RB, I should have said her BCD attitude might not be well instead of her skills as you mentioned above.
I do agree with Brit, it does matter how a fellow presents his correspondence as well.
Rude and inappropriate questions in an email will go unanswered and deleted promptly.
This is a business and if one chooses to flake one might not eat or have lights and extra spending money and money to sock away. It seems that folks with good work ethics are few and far between these days which is unfortunate in any work force.