A long time ago, I ended up working for 3 months on a commission and didnt get paid a dime for it. One small commission later, the person never responded after I painted their request. 2 small commissions later, another person just stopped replying after I was finished with their commission. No payment.
I recently entered a contest. Easy enough. Rules were clear, due date was clear. I worked on the piece until just before the due date (we had a fairly long time to work on it) and entered it. After I entered it, the person decided to extend the due date...3 times. I ended up in third place to 2 pieces that were entered 3 and 4 months late.
I am burned out. True, some commissions did pay me. But would you go to any other job knowing your weekly paycheck may or may not come?
Now do I truly believe its rude that life just happened to interfere or maybe something came up or maybe they wanted to extend something really badly? Is it really that inconsiderate?........yes.