Volunteer with an agenda?

Received a horrifyingly hilarious phone call this afternoon. Essentially, the caller was trying to find someone to do pro bono work with so that parties could cross refer clients.

Volunteer and then try to get these people to pay you for work? I thought it is disgusting enough that people in jc volunteer for the sake of the community service hours and cannot be bothered to put their hearts into what they are doing. An adult doing the same for the sole selfish reason of gaining clientele? That sounds not any better. Especially when you were trying to convince others that it's no big deal cause other [insert race] lawyers are doing it to. That's even more disgusting.

Like I said, I think it's against the rule. And even if it isn't, it's against my principles. Volunteering should be done only if you truly mean it, not when you have some other hidden agenda. Otherwise, I can tell you I truly despise you.

That, is at least something that I'm sure of, and you can rest assure that I'm proud of my stand, even if it sounds prudish to you.