Ever had a showing where the buyers brought their children along? Of course you did and I'll bet that some of the showings were a disaster and some were funny.
Our favorite story was when my wife was showing 5 houses to a young couple with a small girl. The husband was a structural engineer and was very meticulous about opening every door and every cabinet drawer in each house (whether he liked the house or not).
The couple's daughter dutifully followed her parents from room to room and watched the door and drawer opening activity carefully.
My wife thought the little girl was too young to talk, since she was holding a pacifier in her mouth the whole time and didn't say a word.
In the last house, the toddler's patience finally ran out. She walked up behind her dad, pulled the pacifier out of her mouth, put her hands on her hips, stamped her foot for attention and asked with a great deal of irritation in her voice, "What are we looking for anyway?"
She obviously felt that if she only knew what to look for, she'd find it for them and then they could go on to something more interesting.
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