OK, so I have no idea if this only would happen in Spain or if it is common.
OK, so this is a thing that happened last week. Basically, we got the parliment, there the people suposed (suposed) to represent us sit on and vote what laws pass and what laws do not. Then you got all the debates exposing arguments for this, that, against this or against that. Yes, a zoo, basically. And the members do get nice salaries, paid from our pockets, of course.
OK, so now, here's the little anecdote: When the session at the parliment was set a few days ago, the members were supposed to be there voting for or against some laws. Of course, the defenders of such law had to go there to defend it. The nice surprise? The moderators and most of the members were not there! In fact, there where like two or three people there. Literally. And the camera filming such a pathetic scene.
The reason? The match of the Eurocup was being played, with Spain in it, of course. The timing matched with the parliment working time. The solution? Just don't attend to the parliment, after all, it's only the laws of the country the ones we are approving or dismissing.
OK, as always, this kind of things are rather common here. People just poked fun of it, smiled, made a nice rolleyes :rolleyes2 and said "Well, this is Spain after all!".
OK...if this ever happened in your country, do you think there would be a reaction against it or people would just point and laugh at the idiocy of the parliment members while expressing their indignation in a simple "this is Spain, it's supposed to be stupid like this"?