Fact #1: Everyone lies.
Fact #2: Some lies are worse that others.
There are little while lies that some Realtors will tell you, technically known as "puffing". These are permissible, though not particularly advisable. Things like "Of course I think that avocado green is a wonderful bathroom color!" or "The bedroom is not that bad. I think I might have read somewhere that Egyptian funerary temple style decor are back in vogue." Those are little white lies, which in the scheme of things are not so bad.
Then you have THE WHOPPERS. . .
Things like " I don't see any issues with the ceiling.", as aforesaid ceiling is falling in chunks at your feet. Or my personal favorite, "No, that bridge NEVER floods."
The last one is my favorite because it involves my parents home, the house that I grew up in. For those of you not from the rural south, I will explain the concept of a low water bridge. It's when two jokers from the highway department put two or more culverts in the middle of a river when it is low, pour enough concrete to cover it, smooth it out a little and say, "Yep, that ought-ta do!" That is a low water bridge.
The Realtor that showed my parents our house told my parents flat out "No, that bridge never floods. You will never have any problems with it." The road forms a loop so there are actually two bridges involved, one on either side of the house. The Realtor also told us that if for some odd reason there was ever a problem with the "front way out" that we could simply "Go out the back.". . . Right. We believed them . . . . .right up until later that spring, when we got flooded in for nearly a week. But my dad being the stubborn sort of man he is decided he want to stay, especially since it was unlikely to happen again.
Now, after over 15 years of the (at least) twice yearly event of being flooded in for two to four days (or in one case while I was in high school, being flooded out!) we often look back and wonder what on earth possessed that Realtor to tell such a whopper. I guess we will never know.
And just in case you think I'm telling you a whopper...well here ya go! The first one is still drive able, the second not so much, and the third is the supposed "back way out" when it too is flooded. Enjoy! ;)
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