Star Wars’ fever hit the United States on Thursday as thousands lined up to see midnight showings of ‘Revenge of the Sith’.
One analysis estimates the excitement over the new movie could cost US employers as much as $627-million in lost productivity from people skipping work to see the film
They already know how the movie is going to end. Many of them already know much of the plot and have known it for some time. But that didn’t stop moviegoers from attending sold-out 12:01 showings of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith in droves.
That fan loyalty could cost U.S. employers as much as $627 million in lost productivity on Thursday and Friday, said Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., which based its estimates on attendance for the first two days of the previous movies in the trilogy.
While a few enlightened companies will give employees time on Thursday to attend a daytime showing, or even close down for a few hours in the case of small businesses, most fans work for typically humorless firms.
That means fans will either have scheduled Thursday as a vacation day, or will be calling in sick on Thursday morning in the wake of attending the midnight showing.
Re: You are not qualified as a geek if you showed up at work today
fking nerds...
It's a movie. If anyone from my office even dreams abou tskipping work, they will find their entry badges malfunctioning.. Revenge of the Danda, Bitches!!!!
Re: You are not qualified as a geek if you showed up at work today
PD, check your roster man. Make sure everyone is there at work. Especially that pale faced IT guy. I am sure he will give you some excuse to skip work. Keep your eye on him.
Re: You are not qualified as a geek if you showed up at work today
I don't even know who the IT guy is. THey are usually holed up in the back room..and talk incomprehensibly.."servers, routers, VOIP (what the fk is VOIP?), firewalls etc".... the less you see them the better..like lepers really..we let them out one day a week among the general population and usually either pet them with gloves on or just throw food from a far.
Re: You are not qualified as a geek if you showed up at work today
ok, I showed up for work but didn't go to the baseball game everyone else went to that the company was paying for, so I was called a geek by all those going into the sun today.
