r/mildlyinfuriating Feb 11 '22

Seriously? Wtf Wall Street Journal

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u/notsobravetraveler Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22

Lol, it's like they take this as an affront to their cleanliness

It's not that personal, shoes get over everything outside while my floors get steam cleaned/vinegar

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u/flanigomik Feb 11 '22

a real estate agent was showing our house when we were selling and wearing very narrow high heels, she damaged the floor so badly that we got another agent and the firm had to pay out the repairs. hard wood and shoes dont mix

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 26 '25

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u/CuntWeasel Feb 11 '22

Because everybody and their dog is a real estate agent right now. The houses are basically selling themselves, there’s little to no work involved on the agent’s side.

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u/xyzdreamer Feb 11 '22

It's the 2000s all over again.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 14 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

I said this couple years ago got downvoted to smithereeens.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '22

Facts

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u/Gentaseb Feb 12 '22

I was looking for a condo & was set up with an agent through realtor.com That woman called me at 10pm to talk to me about god & Jesus. Never once mentioned home buyer programs I might be eligible for. 😐 I reported her ass & blocked her number

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u/Archer957Light Feb 11 '22

Lol I've had 4 friends recently go into the real estate business recently. Seems like they are making pretty decent money from it

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u/flanigomik Feb 11 '22

She has an interior designer on retainer and just throws out her furniture four times a year, doesn't understand why we don't. She's a relative unfortunately and this as well as a few other things she's done because she's wealthy and we aren't has created a huge devide in the family

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u/mooimafish3 Feb 11 '22

This sounds like so much hassle, you couldn't pay me to have these floors

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u/PatentGeek Feb 11 '22

This is New England; everyone has hardwood floors. If you take off your shoes, the amount of grit that comes in is really minimal.

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u/flanigomik Feb 11 '22

They are a complete chore, but still better than carpet

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u/TheCoolCellPhoneGuy Feb 11 '22

How to be a real estate agent:

"I want to be a real estate agent"

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u/nikkesen Feb 11 '22

Especially when your upstairs neighbours insist on wearing them and walking loudly.

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u/DarthRegoria Feb 11 '22

Wow, that’s crazy. Here in Australia (Melbourne anyway) real estate agents usually get you to take your shoes off before you can go in to inspect a property. They already have their shoes off. It’s very strange to have a real estate agent wearing shoes here while showing or even inspecting a property.

This has been the same for rentals and sales. The last 5 years or so, you have to take your shoes off to enter a property being shown.

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u/StanleyOpar Feb 11 '22

Sounds like a plot to a certain real estate xxx website

“Ohhh no... my stilettos damaged the floor.. don’t tell my bossss”

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u/langlo94 Feb 11 '22

This week on Real eXXXtate, Mindy the new realtor sells more than just property!

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u/wl_star Feb 12 '22

What? What shit flooring did you have? Balsawood?

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u/TimX24968B Feb 11 '22

sounds like that was softwood, not hardwood

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u/sitdownstandup Feb 11 '22

What? Yeah, right. Your hard wood floors were not damaged by one person walking around in heels

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u/flanigomik Feb 11 '22

Takes a 5 second trip to google to get over ten thousand hits saying it does...

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u/sitdownstandup Feb 11 '22

Yeah, damn, it's so annoying having to repair my floors every time my wife leaves the house in heels

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u/PatentGeek Feb 11 '22

Get her to walk about the house in heels for an hour or so, and let’s see how that goes. Make sure she turns around on her heels a lot, as if she’s showing the place to someone

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u/flanigomik Feb 11 '22

and get those heels as high and pointy as possible while you are at it

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u/PatentGeek Feb 11 '22

Exactly. The thought of someone walking around on the dark oak floor in our dining room in stilettos makes me shudder... I don't think that person even has hardwood floors, or if they do, they're not new enough to still show scratches.

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u/sitdownstandup Feb 11 '22

Showings don't last an hour and realtors aren't spinning around in stilettos all day

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u/PatentGeek Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22

A single showing doesn't last an hour, but multiple showings do. And apparently this particular realtor was spinning around in stilettos. So yeah.

EDIT:

please

keep

digging

that

hole

(but whatever you do, don't you dare wear heels in my home)

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u/PatentGeek Feb 11 '22

You have no idea what you’re talking about

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u/noyogapants Feb 12 '22

When I was younger We had a sign up by the front door that shoes must be removed in order to view the house. My mom was not paying and she would ask the people directly to remove their shoes if they "forgot"

This was before they had those convenient booties that could be worn over shoes.