We can all enjoy a smile from time to time. How about a blog post about embarrassing moments. This should be fun. An embarrassing moment can happen anytime. Here are some of the top, memorable embarrassing moments that I have had in the twenty seven years that I have been a realtor.
Keys, lockboxes, getting lost and more
- Embarrassing moment number one! I just can’t get the key to work in the door. If you can’t get the key to work in the door, guess what, you can’t show the house. I hate when this happens. One of the things that my clients count on, is a realtor that can open the door for them. Well, sometimes it is not that easy. When this happens, sometimes I ask my client to try the key and see if they can get it to work. Often times they can. That only adds to my embarrassment. But at least we got in the house.
- Another embarrassing moment is when you are not able to find the lock box. You look on the door. You look on the gas meter and all of the other places you usually find the lock box and you cannot find it. Then, what usually happens to me is my client finds it some place I did not look. Guess what, this is another one of those embarrassing moments.
- Animals can lead to more embarrassing moments. The showing instructions for the house are simple. Don’t let the cat out. The embarrassing moment occurs when you are standing in the snowy backyard and you realize that the sliding glass door did not get close completely. The cat discovers it too and decides that now is a great time to explore the backyard. It is no fun chasing a strange cat around a snowy backyard. Good news the cat was captured and put back in the house.
- Getting lost can certainly be another embarrassing moment. Imagine you are following me around in your car while we look at property. I simply cannot find the house. It doesn’t happen much these days with GPS, but it can still happen. I have even had GPS give me the wrong directions. This, for me, is another embarrassing moment.
Through all of these embarrassing moments I have learned that you have to have a sense of humor. You also have to be able to laugh at yourself. Embarrassing moments can be bonding moments with you clients. They remember the moment and you!