Some celebrate wildly, others are on duty on New Year’s Eve. We show some heroes.
While many celebrate New Year’s Eve with a glass or two of champagne and sleep in on the first day of the year, others have to get up and do their work or don’t even go to bed. The “Krone” spoke to some representatives of these professional groups. The Wiener Linien ensures that the celebrants get home safely. “Since we work on New Year’s Eve, some colleagues have the opportunity to start the New Year with their loved ones,” say Martina P. and Receb K., who manage operations at the subway, Bim and bus on New Year’s Eve Wiener Netzen – 150 employees are on duty there when others are sleeping or partying. “New Year’s Eve is a service like any other,” says Christopher Herfert. And there’s a lot to do, because when there’s a lot going on on Vienna’s streets, there are more frequent reports of gas smells. The New Year’s Eve trail and the firecracker generate a lot of rubbish. An MA-48 team of 110 employees with a total of 29 vehicles, including small trucks, sweepers and garbage trucks, will be in action from 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The goal is clear: Vienna’s streets must shine in their usual splendor in time for the New Year’s concert. Operations in the hospitals must also continue as normal on New Year’s Eve. Nurse for anesthesia and intensive care medicine Agnes Pölzl is on duty on both the 31st and the 1st. “I don’t mind working on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Our patients cannot choose where and how they spend these days. That’s why I like to get involved together with my colleagues on public holidays. Above all, the gratitude of the patients fills me with joy,” says Pölzl.
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