Some Holiday Cheer....What Was the Funniest Thing that Happened in 2009 ?

  There are the half full and half empty folks in the world.....and those who SHIFT and those who complain about  moving....I thought this would be a gret time to look at the past year and think about the funniest thing that happened in your business in the last year....  I will relate one of our "adventures" and please comment with yours...

• There aren't any points awarded
• No gift certificates....it's not a contest
• There are no "wrong Comments"
• ENJOY...That's An Order !

        One of our sellers was going through a difficult time with family health issues and had to be away from home for long stretches at a time.  We called her on her cell phone to see if there was anything we could do for her.  She had a dog and 2 cats and asked if we would take the dog out and feed the animals since it was difficult for her to do that and take care of the pressing personal issues as well.

     No problem....Or so we thought......The dog is a standard poodle with a crush on my husband.....David can throw the soggy dog toy farther than anyone else....and it is a great source of exercise, play and enjoyment for them both...over and over and over..... Jack...the Cat is semi-sociable and once he is comfortable with you...will come out and pay his respects.....they weren't the problem.  The other cat.. named Panda.....a rather large black and white feline was some breed that had been raised to defend jewelry cases in the orient...how this fierce feline remembered that heritage....who knows.....

   I grabbed a bag of our frozen homade french onion soup....dropped David at the house to begin the feeding session and went to the grocery store to get round steak for swiss steak and the rest of the People dinner ingredients.....The grocery store is just a few short blocks from the sellers home.

  My husband LOVES animals....and is good with them....he is also not a wuss.....Howvever...a minute into my shopping trip, my cell phone rings....my husband's frantic voice: "Panda won't let me in the house !"

   Now David....you are six feet tall...last I looked, you could probably over power the cat..."No, no ...you won't believe it.....I can't even get in the house."

    Oh Gee...A Wuss and a Puss I am thinking...finished the shopping, jumped in the car to find David at the front window and the cat hissing, spitting and looking as though flying through it may be an option....Now....I have to get in the house....start the dinner and let the dog out....Soooo...David stays at the front window making faces at the cat who is angerly and fiercely "attwacking" him through the window....I let the dog out quickly and get dinner started...We trade places so he can "exercise" the dog with the toy....Panda continues her hissing/spitting/clawing ritual....we slip the dog back in the house....and we are on our way.....

    Real Estate lesson learned as well...it's not how big you are....it's how you growl that gets results ! 

    And your funniest business episode this year was.......