One of my partners
went dark
for four months.
I sent her work.
She said she received it.
Then there was nothing.
I emailed her.
I received no response.
The drop dead
deadline
for the project approached.
She still didn’t respond.
I was panicking.
I was looking
into alternatives.
I was reaching out
to friends,
begging for favors.
Then she sent me
her completed part
of the project
ON the deadline date.
Her excuse
for not responding
was she thought
she’d finish it quickly
and respond with her completed part.
I thought she had ghosted me.
I worried she’d died.
I will never trust her again
and
I will likely partner
with another person
for the next project.
Reply to partners
and customers
on a timely basis.
No reply will be seen
as an extremely unprofessional ‘no’
by new customers
and it will irritate
the f*ck out of established customers.