Do You Hide From the Truth? Or Is it Just Foreign to You?

The other day I was sitting in a parking lot prior to an appointment doing paperwork when BAM!  I was rear ended in the parking slot I was in.  After getting over my initial shock I got out and found to my surprise the other person was ignoring me. 

After getting their attention which took me a minute or so, I said "You hit me!"  They said "I did not!"  This went back and forth for a moment so I told them to please get out and check out their car embedded in mine.  The person did and said "I didn't do that!"  To sum up a rather long story I told them to please just take care of it and we would be done with the problem. 

Their answer was they weren't going to take care of something they didn't do.  So on the phone I went and along came the police.  After they did their investigation and said yes you did do this because they matched up every mark, scratch and bolt (from the license plate) hole from their car to mine this person still said "I did no such thing!"  The person argued with the officer so much so, that he had to scream over them to be quiet, listen to what he was saying and stop denying what was done with the evidence right in front of us.

After this was over and I was going on with my day it got me thinking.  I thought about this person's reaction to the situation and how I handle myself in my real estate business.   Do I ever do things like that?  Do I deny responsibility for something that might have been caused by me?  Do I try and put off on other people things that might have turned out with a negative impact when confronted by a buyer or seller?  Do I talk trash about other Realtors and try to make myself look good above the rest? 

I am proud to say that I am able to answer no to those questions because everyday I try and hold myself to a certain standard in my business dealings.  I try to do the best I can always and when I make a mistake (hopefully that doesn't happen too often if at all) I do what I can to rectify it immediately and the first step is always admitting it. 

No Realtor should ever speak badly of other Realtors or Brokerages to give themselves an ego boost or to make themselves look good in front of a client.  All you are doing is showing your ignorance.