Bob Updated

If you've read the column on "Bob" you know what a difficult individual he can be. You also may have a better understanding of why agents are often....let's just say...a little less than forthright. The saga with Bob actually continued after publication. Bob did finally fill out an entire application on his first choice, and he did finally go back and see his second choice one last time. Again he was initially distraught over not being able to rent this second one. The second one rented again, before Bob could make a decision, and as we waited almost a week to pull the trigger on the first, Bob lost that one as well. So, less than a week before he was hoping to move he had yet to secure an apartment and had lost two good ones. For my part I wasted two weeks working with a complete zero. Two weeks work in this business often results in exactly that...nothing...no paycheck...no compensation for hours of work. Hate your job? I understand...but you probably get a paycheck at the end of the week. A difficult job that doesn't pay though...well...is there a name for that? Bob disappeared after that. A glutton for punishment, or trying to salvage some money for my part, I called him with the bad news about his first choice and mentioned another apartment that had just come on the market. He never called back.