# Can my work legally do this?

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-my-work-legally-do-this/49898
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [June 12, 2008, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-my-work-legally-do-this/49898 "2008-06-12T07:20:16Z")
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### Author: ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2008, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-my-work-legally-do-this/49898/37 "2008-06-12T10:35:29Z")

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> [@boxxa](#):
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> you are getting paid $200 to carry a phone. if you take a call and answer it and not do anything, you are not working. if you are taking a call, you were already paid 200 dollars and 1/4 vacation day to do so. deal with it. its part of the field. stop making it seem like you are forced to work in a call center for 35 hours and constantly unable to move or do anything other than work on your computer during that time. you even have it nice since you have hours. i get woken up at 3am because a T1 took a misframe somewhere.

how am i not working if i take a call and answer it? i don’t know what kind of calls you think I am taking but 90% are all 15+ min calls. when i’m not taking a call at work i’m not doing anything so how is it any different? where did i say i was locked in a call center for 35 hours and constantly unable to move? i said i was tied to a computer for some of the calls.

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