Be grateful that he’s shown you his true colours up front, and politely decline his work on the grounds that he’s ‘burned his bridges’. And tbh, life’s too short to have to pander to awful people.
Conversely, if you accept the work and he doesn’t pay, don’t be surprised that he’s *still* a bad tempered arsehole.
Conversely, if you accept the work and he doesn’t pay, don’t be surprised that he’s *still* a bad tempered arsehole.