So . it was you huh ? I fucking knew it ! <| sep |> What an unpopular opinion to have in rpokemon . <| sep |> Yes . Imagine you work somewhere along side volunteers . you work together to add crayons to boxes . You as a paid worker clock in at 9 and leave at 5 your responsibilities are to put blue and yellow crayons on boxes . The volunteers show up whenever they want and leave when they want but it is their responsibility to put red crayons in a box . Imagine this scenario works fine , you have enough volunteers to fill boxes 90 % of the time . However there are a few times a week where you are missing a volunteer and a paid employee must undertake the task of filling boxes with red crayons . It would be completely correct to say that the paid employee is doing volunteer work even though they are contractually obligated to complete the task . Do you get it now ? Volunteer describes the type of worn as work a volunteer would under normal circumstances be given , not the contractual implications of the person completing the work .