I'm in the UK and even emergencies have always been treated as best effort wherever I've worked. If it's the weekend, you might be drunk / on the beach / on a p

I'm in the UK and even emergencies have always been treated as best effort wherever I've worked. If it's the weekend, you might be drunk / on the beach / on a plane / whatever. Obviously, if it is a genuine rare emergency, most people are generally fine to help if they are around.