TORONTO – It’s time for the semifinal match in men’s hockey at Sochi 2014: and the timing means that many Canadians are at work.
But maybe not working.
We asked our followers if they’d be watching–secretly on their screen, with colleagues, or even with the boss.
There’s at least one old-school pizza party planned:
Elizabeth Monier-Williams was with her colleagues from MaRS Innovation, one of many organizations watching in the MaRS Discovery District auditorium in Toronto:
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And there are more large screens in offices across Canada than you might think:
And some are flirting with the idea of hitting the liquor store:
Kira Campbell, who works at a Toronto marketing agency, said her colleagues are watching.
“The whole office is on one floor with laptops set up so we can keep working if need. Yesterday, the yelling was so loud that we heard it from two floors away,” she added, referring to Canada’s women’s hockey gold medal win.
The viewing parties already in full force for the women’s game, Toronto’s Rebecca Stiller drove by a building at Adelaide St. West and Bay St. Thursday, only to see a “huge screen in the lobby” full of employees.
“I watched while stuck in traffic,” said Stiller.
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Holly Bateman, who works at a real estate law firm in Mississauga, was trying to watch but couldn’t get the livestream working at first, so was listening on TSN Radio.
“My boss was like, ‘If you can’t get it up on your screen come in to my office and watch.’
But maybe he’s on the right track.
Research suggests a little distraction could benefit businesses. The small breaks people take on their phones throughout the day “may positively influence…perceived well-being at the end of the workday,” according to one study author Sooyeol Kim.
John Trougakos, an associate professor of management at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, told CBC that if employers forbid Canadians from watching, it could actually backfire.
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