In a dating context, why would someone ask you out on a date frequently only to flake out?

I mean, seriously. Generally, if I dont want to date someone, I wouldn’t ask them out on one – yet alone talk to them for any longer than a few days over the phone or online or show apparent signs of interest. Generally, naturally you would think this would be true across the board… apparently, not.

I’ve got this before here and there and I can’t figure out the psychology behind it, other than just plain, sheer irresponsibility. I haven’t said or done anything unusual, or out of the ordinary before the set date for the “dates” approach. I dont ever dramatically lie to people about myself, so it’s not like they’ve executed a “google search” on me and found out some strange dark secret. What gets me the most is the ones who constantly flake out but then return a few days later… only to make more plans to flake out of. What’s the point?? Are they getting a laugh out of this?

Someone please tell me what’s up with this! I dont get it. It just boggles me.