Seriously it's poignant, and timely, and got me thinking about the situation we've gotten ourselves into. It seems we have to be "available" 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED! NO EXCUSES!
Someone close to me recently went home after work and set his Blackberry down on his dresser. His wife happened to be sick, so he cooked dinner and helped her as much as he could. He went to bed after a long day of work outside the home and at home.
He also happened to be on call and missed several alerts from work. He didn't get them until the next morning and by then it was too late, the damage had been done.
Now I want you to understand this, he worked 40+ hours at his job and was expected to regularly be "On Call" if needed, at home. He joined the ranks of us "Self-Employed" 02/26/2010.
I'm sure he'll be much happier AND much wealthier but the point is most of us are "On Call" the same way he was.
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