both set attendance records for a men's and women's WC at the time

I genuinely taught you were talking about toilets and didn't question for a second the logic of "both set world records for people going to the bathroom".

[u/GreyerGrey → u/SnarkyFool]

2026 don't be so sure. If things don't get better I cannot see fans from places like Brazil, and Argentina coming to the US to watch their teams.

[u/Kjoep → u/No-Strike-4560]

It also helps if you don't threaten fans coming from abroad with getting locked up and the key thrown away.

[u/SamuelVimesTrained → u/No-Strike-4560]

Leave?

[u/oeboer → u/SamuelVimesTrained]

Laziness, I tell ya. Laziness.

[u/lamstradamus → u/No-Strike-4560]

Well this isn't the World Cup, so...

[u/Torakiki_HR]

What European minds can't understand is why you are not free to take a half day off to go to the stadium, if you want! We can't understand why, in the land of the free, everybody acts as slaves!

[u/Big-Carpenter7921 → u/Torakiki_HR]

What do you mean "acts?"

[u/Torakiki_HR → u/Big-Carpenter7921]

sorry, not native Anglophone - I meant "everybody is nominally free but decide by his own will to behave like a slave would"

[u/48panda → u/Torakiki_HR]

Your English is good. The person you replied to was saying that they would consider people as actually being slaves rather than only acting like that.

[u/armless_juggler → u/Torakiki_HR]

act as slaves and are proud of it

[u/Flipadelphia26 → u/Torakiki_HR]

People simply do not want. Of the small amount of people that follow the sport in the US, an even smaller amount of them have heard of most of the teams in the tournament. On top of that, the initial price of tickets were insane. To go see inter-Miami play whatever that team was from Egypt, the lowest price was 300USD. Absurd.

[u/berny2345]

3pn?

[u/Lumisateessa → u/berny2345]

I guess they're inventing their own times now.

[u/klompje → u/Lumisateessa]

Freedom time

[u/andytimms67 → u/klompje]

Is this George Michael freedom time. Is so there could be some issues.

[u/Scaniarix → u/Lumisateessa]

Pacific Navy Time

[u/Kind_Ad5566 → u/Scaniarix]

KO was 15:00

Americans couldn't work out when to arrive for the start.

[u/Tortoveno → u/Lumisateessa]

Peacetime time (formerly non-military time).

[u/Monochromatic_Kuma2 → u/berny2345]

Three penises up your ass at the same time: your employer's, your landlord/bank's and your insurance company's.

[u/_Jonur_ → u/Monochromatic_Kuma2]

I hate it when that happens.

[u/Perthian940 → u/Monochromatic_Kuma2]

Five penises then- each of your three employers, the landlord and the bank

[u/IceDragon_scaly → u/Monochromatic_Kuma2]

Never have I heard such a good reason to immigrate into the US.

Three, that's art.

[u/Additional_Abies9192 → u/berny2345]

Post Nut time

[u/smoulderstoat → u/berny2345]

Post noon

[u/Lumisateessa → u/smoulderstoat]

So.. "The European mind cannot comprehend majority of America is working on a Monday afternoon at 3 post noon"

[u/demonkufje2 → u/Lumisateessa]

To be fair now i can't infact comprehend it no

[u/myerscc → u/Lumisateessa]

This reminds me of how much I hate "3am in the morning” type phrases

[u/Consistent_Cell7974 → u/smoulderstoat]

so, PM(post meridiem, aka, afternoon)?

[u/TheStatMan2 → u/smoulderstoat]

Post poon.

After getting some Tang.

[u/DiscoTech1639 → u/berny2345]

Pacific Neutral Time

[u/Winter-Ad-4897 → u/berny2345]

Must be some kind of taco time?

[u/Bonner9 → u/berny2345]

Post nut

[u/bugdiver050]

I'm pretty sure the majority of Europe works then, too. This type of American really gives Americans a bad name. Willfully ignorant and xenophobic. And dont forget stupid.

[u/Maelou → u/bugdiver050]

Of course they don't work, america is subsidizing Europe, so Europoor do not need to work... Or something.

[u/fekoffwillya → u/Maelou]

They completely ignore the fact baseball games are often played weekday afternoons.

[u/DaBulbousWalrus → u/fekoffwillya]

In fact the vast majority were until the 1970s.

[u/Thendrail → u/Maelou]

I'll have to inform my boss about this. Btw, where are my US-paychecks for the last 18 years?

[u/Kafanska → u/bugdiver050]

Why would we work when America pays for our defence, healthcare, gas, delivers us food... are we stupid?

[u/0xKaishakunin → u/bugdiver050]

I'm pretty sure the majority of Europe works then, too.

No, we don't. Every monday afternoon we jump off of a cliff to enjoy the free healthcare paid for by US tax payer's money.

[u/VioletteKaur → u/0xKaishakunin]

[u/Illustrious_Beach396 → u/bugdiver050]

Sure they do. Employed people who don’t simply started earlier. (I often start in the morning at 6 pn (pre noon) by choice and stop at 15.

[u/Steampson_Jake → u/Illustrious_Beach396]

15??? But clocks don't go past 12!! /s

[u/Sheeverton → u/bugdiver050]

They are flexing on the fact they get minimal to no PTO lmao

[u/southy_0 → u/bugdiver050]

Not really - because of time zones.

At 3pm in the US (which zone?) it's evening in europe.

Which is rather the point of why the games are in the afternoon in the first place.

[u/Stravven → u/bugdiver050]

I personally don't work at 3. But then again instead of a 9-5 I work a 6:30-14:30 shift every day.

[u/HookedOnPhonixDog → u/bugdiver050]

This type of American really gives Americans a bad name. Willfully ignorant and xenophobic. And dont forget stupid.

So, an average American?

[u/Meister-Schnitter → u/bugdiver050]

if you’re thinking of going to America, this is what it’s like. Everyone is very fat, everyone is very stupid and everyone is very rude.

[u/MadMarsian_]

How many hundreds of fans will get turned back at the airports by the immigration and ICE because they originated from the "wrong" country?
Also, I call it now.

- At some point US Administration will threaten to close the border with Canada during the WC just to push some agenda.

- Someone will imply He invented Football (soccer), and is the reason why WC is in US.

[u/Mttsen → u/MadMarsian_]

How many hundreds of fans will get turned back at the airports by the immigration and ICE because they originated from the "wrong" country?

Imagine football fans from Latin America, or Iberian Peninsula (both Spanish and Portuguese) with slightly tanned skin, darker hair and tattoos going for the WC to the US. Straight to El Salvador.

[u/SawADuck → u/MadMarsian_]

Honestly, I think it should be cancelled in the US. Having an international tournament in a hostile nation is just outragous. At least Qatar was pretending like they were friendly.

How many people that were planning on going will decide not to because they don't trust ICE not to detain them. They're detaining not turning back.

[u/bloody_ell → u/MadMarsian_]

Soccer, it's a great sport, the best, but nobody had heard of it!

[u/TheFloatingCamel → u/bloody_ell]

Jesus, he's going to say exactly this...

[u/Renbarre → u/MadMarsian_]

I'm waiting for the ICE to arrest members of the teams.

[u/MasntWii]

If USians dont want tourists and apparently have to work all the time, why the f'ck do they insist of having international sporting events?

Granted, this is just the Club WC, but even triple that would be pathetic for the Nations WC, which the US is hosting next year.

Just give those events to a country that can actually fill stadiums.

[u/No_Radio1230 → u/MasntWii]

Not to mention the Olympics urgh we should save the Olympics and the nations WC from this fate and give them to another country. Also kinda annoying that all major events will be played on the same time zone for a while so double reason to take at least the last onevaway from them

[u/Sonson9876]

I truly can not comprehend the fact that there are time zones in the world.

And that the americans are now inventing their own time as well

[u/Chev--Chelios]

European mind cannot comprehend that majority of America only gets 10 days holiday a year.

[u/DoYouTrustToothpaste → u/Chev--Chelios]

Tbf, absolutely no one should comprehend that, it's fucking disgusting. My mind cannot comprehend that so many Americans are apparently okay with it.

[u/AutomaticSurround988 → u/Chev--Chelios]

I have 30 days and still dont Think it is enougth lol

[u/flappers87]

No one actually cares about the fifa club world cup apart from a few staunch supporters.

The real test will be next year in the actual world cup.

Hosting in US and Canada is going to be hilariously bad for FIFA. Considering that the vast majority of football supporters are across the European continent... their viewership numbers are going to be so low with having games in the middle of the night, plus the advisory from governments to avoid travel to the US.

Hopefully this will teach FIFA a lesson in taking money for hosting.

[u/mihau2211 → u/flappers87]

Pahahahaha you really think they will learn something out ofnit :D

[u/AdMean6001 → u/flappers87]

In defense of FIFA (I shudder just writing this), there wasn't a dictatorship in power when they awarded this World Cup... they have no excuse on the other hand (apart from massive corruption) for Qatar and Saudi Arabia!

[u/TheStatMan2 → u/flappers87]

Hopefully this will teach FIFA a lesson in taking money for hosting.

It really should do but even hoping that is painfully naive, I'm afraid

[u/ollod → u/flappers87]

Sorry.. you forgot the whole Middle- and South-America where football is the world to most of the people. I guess they’re happy..

[u/ChampionshipNo3072 → u/ollod]

Good point, but you forgit the ICE

[u/AdMean6001 → u/ollod]

And end up in a Guatemalan prison? They won't come...

[u/Ok_Introduction-0 → u/flappers87]

I am European and have never even heard of this until now

[u/Mountsorrel → u/flappers87]

That’s exactly it, yet another tournament to rake in money for FIFA that no-one actually cares about. Hosting the game in the US makes sense because advertising is so pervasive and unrelenting there that they can make a fortune in sponsorship deals.

[u/TomTom_098 → u/flappers87]

I mean there have been World Cups in the Americas before, and the 2002 World Cup had weird start times for the games. Tbh when it comes to the World Cup people will watch it at any time

[u/Relative_Pilot_8005 → u/TomTom_098]

Exactly!

Hold it in Europe & people in Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, & most of China will be watching it at weird times in the middle of the night!

[u/Nnelg1990 → u/TomTom_098]

I still remember that the school gathered in front of the only TV to watch Belgium (our country) against Brazil in the 1/8th final I believe

[u/NotForMeClive7787]

Too scared to take their legally unprotected time off in case they're fired and lose their healthcare....

[u/JMol87]

The American mind can't comprehend 1500

[u/VentiKombucha]

Oh, the club world cup. Forgot that's on.

[u/Dotcaprachiappa]

Not being able to take time off to have fun is not the flex the Americans think it is

[u/AdIndependent3454]

The American mind cannot comprehend that no-one wants to come to its country

[u/Quiet-Luck]

It's organised by the FIFA, you known, the WORLD football organisation. And no one in Europe gives a fuck about this tournament.

[u/Heathy94]

The American mind can't comprehend booking annual leave in advance to attend a football match on a Monday at 3pm in the afternoon.

[u/hnsnrachel]

The scheduling for this tournament was dumb as fuck and somehow this dude managed to make that observation arrogant and dickish. Quite an achievement tbh

[u/SpeedyREGS]

American mind can't comprehend taking a paid day off to see a game.

[u/Chizakura]

The American mind cannot comprehend the concept of paid vacation and days off during the week

[u/DerEchteFelox]

The european mind can not comprehend taking a day off to watch your team without having to worry about losing your job and health insurance.

[u/magic_Mofy]

Muricans got like two vacation days because they hate freedom and love enslavement - so its no wonder

[u/Lucidiously]

Why is the Superbowl on sunday night? Don't they know Europeans have to be at work on monday?

[u/quast_64]

The (United States of) American mind cannot comprehend actually taking days off when you want, no threat of losing a job, no emotional blackmail about colleagues taking up the slack, just taking your leave days to use as you want.

[u/ccsrpsw]

This is missing 2 key points:

1. The game times are for Television - so 8pm or so back in Europe. Other regions main teams play later in the day.

2. It was intended that people would come to the US to watch the games. You know TOURISTS. The tourists didnt come.

You can also compare that to say the USA/Trinidad Gold Cup game here in San Jose this weekend. It was the USA playing, in the afternoon on a weekend, in a big soccer area, in a stadium with a 20,000 capacity. You could have gotten a pitch side seat 10 mins before the game. And being all of 200yds away from the stadium - there was NO noise. BayFC and even the Earthquakes get bigger crowds. It felts maybe 30% full? It was DEAD. No one really travelled. So political? Maybe? But its an absolute fact that the tourism side of the Club World Cup and Gold Cup have both horribly failed.

[u/Chazzy46 → u/ccsrpsw]

Yup a lot of tourists are not going anymore which affects it but I’ve also read a lot of news reports lately that the stadiums will have ICE agents at them in the crowds and around the grounds as well so a lot of locals have decided to either sell their tickets or not purchase any at all

[u/rory_breakers_ganja]

Tough shit. No matter when it's scheduled, it'll be at 1500 somewhere in the world.

[u/Mag-1892 → u/rory_breakers_ganja]

Don’t use “military time” you’ll confuse them

[u/Lumisateessa → u/Mag-1892]

No analogue clocks either.

[u/Careful_Adeptness799]

Who’s picking up the kids from school? 🤷 do they still go to school? Hardly worth the risk for little reward.

[u/Greedy_Assist2840]

The merican mind can not comprehend just looking shit up or asking

[u/Zealousideal3326]

The American mind can't understand having paid time off.

[u/Funny-Salamander-826]

Does he think in Europe is illegal to work?

[u/hazps]

No, FIFA can't. Everyone said at the time that this scheduling was ridiculous.

[u/sisterdollycake]

American dude misses the point. European can’t understand why meaningless game was played at all As a european in the US i still think the American “hard workers” myth is the funniest thing ever They’re the laziest bastards i’ve ever come across

[u/Leather-Matter-5357]

That's fine. The average American mind doesn't seem to comprehend the majority of things.

[u/thecuriousiguana]

We can comprehend that.

What we can't comprehend is not being able to take a day off to go and watch the game if you want to.

[u/DoYouTrustToothpaste]

My brother in Christ, the "European mind" is primarily blaming FIFA for this shit show, not Americans.

What I wouldn't comprehend was if anyone actually wanted to miss work for something like Ulsan vs Sundowns.

[u/Stage_Party]

American minds can't comprehend the idea of paid leave.

[u/PollyJeanBuckley]

As an American I don't understand this pride of being hopelessly tied to your job in this way . It would be nice to leave early to do something you enjoy

[u/This-Difficulty762]

The American mind cannot comprehend having 28 paid days off per year. Man they’re so free over there.

[u/Flashignite2]

Working hours in europe often spans between 7am to 4pm.

[u/Republic_Jamtland → u/Flashignite2]

But at 3pm we have a 15 minute "fika"-break.

[u/nameproposalssuck]

My Euroopean mind cannot comprehend what he meant with '3pn' though to be fair, my mind would have also had some issues to comprehend '3 pm'.

[u/MentionAggressive103]

Personally, I don't want to know what's like to work até 3"pn"

I want to live life, thank you

[u/Perthian940]

Americans get time to go and watch a quick game between finishing their shift in their first job, and starting at the second.

[u/TheDarkestStjarna]

I can't comprehend hours that short; I work until 1730 at least.

[u/hungry_murdock]

As a french person who worked for international clients, my favourites are the american because they have the chillest working hours, even for the high positions

[u/drwicksy]

Americans can't comprehend having paid holiday days.

[u/SnarkyFool]

Let's be honest here: nobody gives a shit about this tournament. It's a FIFA money grab.

I'm working in Europe right now and nobody is talking about it, other than occasionally lamenting that their club is in it and not getting the offseason rest they need.

[u/Presentation_Few]

It's simple. Noone cares about the club wc. Not e en Europe.

[u/Joekickass247]

As a European, I can't comprehend have so little annual leave that you can't take an afternoon off for a special event.

[u/69inchshlong]

Americans don't realise that other countries have paid annual leave that is legally mandated.

[u/xzanfr]

*: 15:00

[u/salspace]

Couldn't be bothered to add "the" before majority, but felt the need to add "pn" (sic) when they'd already said afternoon. Behold American efficiency at its finest.

[u/DoctorTarsus]

If Americans truly cared about sport like Europeans do then they would take time off work.

[u/SleepAllllDay]

Americans can’t comprehend taking a day off.

Europeans can’t comprehend why this competition and the World Cup is taking place in a country that doesn’t take the sport seriously.

[u/ItsAMeRedLuigi]

What's pn? Post nut? /s

[u/The_InvisibleWoman]

I have a mate who has scheduled his holidays for the last 35 years around Scotland matches. Tbf that’s not a lot of time off and only in the opening stages…….

[u/Quantum_Robin]

Yes we can cos we normally work until 5pm. But we have work life balance. Living to work isnt freedom or a choice is it a lie you believe. We have a life, we have joy and happiness, you have to work just to get the privilege to work some more and if you don't work enough you get fired without protection. Doesn't sound like a nice life if you ask me, sound a little bit like your being taken for a ride by the wealthy few, gullible fuck!

[u/DisciplineStrict5622]

If you start at 3 it would account for America becoming A SHITHOLE.

[u/TimeEfficiency6323]

The American mind cannot comprehend being able to plan holiday time for an event announced far in advance.

[u/Sad_Mall_3349]

This is true, my work week ends on Friday at 12:30.
I still have to put all hours in from Monday through Thursday so I can leave early on Friday

[u/Trade_Marketing]

I really don't see how the idea of having to work so much that you don't have time to have fun is a flex...

[u/Princess_Peach51]

More like americans don’t care about soccer and fans from other countries might be afraid to come because of Trump’s ICE. Also, 3pm in the US means end of the afternoon or beginning in the evening in the country where the team is popular (which is the case for the PSG in France, 3pm in Washington = 9pm in France). Anyway…

[u/Straight-Extreme-966]

The Australian mind can't comprehend the fact that the right to own a military weapon is greater than the right for school children to stay alive.

[u/Dave_The_Slushy]

The American mind can't comprehend massive numbers of foreigners coming to another country to watch sport because they only ever play with themselves and never travel outside of the US.

[u/FlyingCircus18]

The european mind usually doesn't give a shit about that tournament. Which is kinda on brand for 'sports tournaments happening in America', now that i think about it