The Word For Today Is Virago
So, this story is actually from a local real estate agent who is handling the job of finding a tenant for a client.
The agent received a request to show the rental property from a woman who seemed very eager to rent the property in question. The agent, being busy with other business, did not call the woman back for a couple of hours. In the meantime the woman who just could not wait, called the agent’s broker who showed the rental to her.
After seeing the property, the woman contacted the agent and started trying to negotiate the rental price. The agent let her know that if her credit was stellar and her application checked out, the owners would consider negotiating on the rent.
After reviewing the application, it turns out that the woman who was in her 40’s had no credit, due to being married. Her employment history consisted of nothing except a potential waitress job which was lined-up for after a new local restaurant opening. So currently, no job.
Her prior residential history revealed that the woman had lived on the same street as mine about a year ago. After identifying the property on my street which the woman listed, the memories came flooding back…
The woman lived there with her husband (who is in the process of divorcing her) and two kids. The yard looked like a complete mess most times. The kids who were toddlers at the time, would roam the street in diapers seemingly unattended.
Every so often when I would drive down the street in front of her house, she would burst from the front door and run out into the street, arms flailing, yelling and screaming for me to slow down because her kids were in the street. All this while I was driving at or below the speed limit.
Whenever I would see her around town she would give me the “stink eye” and was generally a pill to deal with.
Of course, I relayed the stories to the agent who promptly denied her application as no one needs a complete virago like that living on their street or renting from them.
At this point the potential tenant turned into a complete stalker. She left notes taped to the agent’s office front door after hours, called the agent incessantly and demanded to speak directly with the owners of the property.
Finally, the agent had to inform her that this is why the owners had hired her to find a tenant for them. The agent also informed her that she had non-existent credit and a sketchy employment history. The owners would not be negotiating on the rental price.
It seems that some people insist on digging themselves into a hole and then they will wonder why the world is against them when really, they are their own worst enemy. N-E-X-T!!
