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Sometimes I just can't keep my big mouth shut.....especially if there is danger involved.

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Advantage

Today was tour day, or caravan day, or get-in-your-car-and-fill-it-with-your-friends-and-go-see-houses day.

I feel that touring is a must when you are a beginning agent.  Not only do you get to know the inventory but you get to learn the streets.  After 30 years I still feel guilty if I don't tour.

Today, while leaving one of the houses, I noticed there was an all-glass storm door right there on that front door.  The main door was open so it was so hard to see the storm. No, I didn't walk into it but I very well could have.  Or a client could have.  And a client might!  It is very simple to stick one of those little papers up about eye height for safety.

The listing agent was there being nice and acting as hostess.  I yelled out to her that I'd advise her to put a sticky note on that storm door.  I like her a whole lot and wouldn't want her to have an injured party on the premises.  I hope she appreciated it instead of thinking that old Barbara Duncan was being bossy again.  But sometimes I do think I should keep my mouth shut.

Bob & Carolin Benjamin
Benjamin Realty LLC - Gold Canyon, AZ
East Phoenix Arizona Homes

Better to tell someone that than a person end up with an accident.

Oct 28, 2009 09:08 PM
Laura Gray
RE/MAX Realty Group - Gaithersburg, MD

Did you see any crows hanging around waiting for a "show" , that commercial always makes me giggle

Oct 28, 2009 11:53 PM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Sandra, let's work on it.

James, you're a true activerain friend.  Thanks.

Zane, no sticks.  Although if you'd been close by when you scared me to death and broke my computer the other night I might have hit you with one.  LOL

Trey, I've had clients with me who didn't see the door and bumped it.  No injuries yet but it can happen.

Konnie, you're a bad bad girl!!  LOL

Bob & Carolin, that's what I thought.

Laura, I don't watch TV so I miss all those fun commercials.  It's too hard to sit through the never ending bad ones just to see a goodie.

Oct 29, 2009 12:13 AM
Zane Coffin
Century-21 Homestar - Geneva, OH
(Geneva Ohio Real Estate Agent)

Barbara I just had to come back ....for some reason I knew you would say that......LOL....peace zane

Oct 29, 2009 02:34 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

"Old Barbara Duncan" as you put it, has probably a lot more experience than most of the other agents in her office.

I'm thinking that your advice was well taken and not thought of as anything but constructive help.

 

Oct 29, 2009 06:55 AM
Kate Kate
San Diego, CA

We sat at a park one day to watch people scream while running away. The area had motion sensors that were triggering sprinklers. Normally I have a big mouth too Barbara but it was just too much fun to warn anyone away. However a glass door... I can see why you did.

Oct 29, 2009 10:50 AM
Steven L. Smith
King of the House Home Inspection, Inc. - Bellingham, WA
Bellingham WA Home Inspector

Dear Godmother,

I assure you that you are quiet, polite and subdued. Just compare yourself to that mean and nasty Mrs Kate. You are a prize.

Nutsy

Oct 29, 2009 12:17 PM
Kate Kate
San Diego, CA

Or she could compare herself to you but that means a tree rat and Ms. Barbara's my good friend so I would never suggest that. 

btw, Nutsy, Ms Barbara is married to a squirrel hunter. Quite a hero I hear. Heheh

Oct 29, 2009 12:21 PM
James Quarello
JRV Home Inspection Services, LLC - Wallingford, CT
Connecticut Home Inspector

I would have told her the same thing. Btw Nutsy is a trouble maker. Ms. Kate is a nice lady.

Oct 29, 2009 12:51 PM
Coleen DeGroff
Coldwell Banker M.M. Parrish Realtors - Gainesville, FL
Haile Plantation Real Estate - Gainesville FL

Barbara -

This just highlights how important it is not to clean your windows.  Someone could get hurt.

Oct 29, 2009 01:12 PM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Zane, you know you need a whuppin'!

Now, Kate, that would be fun.  Seeing someone spill blood after a broken storm door???  Perhaps not as much fun.

James, you've got things all mixed up.  Nutsy is a fine fellow!

Coleen, I've been looking for an excuse and you just gave me one.  We've got those awful triple pane windows and no one wants to clean them! 

Craig, thanks for agreeing with me!

Nutsy!!  I've been worried about you but you are here to protect me still!!!

 

 

Oct 29, 2009 01:40 PM
Coleen DeGroff
Coldwell Banker M.M. Parrish Realtors - Gainesville, FL
Haile Plantation Real Estate - Gainesville FL

Safety first, Barbara.....I wouldn't clean them either.  :)

Oct 29, 2009 01:44 PM
Liz Moras Migic
Chilliwack, BC
Chilliwack, British Columbia - Realtor

It's a good safety reminder - if it could have happened to you then it couldhave happened to someone else!

Oct 29, 2009 02:41 PM
Carol Culkin
Diamond Partners Inc - Overland Park, KS
Overland Park Residential Real Estate

Barbara - That was really a good observation on your part and a nice gesture to pint it out.  I am sure she appreciated your input. 

Oct 29, 2009 05:23 PM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Coleen, agreed.  No clean.

Liz, it really is an easy thing to forget but so necessary with all glass storm doors.

Carol, thanks.  I hope so.

Oct 30, 2009 12:18 AM
Gerry Michaels
Glasswork Media Arts - Gettysburg, PA
GettysburgGerry Social Meida

Barbara, life is to short to worry about offending people in an instance such as this. You were right in what you did.

Oct 30, 2009 01:05 AM
Bill Saunders, RealtorĀ®
Meyers Realty - Hot Springs, AR
www.BillSellsHotSprings.com

Barbara,

You are right on many counts...safety first, and caravan IS a great place for a newbie to learn and obtain some free "seasoning" and an occasional different point of view.

Great post as always!

all the best...

Oct 30, 2009 08:12 AM
Tina Gleisner
Home Tips for Women - Portsmouth, NH
Home Tips for Women

Thanks for the hint as I often write about home safety but I've never included this pointer.

Oct 30, 2009 11:32 AM
Barbara S. Duncan
RE/MAX Advantage - Searcy, AR
GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR

Gerry, thanks.  I feel better.

Bill, without touring, the newbies will quickly be gone.  You know, it's hard to learn all the streets in a town and hard to keep up even when you've been in real estate for years.  Don't say use the GPS because it will not have new streets.

Tina, add it because it can be scary.

Oct 30, 2009 02:06 PM
Linda Metallo DiBenardo
RE/MAX Impact, Lockport, Illinois - Lockport, IL

Barbara, I'd of said the same thing.  I as well am a big believer in touring and I've yet to use a GPS. 

Linda Metallo, Re/max Impact, Lockport, Il. ( Chicago)

Oct 30, 2009 02:58 PM