A stray remark in another blog got me to thinking about something.
What have you said or done that embarrassed you to no end and how did you wiggle your way out of it? Doesn't have to be real estate related but so many of those RE moments are wonderfully juicy and laughable.
I have a few but my favorite is something I did many years ago before I was in real estate or even thought about real estate.
Many years ago in a land far, far away, I worked at a local vo-tech college in one of the offices. I was at my desk in the outer office talking with a student about her file. She was a new student so I didn't really know her or anything about her. We had just started reviewing her stuff. My boss, a little old lady in her early 60's, was standing at the file cabinet pulling a folder on a student. She turned to me and asked a very specific question about the file she had in her hand. We'll call him Robert X. My boss wasn't very careful about privacy issues so it didn't bother her that I was talking with another student. I didn't give it a second thought either because my boss was difficult to work with so it was always just easier to take care of whatever problem she had and then get on with whatever I was working on. So I answered her question in detail but then I stupidly made another comment since part of it was related to his current problem with his file. Well, Robert X had made comments to me in the past about his ex-wife and the problems she caused him and that she was a real "you-know-what." And I did say "you-know-what" and not the other word. I just had to share that little tidbit.
The student at my desk cocked her head sideways, and said "I'm his ex-wife." OMG! My boss turned all different shades of red and went back into her office! I was mortified and started telling her that I was so sorry and my comment totally uncalled for. She grinned and said...."it's ok. I am and he is a J***a** ! " We were fine from then on but I was soooooo sick to my stomach. I lucked out! A different kind of person would have had my job for such a careless remark!
So, come on, tell us your stories and brighten up this afternoon! I have some real work to do but I don't feel like doing it right now :-) Trust me, you will feel better once you unburden yourself.