• I would hope that most peoples for a better word for it "Default position is" "Yes" on this point.

    I mean I would say "Yes". However we do get trained sociologically in the "You scratch my back and I will scratch yours ethos" it goes back to the pre dawn of mankind.

    However I would be lying if I said I didn't say "No to people" because

    1) That person before "Didn't scratch my back"

    2) The wife waiting in the rain for a lift home

    It's all a point of social integration and goes far beyond the report. There's abosloutly nothing wrong with saying "NO" There's also nothing wrong with saying why such a late request?

    If they ask for something that's urgent then you need to know why.