We could use our iPhones if we connect them to their network and load all their corporate crapware on them. Dont want to give up my personal property for that kind of "convenience".
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Will you actually take off to watch the keynote?
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We could use our iPhones if we connect them to their network and load all their corporate crapware on them. Dont want to give up my personal property for that kind of "convenience".
They're cheap, durable, batteries last for ages, can receive a signal where cell phones can't and can easily be passed from person to person as on call shifts rotate, meaning there's one, dedicated phone number to page the on call person instead of using a rotating phone list.
I guess the signal is true if you are out in the boonies. However I took an urgent business call in the middle of the Grand Canyon, there really isn't very many places a signal does not exist.
However if someone is paging you they need help, so might as well call the phone as a call has to be returned anyway.
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What if the company paid the monthly cell bill?
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Exactly. I had a whole long paragraph written about this before I decided it wasn't pertinent to argue with people on the internet lol. Some people sure act like they love to look down on people. Just because we have to work a job doesn't mean I'm gonna miss out on things I enjoy. I take all holidays off for my children and even days off just to spend time with my husband.
And no we aren't rich but we live decently enough to enjoy what we like.
No, I need $ to live. A keynote can be watched at a later time at higher quality. I can easily enjoy it in my time off.
I won't necessarily take off, I just won't say I can work that day. Advantages of working for catering services at your school.
In pretty sure the announcement of a new iPhone has a lot to do with electrical engineering. No need to go to class.
So glad I get paid wether I work or not, MLM has many perks! I'll be watching this at the pool.
This, I'll just play it on my phone or watch the rest during lunch.
I'm an intern, so I don't get paid PTO. Missing $100 worth of work for a 2 hour keynote is not happening. (actually, even wasting valuable PTO time on a keynote is ridiculous. It'd be one thing if I was getting the actual phone right at the end of the keynote.)
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I'll watch a feed of the event in my office at work. And if it's a phenomenal event this year I will go right home after work and watch it. Usually never watch the event other then the stream, but this year I think is gonna be different. But I will be taking off on launch day because I camp out. One things for certain....my stomach is churning with excitement like it was in 07. Hope they deliver.
I voted other as I was planning to work from home that day but got called in for a meeting related to a huge proposal I'm working on.....
If the meeting wasn't important, I'd do it from home. But alas...I can't.
Gonna be a whale of a keynote though - I haven't ever been this excited for an announcement! Can't get here soon enough.
If the meeting wasn't important, I'd do it from home. But alas...I can't.
Gonna be a whale of a keynote though - I haven't ever been this excited for an announcement! Can't get here soon enough.
Just going to stream it on one of the monitors on my desk and watch as I work.
Day off for the keynote? That's ridiculous.
Day off for the keynote? That's ridiculous.
Fortunately my class will be ending right at 1PM EST on that day so I'll be able to catch all of it.
Then don't.
A lot of the people, such as myself (and yes, I have a family and am the sole income earner), that take some time to watch these keynotes aren't stressing out family situations, causing problems, straining finances, or exercising poor priority management.
I watch them because I find it exciting. Others won't, and that's fine. I also learn far more about what's being shown than I would from a bullet point list posted on some tech blog. There are tons of details and features that get dropped during those postings. I like to see the new stuff in action, see its potential, understand the reasoning behind all the features, and so on. There's a few reasons why I know how to use my iPhone/iOS far better than those around me (and am able to share that knowledge): watching the keynotes is a big part of that.
I get it. I understand that there are people that aren't as enthused about these sorts of things as some of us. That's fine. I also understand there are some people that would watch if they could, but they're living paycheck to paycheck and working hourly, or taking 2 hours to watch something on Tuesday would threaten their job security, or whatever. That's fine.
But just because spending a couple of hours to watch a show once or twice a year would cause you problems (and would therefore be a poor choice), don't assume the rest of us are in that same boat.
Among the things I can use my vacation time on, streaming the Apple keynote live sits near the bottom of my list of my priorities. I'd rather use it for an actual vacation (and since I'm taking off for 6 weeks, I really do need to save as much vacation time as I can). I can always download the keynote podcast and watch it at my leisure, anyway. Granted, I did turn down overtime to get the iPhone 5 on release day. 
I hear what you're saying, but the footage and detailed analysis of it will be available all over the net afterward. I just don't get why it's so important to see it live.
I'll look forward to following the coverage when I get home or if I have some down time at work. I know it depends on the nature of ones job, but as I said previously, while I could take a day off, I feel like it would be a disservice to people I work for and with.
