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I did consulting for a decade and crap like this happened all too often. Glad you said no. If you don’t say no occasionally then they seem to get the impression that they can treat you like dirt. I always just looked at it like... they need me more than I need them!

I don't think you're being unreasonable. However, I will play a little Devil's advocate here. You know they didn't tell you to come in. However, they may think they did. They obviously don't have their shit together. So while it's perfectly reasonable to decline work on short notice, they may believe they gave you full notice and you are flaking out. We know that's not the truth. But when you need the job, you sometimes have to be subject to things like this and go in, even when you're right and they're wrong.

Howdy, Doesn't seem unreasonable to me, but if you need the money and there's nothing better, you get to put up with shit like that. It still sucks though. Mark