Hi I know it is hard to shush your kid(s) when you are on the phone.  I try not to feel like a heel but I have figured out something positive about an interrupting child.

Like most everyone in real estate, you really don't get a day off especially when you are negotiating a contract.  Clients never like to be told that it is your day off. With cell phones it is easy for your client to reach you and the expectation is that you will be there. So when a client calls and I am off, I say that I am not in the office today.

And just like most moms, I have to hide from my 5 year old whose really seems to like interrupting me on the phone.  She can be in her room looking at books or outside on the swing set.  It is like radar.  She knows I am on the phone and must have my attention.  So I go from room to room trying to handle what ever situation needs handling and trying to keep her from interrupting. 

Occasionally, a client will go into repeat mode. The same point over and over, since I believe that sometimes people just need to do that, I am reluctant to cut them off.  That when I start letting my daughter interrupt me and say to her "Oh sweetie, just give mommy a minute, please."  The person on the other line suddenly realizes that when I say I am not in the office today, it is a polite way of saying it is my day off and I'm with my kid.

They don't get mad or feel too bad and I'm off the hook.  Of course, my daughter decides I'm no longer needed and moves on to her next project. 

I like to think of this as a win win solution.

 

 
Posted by Regina Lundeen on 07/21/2008 09:16 PM   Comments (0)   mom, children, child, interrupting, day off  
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