And You Thought Real Estate Was Boring!

It's Saturday afternoon and I just left an adult book store.

The business is located in a building that my real estate company manages. I was there to show a neighboring vacancy to a prospective tenant. When he had not yet arrived* several minutes after our appointed meeting time, I went into the store, introduced myself, and asked whether anyone had stopped in looking for me.

Without missing a beat and with the faintest hint of a smile on her lips (and a somewhat less faint grin in her eyes), the clerk assured me that everyone who had been there today had only been looking for one thing.

I think I need to spend more time with the employees of such establishments. That brief moment told me that these are people with senses of humor and that, from them, there is comedy to be had.


*He never arrived. It's cool, though. I had been hoping to spend part of my day off hanging out in a sweltering hot, vacant bar/grill, so really, I should be thanking him. So should anyone else who ever wants to meet with me on a weekend and has trouble convincing me to accept the appointment.
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