Not the kind of commitment she was looking for

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This recently hired IT pilot fish gets called on the carpet by his boss, who wants to know why fish was unreachable the evening before until almost 9 p.m.

"She said she expects constant and quick responses to any kind of system problem," says fish.

"I reminded her of the class I was teaching at a local community college that night, which she already knew about. That really seemed to annoy her.

"When she started talking about commitment to the job, I reminded her that I accepted the contract to teach this class before she made me a job offer -- that I had a commitment to those students as well.

"I also pointed out that I brought up the teaching during our interview.

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