Harleysville-Lansdale Real Estate and More

I happily had showing appointments lined up for this past Sunday.  But, when another client asked to see a home on Saturday, Lisa took the appointment to give me a little bit of a break.  I’m going to be paying for that thoughtful gesture for quite a while as, in her words, this turned out to be “the worst showing of her life”.

The “worst showing of her life” had nothing to do with our clients (they’re terrific people) or with the property, but rather with the tenant’s easily excited dog.  Lisa had instructions that there would be a small friendly dog in the home and to not let him out.  Just after entering the home, the pooch appeared sprang up and sprinkled a bit on Lisa and on the floor.  With each effort to calm down the canine, he released again and again.  Lisa quickly ceased all contact with the dog and began to case the house for paper towels and cleaning supplies.

With the mess cleaned up, my dear wife regained her composure to resume the showing.  That is until the dog became excited again and started to jump up.  Lisa yelled “no”.  The dog stopped, gave her the puppy eyes, and rolled over on his back.    Despite the recent events that would suggest against her next action, Lisa praised the dog with “good boy” and gave him a scratch on the tummy.  Apparently this was just too much for the dog to handle because he unloaded like a baby getting a premature diaper change, soaking Lisa in dog pee.  Her blouse, skirt, shoes and jacket all took direct hits.

Now before you think that this is the end of the showing from hell, think again.  The client (husband) inadvertently let the dog out of the house.  For the dog, this was great fun and he began a game of “catch me if you can”.  Our clients along with poor pee soaked Lisa spent the next 20 minutes in the rain and mud before finally getting the dog back in the house.

As I said, I’ll to be paying for this showing for some time to come.  If I had been on the showing, there might be one less dog in the world right now.

What’s your worst showing story?  Please share.

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