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Caught With Your Pants Down? (I still can't believe I did just that)

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Caught With Your Pants Down?

In looking back over my real estate career for a tale that would fit nicely with Kathleen Daniel's current contest ~ I Cannot Believe I Just Did That  ~ I was going to write about dropped keys.  Then, in reading other entries, I noticed there was a key theme already in process.  Very comforting to know I'm not the only one dropping keys, losing keys, and locking doors behind me . . . with keys left inside.

Embarrasing moments -- for sure!

But here's a tale about being caught with one's pants down . . . 

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Storage  Unit

So I'm out showing property back in November 2013.  My client and I were viewing a very nice condo unit in a trendy part of NE Portland. 

When we were inside the condo unit, I noticed a set of keys on the kitchen counter labeled: trash, laundry room, storage unit, garage, etc.  I picked them up, read off the labels to my client and said "Let's go exploring."

I had never been in that complex before and didn't know my way around.  I know from experience that one can get turned around and lose track of the surroundings.

When I opened the back door off the kitchen, there was a slight hallway to the left which led out to . . . somewhere, probably the laundry room and trash bin area.  

Immediately in front of me, across the small hallway was a door and both my client and I thought it lead to something.  My client thought the door lead to the storage units.  I thought the door might be leading to the garage.

Rather than trying to find the key to the lock, I just turned the door knob.  

"Oh, it's unlocked" I said, and opened the door and went in.  

How very strange . . . the man standing in the middle of the kitchen didn't really seem like a storage unit to me.

Without knowing the layout of the building, I had opened the neighbor's back door, also located in his kitchen . . . and walked inside!

My timing was perfect!  There he was eating a bowl of cereal.  

"Good morning," he said.

I must have turned every shade of embarrassed imaginable.  The man was very nice.  With bowl in hand, he was standing there in bare feet, bare chest . . . matter of fact, all he had on was his boxers!  

THANKFULLY!!

The neighbor man was so nice, he got on his sweats, and then showed us where the REAL storage unit was located and told us all about the building.

I can't believe I did that -- enter a person's kitchen, by way of the unlocked back door!  

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Carla Muss-Jacobs has RETIRED effective May 1, 2018

Representing Buyers in the Portland Metro Real Estate Market | Clackamas Multnomah and Washington Counties | Since 1999

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Comments (24)

Women of Westchester Working Together
Women of Westchester Working Together - West Harrison, NY
Women helping Women get ahead

Oh that is funny, Carla.  I'm glad he was a good sport about it.  - Debbie

Nov 16, 2014 05:47 AM
Jack O'Neal
HomeSmart Elite Group - Gilbert, AZ

What a story! Always good to laugh about stuff like that. Glad it turned out well.

Nov 16, 2014 05:51 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Carla- ok, now THAT'S funny!  Very lucky that you happened upon someone who has a good sense of humor.

Nov 16, 2014 05:58 AM
Jenna Dixon
Momentum Real Estate Group LLC - Marietta, GA
55 & Over | New Constructions | Horse Farms

I love breakfast and a show!  I never would have thought about a back door.  Too funny and I can just bet you were red from head to toe!  

Nov 16, 2014 06:18 AM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

Hi Joe . . . thanks!

Hey Michele -- I believe he heard our conversation, and might not have been expecting it.

Hi John . . . yes, it was true!

Hey Yolanda -- exactly.

Hi Debbie . . .thanks for the comments

Hey Jack . . . all's well, as they say.

Hi Kathy -- very pleansant young man

Hey Jeanna . . . breakfast and a show!  LOL 

 

Nov 16, 2014 06:30 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Funny. Actually can happen to me. We do not lock the doors when we are here, even at night.

We did not lock the doors when we lived in a condo in Ponce Inlet either, and there there were 4 identical wings and it was confusing to even those living there.

I remember hearing how someone was tinkering with my door lock, then the door opened, and there was a man standing and staring at me dressed (or undressed) the way ou are describing here. He stood for a moment, then stepped back and looked at the number, then said "Sorry" and closed the door. Boxes are fine, I consider it nicely dressed, at least here in Florida. :)

Nov 16, 2014 07:42 AM
Judith Parker
ProStead Realty - Charlotte, NC
CRS, GRI, CMRS, Charlotte, NC

Good evening Carla Muss-Jacobs, Principal Broker/Owner .. wow what a surprise indeed as well as a wild condo complex ... which door leads to which unit.  Great story!!

Nov 16, 2014 07:44 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Some units in Arlington VA condos have two doors, one being the kitchen entrance.  Funny story and glad the man was so nice!

Nov 16, 2014 07:55 AM
Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

Ohhh Carla, I am laughing so hard, indeed this would be very emberassing, yet funny. Luckily, he took it well. Thanks for sharing.

Nov 16, 2014 08:07 AM
Jeanne Dufort
Coldwell Banker Lake Country - Madison, GA
Madison and Lake Oconee GA

Oh my - not an opportunity I get in my rural and resort market. Lets hear it for grace under fire!

Nov 16, 2014 09:36 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

HAHA, wasn't he nice about it.  And hey, now you know about that building.

Nov 16, 2014 12:50 PM
Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

Another good reason to knock before entering.

Nov 16, 2014 01:32 PM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Carla, That sure sounds like a very odd layout of the units.  Thankfully you found a nice person. Thank you for participating in the contest.

Nov 17, 2014 12:32 AM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

Tammie White -- my client thought the door lead to the complex's storage units. It was a door found on old Portland properties leading to the basements.  This was a 1910 building with community storage units located in the basement along with the laundry room, etc.  Had it looked like a door leading into someone's property, I wouldn't have knocked.  We would not have ventured further.

Nov 17, 2014 05:26 AM
Whitney Watson
First Heritage Mortgage - Henrico, VA

Oh gosh, that building layout sounds confusing! At least you were nicely greeted and he didn't mind :) 

Nov 18, 2014 05:57 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Carla, I agree, that would have been an embarrassing moment for you.  It also could hve been one for him as well, especially if he would have been minus one set of boxers that he left in the storage unit.

Nov 18, 2014 09:03 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Oops! I have heard stories like this but thankfully I haven't experienced it.

Nov 18, 2014 10:23 AM
Sharon Paxson
Sharon Paxson, Realtor® EQTY Forbes Global Properties - Newport Beach, CA
Newport Beach Real Estate

Carla - that is funny, and I can imagine that you must have been embarassed, but sounds like he was gracious about it.

Nov 20, 2014 12:39 AM
Liz Wallace
Century 21 Sherlock Homes - Rockville Centre, NY
Broker C21 Sherlock Homes, Rockville Centre, LI, N

How funny and it seems like he was completed not ruffled about you walking into his kitchen.

Nov 24, 2014 02:01 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Oh my, Carla, that is pretty comical, and a bit embarassing. Guess it could have been worse, or better, depending on your perspective. LOL

Jeff

Dec 09, 2014 11:24 AM