To find people extremely flaky at the moment?

[BallaiLuimni]

I don't know if it's post-pandemic exhaustion reaching a peak, the effects of wfh for too long, the shitness of the economy or a combination of all of the above/something else but I'm finding people extraordinarily flaky at the moment, mainly at work. To be clear these aren't team members or employees, they're mostly clients. Asking for quotes then ghosting, not responding to important emails, saying they'll have things done and then not doing them. I get the sense from some of them that they just don't give a shit anymore. Lots of them work in quite responsible high-up roles in areas like healthcare. Where once they would have been quite on top of things and would have been very reluctant to say that there was a delay, now they seem to come up with any old excuse for just not engaging. It's so frustrating.

Is it just me (maybe I'm the problem!) or are other people finding the same?

Yeah, there’s a lot of quiet quitting going on. Less focus on work, feeling disillusioned as hard work no longer pays off in this country (low growth, stagnant wages…), etc.

I’ve noticed more flakeyness from friends than colleagues though, I must say. It’s just so much harder to get people to leave their house and socialise.

I've had some flakiness from friends - in one instance a friend said they weren't available to go out for well over a month, her excuse being that she had to take her son to his hobby. It's such a weirdly nonsense excuse it really annoyed me, why not just say she didn't want to go out??

Luckily I have other friends that I can just message last minute and they'll pop to my house/I'll go to their without there being any song and dance about booking months in advance like it's a visitation from the pope.

I e noticed this with people using their kids having exams as am excuse not to do stuff., eg No, I can’t go out/do whatever for the next 3 weeks because my kid’s got his A levels.

wtf do your kids exams have to do with you coming out for lunch/going to work/ living your life?

i find it v odd

I have two GCSE dc. One can organize themselves fine but likes some subject support.

The other (sen) needs someone sitting in the room, checking they aren't getting too distracted and occasional interaction and or redirecting.

I'm also working on extra healthy meals, calm environment, good bedtime routines etc.
Exam season has definitely been a lot of extra work for DH and I.

I think I'm more forgiving of people making excuses in their personal life - my best friend for example can't do anything in the weeks running up to her daughter's birthday because the whole thing overwhelms her and she has to get it out of the way before she can think of anything else.

But in a work situation I'm finding the generally lame and limp attitude really irritating. It makes me wonder what sort of state these organisations will be in the by next year, if everyone is putting things off and missing deadlines. I'm hoping it's just the last of the general blah attitude and things will start to pick up soon because it's such an annoying way to work.