Just Last week I called an agent to show a listing my buyer was very interested in. I was told that if my client liked it and wanted to make an offer we would have to wait a week because the agent was going on a cruise.

Hey. everyone deserves a vacation but last time I looked this we had over 750 listings in that area and 4 pending sales. Is there no other agent in the office that this agent could have worked with to service her client while she was sipping Coco Loco's on the high seas?

This really floored me! How can a "professional" just let their business come to a dead stop while they are on VACATION?? Surely some simple arrangement could have been made for 7 days.

This is an understatement but I believe we have an obligation to make sure our clients are taken care of when we are on vacation or out of town for any reason. Who was going to take showing calls while this agent was out?Some people really need to wake up and smell the coffee. 2005 is dead and gone!