"And as for the $14/hr, I tend to think you'd do it for $.00/hr.

You're probably giving me too much credit there, Bruce.

I would have served for free the first one or two times, to enable the local (mayoral) election to be held fairly shortly after the storm. But I am already very sorely tempted to quit, and may well have done so by now except that the payment sweetens the deal just enough to keep me in the fold (especially since they doubled the amount, with the specific purpose of keeping suckers like me on the job and attracting new ones).