Three dollars an hour to not drink. That's the going rate for owning your entire evening. You can't have a beer. You can't drive two towns over. You can't take a nap so deep you'd miss the phone. The thing nobody wants to price Being on call is not work, but it's not vacation either. It's the perfect balance. You are not under the influence of alcohol. You are close to your house. You can get to your worksite within thirty minutes. I often come across the same argument s...