I work in the IT field and to me its like working as a contractor, time is money and you have to respect their time just like they have to respect my time.
For newbies they need to pay their dues and establish themselves, but this hobby is always going to attract some broken people and no matter what anyone says we will have the people who nc\ns or who think the provider will fall in love with them cause they are such a nice guy

. From the hobbyist side I wish the providers who do NC\NS would give up the tired lies and just tell the truth. I have gotten the friend\provider was in a car crash or friend is in the hospital line so many times I cant count and I also had one use the on her period excuse twice in less than a month. She probably forgot she used it before. For me if a provider is good at contacting me and not standing me up there is a much better chance I will become a regular, if they keep flaking out on me I will find someone else to spend my time and money with.
hopefully some newbies will read this and decide to be a contributor to the site and to just treat the provider with the respect they would want to be treated with.