Day 547 | “I’m Not Giving it To YOU”
Day 547 | “I’m Not Giving it To YOU”
A little while ago we had a problem. It was an unusual one, and what happened directly after was very surprising. Little did I know that I could upset someone with such little effort.
We were at an open home, and as normal practice Annouka wanders inside and checks in with buyers as they walk around. I stay near the front door and grab names and numbers. But this one day....
A lady approached the front of the house, and as she got closer I gave it an energetic “Gday, I’ll just grab your name for the register if that’s ok”. She looked me fair in the eyes and said a very simple “Nope” while she took her shoes off. I was so taken back by it that I thought she must have misheard me, so I asked again but a little clearer. Same result, and louder this time.
There was a weird standoff. Real weird. At this point there were other buyers not only behind her in the driveway but also some inside the house that stopped and were watching. After refusing her entry she started raising her voice about how I wasn’t ever going to sell a house if I don’t let people inside them, which would have been a valid point, except for the 7 people already inside and the 4 about to go in. She was furious. I even got the old “I don’t have a name or a phone number” from her.
After storming off and yelling on the way down the drive about how I was “completely useless”, I wondered how that all went down with everyone else. Then out of the silence I heard a person clapping, then another lady, then a few more. The people out front were awesome too, but it was one in particular that made my day. An older gent gave me a very loud and exaggerated “KEEP IT UP YOUNG FELLA, SPOT ON!” which gave me a smile (mostly because he called me young).
We aren’t ones for using your information to pepper you with 86 calls after we’ve met you just because we have your number but it’s important that we know who’s coming in the doors for a heap of reasons.
It’s only happened to me twice in 12ish years in the game so while there are some strange ones out there, 99% of the time we get to meet some really cool people along the way.