Triggered by ‘seasonal fan’ tag, man quits job to watch football

What else could be more humiliating than to be called a "seasonal fan", that too in the midst of the enthralling football world cup?

Nazmus Sakib, one of a million other Nazmus Sakibs of Bangladesh, decided to concentrate fully on football watching after quitting his job. He decided this after being fed up of people calling him a "seasonal fan" whenever he tried to give some expert opinion regarding the Qatar World Cup, despite his obviously scanty football knowledge.

"Yesterday, when my colleagues were talking about offside rules, I asked them to tell me about legside rules. Hearing this, they laughed and said 'tumi mia seasonal fan chup thako'. Such humiliation in a public place forced me to take this bold decision," he said.

As Nazmus Sakib believes dignity is more important than money, he didn't think twice before handing in his resignation letter in order to become more knowledgeable about football.

Bholamon Bhubon, the leading motivational speaker, said, "Don't suffer from inferiority complex just because you know little about football. Even the great Socrates, Einstein, Newton, Rabindranath, Nazrul and so on knew less about football than you. So, don't lose heart for such an idiotic tag, instead raise your heads high."

"Not only did I get this tag from my colleagues, I was poked on social media with this tag for failing to post something relevant about football," he said.

Nazmus Shakib's bold decision made the entire country sit up and take notice, but it left others burdened with the seasonal fan tag particularly shaken.

"We have tirelessly been mocked for long, but neither we nor someone else could raise a voice against this fascist tag. This resignation is a tight slap on the faces of those who consider themselves Messi-Ronaldo just because they watch football irrespective of special tournaments," Salahuddin, an alleged seasonal fan, said while wondering why Germany were knocked out from the group stage despite winning their final group match, and Spain qualified for the next round despite losing their final group match.

Motivational speakers, the country's most advanced thinkers, spent no time in introducing their new session, "Be proud of your scanty football-knowledge".

Bholamon Bhubon, the leading motivational speaker, said, "Don't suffer from inferiority complex just because you know little about football. Even the great Socrates, Einstein, Newton, Rabindranath, Nazrul and so on knew less about football than you. So, don't lose heart for such an idiotic tag, instead raise your heads high."

The Satireday correspondent confronted Nazmus Sakib, who was on holiday. As soon as he saw the correspondent, he said, "You don't need to select a public holiday to get my appointment anymore; every day is a holiday for me now."

When asked whether he could have managed his job and watch football simultaneously, he said, "I just want to focus on one thing and that is football. In 2026, I will name the whole country 'seasonal fans' as I am going to be the most knowledgeable person by then."