<p>Cobrat, you’re still mistaken. Thinking it’s reasonable for a professional to check email at his or her leisure on the weekends and indicate that things will be moved forward is NOT the equivalent of expecting them to be on call for you 24/7. </p>
<p>My spouse is on call 24/7 due to the nature of his profession (obstetrics). Here’s what 24/7 means: You respond immediately / in the moment. All other obligations (family or otherwise) are dropped. You work as long as it takes to resolve the issue, and you don’t leave or go to bed until the issue is resolved. Now, tell me again how a quick check of email on a computer, iPad or iPhone and a quick response “Got it; will have the materials to you Monday” are the same thing? It’s ludicrous.</p>
<p>Moreover, email is not intrusive by its very nature. It is not intrusive for me to send an email to anyone I deal with whether I do so on Friday at 3 pm, or Saturday at 11 pm, or Sunday at 4 am, because the person can pick it up and answer it at his or her own leisure. It is NOT comparable to picking up the phone and calling someone, nor is it the equivalent of barging into someone’s private home unannounced. So nice try, but that analogy doesn’t work either.</p>