I'm having trouble with the 'if you don't know about a burning fire, it isn't your problem yet' bit. Now, granted, perhaps they should have called if there was

I'm having trouble with the 'if you don't know about a burning fire, it isn't your problem yet' bit. Now, granted, perhaps they should have called if there was a fire... But perhaps your portion of the fix can wait until you get into the office, but should really be worked on as soon as possible. Should they wake you up with a phone call to tell you that, or send that email? If you are known to ignore emails for the first few hours, you'll be getting that wake-up phone call. No, instead, I do exactly the opposite of this. I check my email first, get all the piddly stuff out of the way first, and then settle in for some real coding.