They Don't Pay Me Enough

It's Sunday night and I decide to log onto my work email from home.  Not because I'm going to work, but I needed to check my calendar to see if I had a lunch meeting tomorrow or Tuesday.  It's tomorrow, but that's irrelevant.

There are 14 emails going back and forth between VPs and Directors weighing in on a problem with our company website.  I'm copied on them all and everyone keeps asking why I haven't responded and if I'll be available for a meeting Monday morning before the start of the work day to discuss.  All of these emails came in between Saturday afternoon and tonight.  What are they smoking?! They don't pay me enough to sit on my personal laptop and respond to emails over the weekend.  I have a life (albeit slightly pathetic) and I make the most of the time when I'm away from the hell-hole that pays the rent. I'm super happy for them that they all have Blackberrys and work-provided laptops, but I don't.  Screw them.  If they want to eat up my weekend time, they can give me a raise and the tools to do it.

I'm going to show up for work tomorrow (at the normal time) and miss that meeting.  When asked, my response will be, "I don't check email over the weekend."  (And yes I'm smart enough to turn-off "read receipts" in my email.) I wonder what their response will be to that?