The Nice Thing About A Place Like This..
You can slag off ... whoever you want.. You probably won't bitch about your friends to your friends, family, or those you work with.. But if we all had to live on an MC reservation, the conversation would change, too :)
For my work, I rely on internet collaboration. And the last two (different) people I've worked with had "emergencies". The oboist had a medical emergency. The trombone player had a regular emergency.
I was just watching a Van Halen reunion concert (2015) on YouTube, and my "friend" backed out last second, and it was one of the last times they played.... People... ugh... And fuck my neighbor with the dog barking at 6:25am.