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April 19, 2005
Keeping the place this clean is just not natural...
Excuse me while I use this post to rant about our aparment being sold. Again. I'll try to write about something that appeals to more than two people tomorrow.
We've really liked reading this revenge-against-the-real-estate-broker prank for obvious reasons. Our brokers aren't nuts, but they're super nice in that bright, happy, Corcoran way. They never fail to ask us how we are when they call to schedule times to show the place. They ask in a concerned tone which means you can't really get away with not having a civil conversation when you really want to be extremely bitchy and bothered. I mean, keeping the place clean is a pain and we're not gaining anything from this arrangement (seems like they could at least pay for brunch during the open houses). When they call, they call D at work and then on his cell (he ignores all communication unless absolutely necessary), then my cell, then my work AND they email. The assault makes you want to scream but they're just so DELIGHTFUL on the phone you don't have a choice.
We have little victories, though. A deal fell through for the place (sigh), and the light went out above our door just before an open house. Last night, we cleaned out the fridge but were too lazy to take the trash out this morning, so the entire place smells exactly like the back of a garbage truck. It was so bad it woke D up at 5am this morning. I think garbage slime seeped into the floor or something -- we've Lysoled and cleaned but it's lingering. I have an ozone-air-purifying thing going now. These things make me happy because, like an idiot, I think it might push the price down. But our lease will be up long before that happens. And not selling the place means we'll have 10 more open houses. I just found a very long piece of dark brown hair on the floor -- probably from an open house visitor. UGH.
Posted by csageday at April 19, 2005 01:47 AM