Showing property this weekend, I heard the old phrase, "But my house is a mess." The seller asked if I could show it at 5:00 instead of within the hour as I'd requested. That was outside the schedule so I said no. Then I called back and said, "This buyer is looking for a house and we really need to see it." I said I'd make excuses for the house being a mess. And I did.
But when we entered the house.....well, as we approached the entrance to the house and noticed grass not mowed, debris on the lawn and a porch with spider webs, etc., ....the buyer said, "Well, she didn't lie. It IS a mess." And it was. From one end to the other. It was an obvious thing. This was the way they lived.
But there are two types of people who say this. I love my colleague who said about his grandmother, "She vacuums every day and every third day she moves the furniture and vacuums under it." That's one type and she'd say at any day and any time, "But my house is a mess." Even though it was perfect.
The other is the type I had today. She knew her house was a mess but it would always be a mess! No matter what! It would look that way!! I could have waited a month and it would have looked the same except a few more days to get worse.
So we need to know our types because they'll both say the same thing. "My house is a mess." I like the grandmotherly type better!
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