In July 2026 the legal careers site LTO Karriere published a guest article on manners around vacation. Its author, Finn J. Muchow, wrote that alltägliche Dringlichkeiten haben bis zum Ende der Auszeit zu warten, everyday urgent matters must wait until the time off is over. Calls are for real emergencies. Answering e-mail from the sun lounger, he wrote, also signals distrust in one’s team. Es demonstriert das Unvermögen, die eigene Freizeit zu strukturieren. It shows an inability to organize one’s own free time.