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World Cup sickos are planning to call out sick to watch the World Cup
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An article exploring the phenomenon of people planning to take sick days to attend World Cup matches, using the author's personal anecdote about high ticket prices as a framing device.
World Cup sickos are planning to call out sick to watch the World Cup
David Jensen; Elizabeth Ruiz Ruiz/Getty Image; Alyssa Powell/BI
The other week, a friend who shall remain nameless for soon-to-be-obvious reasons texted me a proposal: "Should we plan some potential World Cup sick days?" The message came accompanied by a screenshot of a match that may be play-hooky-from-work-worthy. We decided against it because the tickets in question were over $1,000 each. If prices drop as the event gets closer — and man oh man are a lot of people hoping they will — we will
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