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Poll: Will you be working on New Year's Day?
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Will you be working on New Year's Day?".

This poll was originally submitted by Alan Corbo, CT. View the poll results »



 
mona elshazly
mona elshazly  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 23:39
Member (2016)
Italian to Arabic
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Not sure Dec 29, 2016

I will be on vacation from my full-time job but not sure about freelancing

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 21:39
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Other Dec 29, 2016

No, not exactly, but as I have a few administrative tasks that I haven't had the time to do yet (mostly invoices and data for my accountant) I'll very probably take one hour or two for these...

 
Gianluca Marras
Gianluca Marras  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 22:39
English to Italian
probably Dec 29, 2016

I have a deadline on 2nd Jan. So if I finish by the 31 Dec. I will be off, otherwise I might work in the afternoon.

 
Isabelle Wagmi
Isabelle Wagmi  Identity Verified
New Zealand
Local time: 10:39
English to French
Yes, if there is a short project available Dec 29, 2016

If I am offered a short project, given that I will not be involved in too much festive activities, I will definitely be translating.

 
DianeGM
DianeGM  Identity Verified
Local time: 23:39
Member (2006)
Dutch to English
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Nope ... Dec 29, 2016

I try to respect weekends and holidays for my kids.

 
Ilan Rubin (X)
Ilan Rubin (X)  Identity Verified
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:39
Russian to English
All is quiet, on New Year's Day... Dec 29, 2016

https://youtu.be/F0CzEZbsc2Q

 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 22:39
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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No Dec 29, 2016

Catching up on sleep after a night out with family - not VERY late, but it takes time to drive home.
Going to the dentist, for my sins, on January 2!
Sending the last guest home on January 3
and hosting a 'Friday beer' (which takes all afternoon and half the evening) for the neighbours on January 6 to see Christmas out and celebrate a postponed family birthday...

I'm a part-time pensioner from January! However, I have a job to deliver in Week 2, so at some point
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Catching up on sleep after a night out with family - not VERY late, but it takes time to drive home.
Going to the dentist, for my sins, on January 2!
Sending the last guest home on January 3
and hosting a 'Friday beer' (which takes all afternoon and half the evening) for the neighbours on January 6 to see Christmas out and celebrate a postponed family birthday...

I'm a part-time pensioner from January! However, I have a job to deliver in Week 2, so at some point I will have to get back to serious work.
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Andrea Diaz
Andrea Diaz
Mexico
Local time: 15:39
English to Spanish
+ ...
No. Dec 29, 2016

No, unless it's urgent. January 1st is a day for family and sleeping. I also plan to make amazing turkey sandwiches with all the leftovers.

 
Julian Holmes
Julian Holmes  Identity Verified
Japan
Local time: 06:39
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
Hmmm Dec 29, 2016

Working can include both actual in-front-of-the-computer-generating-money kind of work and conceptual stuff such as thinking how to get more out of existing clients, developing new clients and other proactive and creative work-related activities.
When is a self-employed person not thinking about work, income and by extension the welfare and happiness of those around him or her?

Just thinking about the future is part of my work portfolio. IMHO


 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Yetta Jensen Bogarde  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 22:39
Member (2012)
English to Danish
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No Dec 29, 2016

I will forget all about work, and have a quiet celebration with a bunch of friends - just getting ready for the new year.

 
Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 22:39
English to German
With Julian Dec 29, 2016

Either working or doing "business development".

Or scrubbing and painting over graffiti - last year's Jan 1st was a catastrophe. People come back from parties at 3-4AM with a can of spray paint, and I'm too old to hang out on the street crossing *all* night to growl at miscreants. I'm lucky if I can prevent firework damage to the house around midnight - one street over, someone burned a random car to a black car skeleton last year by throwing a rocket under it.


 
Danylo Kravchuk
Danylo Kravchuk  Identity Verified
Ukraine
Local time: 23:39
English to Ukrainian
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No, because it's Sunday Dec 29, 2016

Otherwise, I would work.

 
Elizabeth Tamblin
Elizabeth Tamblin  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:39
French to English
Possibly Dec 29, 2016

There's a project I can work on if I feel like it, but it's not urgent.

Depends what's on telly, I guess.


 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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No Dec 29, 2016

ILAN RUBIN wrote:

https://youtu.be/F0CzEZbsc2Q


Sunday bloody Sunday


 
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