I get called flakey a lot. It's pretty unfair though, considering they don't understand that it's shyness. Ugh, does anyone else get called "flakey"? I just hate that word.
I got this from urbandictionary.com. This is along the lines of what I've known flakey to mean.
flakey: adj.,to be unreliable, and/or absent-minded, flighty, fickle. Generally unresponsible.
Bob said he'd bring beer and instead he invited his friends who brought no beer.And he used to be into punk and now he likes disco. Dude is totally flakey.
I have never been called a flake. People just don't expect me to get things done. Then at the last minute I come along and save all of their sorry *sses. lol. It frequently happens. I would say it's probably because I don't fall apart under stress, I just get really pissed off. Especially at the people who fall apart under stress.