The above answer is typically correct; but this particular quote is slightly more subtle - they actually mean don't push me. The boss is being a pain, the employee is saying keep being a pain and maybe I will...

When someone says, "Don't tempt me" it means that it is something that they want to do but cannot/should not. A: "Would you like to eat the rest of the chips?" B: "Don't tempt me." Person B wants to eat the chips but knows that they shouldn't because chips are unhealthy. So, really it is a way of saying: "Yes, but I shouldn't".