Will you actually take off to watch the keynote?

It's a twice a year thing. Not that big a deal if one has vacation/personal days stored up. Less of an issue for those that get salary.

I will be. I am able to flex my schedule. I already have to work on Saturday that week with a Thursday comp day. I will be "flexing" to have Tuesday off instead. No work will actually be missed.

If I have a chance to attend it, then yes. Aside from that, not a big deal for me.

SpyderBite said:

It's a twice a year thing. Not that big a deal if one has vacation/personal days stored up. Less of an issue for those that get salary.

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I'm guessing you don't have a family. If you do, you need to reassess your priorities. My wife would be kinda pissed if I used a personal day to watch something as trivial as a tech product announcement, regardless of what it is.

I'll definitely be home :-D being self employed has its perks!!

SHirsch999 said:

I'm guessing you don't have a family. If you do, you need to reassess your priorities. My wife would be kinda pissed if I used a personal day to watch something as trivial as a tech product announcement, regardless of what it is.

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I didn't say everybody. And I wasn't speaking for myself. I'm retired so every day can be announcement day for all I care.

I believe the OP's point was directed to those who do take the day off. Not those who can't take the day off.

Tuesdays I usually work 2-11p but just in case I requested that I not be scheduled before 2pm, my request was approved.

I'll be streaming it on my phone during work. Taking a personal day for a tech event is comical to me.

My work will have it on the projector in our lounge.

Should be beauty,

Well... I am most likely taking off... But not just for that. Honestly I could watch it at work.

I may take off because destiny is being released. Just a plus that the keynote is that day as well.

I am starting a new job that week, so I can't take off for it. But... I will watch it when I get home and I'll be available to pre-order it that Thursday night / Friday Morning.

Watching at work. Should've been a poll option.

Other: I work from home, so no need to take off work.

I work from home, so I can listen/watch while I work.

Seriously?! I think it's crazy enough that people take time off work to wait in line to get the latest devices, but taking time off just to watch the announcement even though the details will be on every tech site within minutes??

I don't want to question people's priorities but...

I work at home. Work on 1 monitor, keynote on the other

LOL yes in fact I will be wearing my Apple iThong while sipping Apple juice from a wine glass as the keynote is streaming. This is iHeaven to me. iCan't wait!

I'll be watching a replay of it on the bus on the way to work.

take off, no.

stay up-to-date via live-blogs and streaming (if available) on the second monitor, sure!

I can watch at work

Yes. Got the day off approved for "personal geekery." Now if I could only get the 12th off; if preorders happen then, I told my boss I'm not going to be worth a crap that day.

Wait, where do you guys stream the keynote? I remember last year they didn't stream the 5S keynote, or am I missing something?

It doesn't take all day...a couple of hours on a Tuesday morning is no big deal.

Not to be a downer, but I think it's a little much to take off work for something like this. Nothing earth-shattering will be announced or debuted, just updates and more functionality. It's not like they have re-invented the wheel or discovered the Higgs Boson... they're updating stuff that already exists. I don't buy into the hype personally.