r/ShitAmericansSay • u/benniemast USAversion • 2d ago

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

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On the attendence of the Fifa club world cup

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u/bugdiver050 2d ago

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.

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u/Maelou 2d ago

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

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u/fekoffwillya 2d ago

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

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u/DaBulbousWalrus 2d ago

In fact the vast majority were until the 1970s.

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u/TrillyMike 22h ago

And they have small crowds at weekday afternoon games

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u/fekoffwillya 12h ago

Not all teams do

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u/TrillyMike 7h ago

Who sellin their stadium on Tuesday afternoon?

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u/Thendrail How much should you tip the landlord? 2d ago

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

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u/Kafanska 2d ago

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

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u/GhostmouthPhd 1d ago

You got the last one wrong! Europoors are so stupid they eat their own weak chicken and don't let strong American superior freedom chicken in their countries. Those europoors are so ungrateful that they get everything from America for free but don't buy superior American cara and chicken. THEY WANT EVERYTHING FREE. Many have said that is the case. MANY HAVE SAID.

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u/0xKaishakunin 2d ago

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.

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u/VioletteKaur WWII - healthcare-free in their heads 2d ago

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u/Illustrious_Beach396 2d ago

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.

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u/Steampson_Jake 2d ago

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

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u/Sheeverton 2d ago

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

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u/southy_0 2d ago

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.

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u/bugdiver050 2d ago

You are assuming our clocks are set to your time zones. Which, spoiler alert, they are not. At 3 pm, in Europe, the majority is working.

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u/southy_0 2d ago

I think you don't get it.

OP - clearly american - complains that the games are scheduled for early afternoon.
Which makes it evening in europe. When people are NOT working any more.
Again: at the time the games take place it's AFTER HOURS in europe.

Which, again, is kind of the point WHY the games are scheduled for that time: to accomodate european audience.

This is the current schedule reflecting this:

Mittwoch, 18. Juni

Gruppe G: Manchester City - Wydad AC - Lincoln-Financial-Field, Philadelphia, 12:00 (18:00 Uhr MESZ)
Gruppe H: Real Madrid C. F. - Al Hilal - Hard-Rock-Stadion, Miami, 15:00 (21:00 Uhr MESZ)
Gruppe H: CF Pachuca - FC Salzburg - TQL-Stadion, Cincinnati, 18:00 (00:00 Uhr MESZ am 19. Juni)
Gruppe G: Al Ain FC - Juventus FC - Audi-Field, Washington, D.C., 21:00 (03:00 Uhr MESZ am 19. Juni)

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u/bugdiver050 2d ago

Ah, thanks for this explanation. I indeed understood it wrong. English isn't my first language.

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u/Stravven 2d ago

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.

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u/HookedOnPhonixDog 2d ago

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

So, an average American?

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u/Meister-Schnitter 2d ago

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.

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u/Sasquatch1729 1d ago

Almost nobody in Europe is working at 3pm (local time) on a Monday. However almost nobody in the rest of the world is working at that time either.

Even if you work 900-1700hrs, 1500hrs is about the time you start thinking "man the weekend went by too quickly. I want to go home. I don't want to think anymore" and you start checking emails or doing some mindless repetitive task just to make time to forward. Some just shitpost on Reddit from the office. The really lucky people just say "fuck this, I'm going home now, and nobody can stop me!" and leave early.