Originally Posted by
blueFroggy
Oh you guys would be so proud of me! The company called today and asked me to save their butt by taking a flight out of my commute city. They were basically going to give me 10 hours of pay for a 1/2 days work. I told them I couldn't though because we need to keep our leverage against them during contract negotiations and that once they give us a good contract, I'd be allowed to help out again. How awesome am I???
Not awesome at all, because in your idiotic scenario, you actually answered the phone. And that's already wrong right there.
If it was true, you would be in their "helping out" list.
Which it's the same as "interfering with negotiations list".