I love my clients. I really do. And I understand they have needs. But do they understand mine?
It's hard working in a small office (me & one other licensed agent), because when you need to get away (notice I said "NEED"), you just about have to take some work with you.
Complicate that with a broken computer laptop screen and a malfunctioning Treo, and clients who bust out of a deal due to inspections, and you got the recipe for a nightmare vacation.
Not their fault... they need a place by the end of the month. Not yours either. But somehow I ended up working as much or more on vacation than when I am here. I lived at Staples while I was on vacation and all I got was a lousy button that said, "that was easy!"
Trust me, I am very grateful for willing and able buyers in this market, but... when my clients asked me today how nice it must have been to "get away and relax," and that they wanted to do so soon, there was a part of me that wanted to say...
"How about letting me know when you do, and I'll call you 15 times a day, send 20 e-mails, and demand for everything to be done ASAP , no matter that your children are crying because Mom's working , and then chew you out for not answering the phone after 9 PM, and see how much relaxation you feel?"
Of course I didn't say it... but don't we all have those moments? I don't think I am the only one out there. Feel free to share and vent your stories here.
And perhaps we need a course at NAR in Orlando in Stress Management... along with a free round or two of drinks to forget it all.
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