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A Chance Meeting

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Rulnick Realty, Inc.

You never know when you going to run into someone.  I had to go out to the pharmacy over the weekend, a quick stop to grab some items. No one would see me, I’d be in and out. So I decided not to wear makeup for the first time in a year. Mind you, this is not me. I am always in makeup, even for the gym.  I’d chance it.  I scrambled through the Niceville FL Walgreens to get my stuff in a hurry and would make my escape.  As I was in the checkout line almost done, something possessed me to turn around. Uh oh! I knew her!  (You know that moment where you can make a decision and just turn and leave?) I went for it.

 

 “Susie?” This was a client I hadn’t seen in over ten years!  Her name just welled up in me when I registered her face. I asked how she was. I remembered she worked at a gym, Bluewater Fitness, and asked if she was still there.  “Yes”! I told her I was going to rejoin soon. Big smiles.

 

There was a man close to her, so I guessed it was her husband, whom I did not recognize one bit. I blurted out his name, Todd, without stopping my brain to ask if it was correct. It was correct. (Thank goodness!) More big smiles.

 

I remembered the house I sold them and asked if they still had the landscape island in the back yard? They told me they had just wiped it out and were putting in a pool.  They had thought about selling, but didn’t know where they could go that would be better.  Happy smiles. Then I asked Susie about her father, John, whom I also knew years ago. I asked if he still rode his bike a lot? Yes. More updates came. Grins from ear to ear.

 

I went out to my car, happy for the chance meeting. Happy that I overcame my fear, and my deciding to go for it.  Then I looked in the rearview mirror at my makeup-less face. It wasn’t that bad.

 

 

 

It's Wendy… It’s Sold!

Wendy Rulnick, Broker, Rulnick Realty, Inc.
Call 850-259-0422
Email Wendy:
itswendy@rulnickrealty.com

Wendy Rulnick, Broker, lists and sells real estate in Destin, Santa Rosa Beach, 30A, Miramar Beach, Crestview, Sandestin, Seaside, Rosemary Beach, Okaloosa Island, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Freeport, Bluewater Bay, Navarre, Florida.

Parlo italiano.

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Comments (14)

Peter den Boer
Atlanta Communities - Woodstock, GA
MBA,GRI, Associate Broker, Realtor

10 Years and you remembered all that? I am in awe. I'm lucky to find my way home in the evenings!

Aug 23, 2021 06:45 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Peter den Boer Your comment cheers me!! Very funny! Thank you :)

Aug 23, 2021 06:46 AM
Lauren Williams, CPO
Casual Uncluttering LLC - Woodinville, WA
Professional Organizer: Puget Sound homes

Wendy Rulnick I loved loved loved this post! Loved that you had the courage to be your authentic self no makeup - wish more of us didn't wear it, I can't (rosacea) and it's one of the best unintended consequences of something "ick" I've ever experienced! Loved that you enjoy and care for your clients so much you can remember them so intimately. And glad for you that Fate gave you the chance to reconnect and enjoy. There's even good research that says our connnections in extended community - clerks at the grocery, giving a compliment to a stranger on a line, sometimes our clients - are extremely healthy for us. Lauren

Aug 23, 2021 07:19 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Lauren Williams, CPO, CVPO thank you for "getting" it so nicely! It was about overcoming fear. I did feel the afterglow of connection - and still do- thus I wrote!

Aug 23, 2021 07:22 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Wendy,

What a wonderful post!  Your memory served you well, and what a great result of overcoming fear without makeup.  I am sure you look great with or without. I knew someone who went to bed with makeup, and then take it off when her man was asleep, then she would wake up early, before he did and put it back on.  A

Aug 23, 2021 07:37 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Ron and Alexandra Seigel you could extrapolate that fear and apply it to so many things. I get the lady with the makeup!!

Aug 23, 2021 07:50 AM
Pat Champion
John Roberts Realty - Eustis, FL
Call the "CHAMPION" for all your real estate needs

What a great story it is always great to see past customer's. Thanks for sharing. I hope you have a great week ahead.

Aug 23, 2021 07:51 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Pat Champion and you never know where you're going to see them

Aug 23, 2021 07:52 AM
Rocky Dickerson
Realty One Group - Las Vegas, NV
Superior Service!

Good morning and great job Wendy! You must have made them feel very important for you to remember all their names and circumstances.

Aug 23, 2021 07:55 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Rocky Dickerson thank you! I do think they were surprised! (Me, too!

Aug 23, 2021 07:57 AM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Oh, Wendy, I can so relate to this.  I used to be the same ... would never leave my house without makeup.  I did something similar about 7 years ago - dashed off to the pharmacy for 1-2 items, no makeup, and a baseball cap. Like you, thinking in and out and no one would see me or notice me.  There stood a client. 

 

Masking wearing with COVID has changed the make-up wearing as well. 

 

You went for it and your memory served you so well. Seems like you are now reconnected with them. 

Aug 23, 2021 08:08 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist oh yeah! A baseball cap would've helped LOL! You're right, it's difficult to recognize people now with masks at all!

Aug 23, 2021 08:10 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Wendy - thoughts of Johnny Mathis and "Chances Are. . ." may be playing in my mind this Monday.  😃

Aug 23, 2021 09:01 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Michael Jacobs I'll have to listen. What a beautiful voice!

Aug 23, 2021 09:15 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Wendy and you never know who you run into while out and about.  Good that you remember her!

 

Aug 23, 2021 09:09 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Will Hamm I was lucky!

Aug 23, 2021 09:15 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks, Wendy, for sharing your experience.

I wish I were better at remembering names.

Aug 23, 2021 09:19 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Roy Kelley I am sure you are charming, just the same!

Aug 23, 2021 09:23 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Wendy, doesn't that always happen when you are least expecting it?   Nice that you remembered names, sometimes I am not that good.  Faces yes, names not so much.

Aug 23, 2021 11:30 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Joan Cox Seeing someone out of place definitely makes it harder. I remember seeing someone I know all dressed up at the dentist. I only ever saw him in sweats at the gym. I'm thinking "I know you from SOMEWHERE!"

Aug 23, 2021 11:47 AM
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

Morning Wendy.

I can tell you without fail my memory is not what it was a few years ago.  To recall something that happened a few weeks ago is impossible, 20-30 years ago I can tell you everything you want to know.

Aug 24, 2021 12:43 AM
Wendy Rulnick

James Dray That brought about a laugh!!

Aug 24, 2021 05:49 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I was going to say that you likely looked just fine without makeup on!  It seems that when we take chances like that we most often see someone we know, haha.

Aug 24, 2021 05:31 AM
Wendy Rulnick

Brian England I could have run away! 

Aug 24, 2021 05:49 AM
Jim Patton
Aspire Home Real Estate 209-404-0816 - Modesto, CA
Realtor - Stanislaus ,Merced, San Joaquin Counties

You just never know who you migh meet Wendy Rulnick.  Your memory is amazing too.  Luckily (or not) I just have the one face to go out in public with.

Aug 24, 2021 01:19 PM
Wendy Rulnick

Jim Patton You "guys" are lucky!

Aug 24, 2021 01:31 PM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

A lot of good vibes from that few minutes of exchange. As for the make-up, when my wife asks if she looks all right, I just tell her she never looks bad just sometimes better than others

Aug 25, 2021 06:11 PM