I could go on forever about this topic, but to cut it short...

I'm in a program through my college that allows the students to design projects (business cards/logos/magazines/annual reports/flyers/booklets/pamphlets/anything graphic design based) for local business in the area. 

Most of these business are new startups, and come to us due to our good reputation and great work. So a couple months ago, we got a really big client. I mean, like a project that would bring a normal design agency thousands upon thousands of dollars. This was a big project - so, to combat this, we were paired into groups.

My group was pretty decent, although, there are always going to be issues with getting paired into groups for a large project... I'm definitely one to get everything done right away and then continuously work out the kinks along the way and afterwards. Basically, if you do your work, I'd be willing to re-work it to fit the criteria... which is basically what I did for this entire project. 28 pages in total, all needing to follow very specific guidelines for the company.

Now... we sent it to the company and they LOVED IT. However, when they gave us some edits and changes they would like to see (three pages of notes, mind you), I was very upset to see that my group members downright refused to have a part in making those changes. Even going as far to make statements claiming "well, *my name* already has all of the collective files, so he can just make the edits." HOW ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING OF A MINDSET. This is a massive client, and this work is absolutely astonishing for them to come to us with...

Now, the asshole-ish part hasn't really started yet. It wasn't until I messaged them asking for help on the edits that it started to get ugly.  I sent a message to the entire group, and only two people responded back. We had only three more days to do the edits. There were two major edits that needed to be done; I had finished the rest. I sent a list and the pages to the rest of the group members, and informed them that there are only these TWO things that had to be done yet... two people completely ignored the messages for those three days, claiming they had no idea what I was talking about (although they had responded in the group message prior to this incident), one person responded and said they would try on the smaller of the two pieces, but quickly tried to back out, and the other person claimed that they didn't feel it needed any edits.

First and foremost, these edits are not optional. This is a massive client TELLING us that these were changes that needed to be done. It is a done deal... got it? Well, apparently she didn't. She refused and made up excuses as to not do it. Her biggest excuse was that she was trying to sleep; the downside, was that she had three days to do the single page edit, and it was 6 p.m. at the time she had sent that message. 

So finally, I got upset cause it was the last day to get the edits done, and I still hadn't heard word of either of the two changes being made... so I sent a message saying that if it didn't get done I wouldn't be taking any responsibility and that the uploads for the entire book would be in the hands of the other group members. I told them that I was upset with the lack of cooperation between the people, and that I would have rather done it solo had it been a client who would be paying us directly. The following morning, I got both of the finished pieces back via email, but they were both obviously rushed and lacking details that were specified in the guidelines. Along with that, I received a message from the female student who wanted to just sleep, that I was rude and condescending and that I don't deserve any respect. 

So here lies the issue... am **I** the asshole for being upset with my group? I worked my ass off on this project and brought everything together to make sure that the client loved it... and I only lost respect from the fellow group members who did NOTHING.

tl;dr - Client asked for a large project from my college graphic design class. Was grouped up with people who refused to do anything. I told them I was disgusted with their work ethic and, in turn, received half-assed work and a message saying I was rude. 