Doubtful, but what if a buddy who you know is a month away from getting tossed out of his apartment and is qualified to take the trip is available? Would you then take the trip saying to yourself "well ya know, it is a free market and they did call me first and I have nothing to do and I bet that extra $500 would buy me a few kegs."
The man up thing would be knowing that our economy and a very very large ammount of people are hurting right now, and it's not done. It is very likely that many more people will end up on the street.
What a decent person would say if they had a buddy in said situation is, ponder for a second, then inquire very nicely with the prospective contact with this job "If it's not forward of me, I have a friend who I would like to put you in touch with to take this trip. He is very well qualified with (insert good remarks) and could use the money to help him stay in his apartment. If you might be interested in this I would be able to put this person in touch with you, but if your not interested I appreciate your contacting me and would be happy to help you out."
But of course, that would get in the way of getting that extra diamond for my grillz..
I am not against being selfish or a greedy arrogant sob, by all accounts I am one. But currently being a full time employed pilot I count myself lucky for I very easily could be furloughed if I would have chosen to leave my current job (not for lack of trying though).
Greed and immediate gratification is what put all of us (americans, people, earthlings) in our current economic situation, and unfortunately I think that we as a society and people have not learned anything from this economic disaster, and I would not be surprised at all to see it happen again fairly soon.
Last statement, throw people you know some bones, pay it forward, etc. Times are tough, people are hurting, and loosing everything that they have worked hard for. In tough times look out for each other, you never know what good karma will bring.
-Brian