A few weeks ago I realized that discussing the current housing situation is akin to having a religion debate, in that no matter how discrete you are, or how much you try to be nice, you’re bound to hurt someone’s feelings or get into an arguement.
I’ve been finding myself stuck in conversations at work with a fellow co-worker that is in a “need to sell” situation, because he is moving his family out of state to one of our other offices after the new year. In an effort to be nice and not cause him anymore stress, I usually just nod and smile. However, there have been a few times that I snap out of my trance and try to slap some sense into him, without any luck of course. The latest conversation that just left me dumbfounded went like this:
me: How are your moving plans progressing? You still hope to be out of SD by early January?
co-worker: We’ve got a schedule, but we dont have any offers on the house yet. Lots of lookers, but no offers yet.
me: Man, that sucks. Have you thought about lowering your price?
co-worker: No. It’s priced to sell.
me: hrm. Well is it really priced to sell if you havent had any offers yet? (laughing nervously)
co-worker: Yeah, well, its the “off season” for selling. It will pick up after the new year.
me: you’re probably right. good luck.
and it ends…
It’s sad really, because he is a good guy. But its obivous that his emotions are in complete control of the situation.
