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Estate Agents’ Marie Celeste impression
My route to and from work takes me past most of the Estate Agents in town, being located as they are pretty much all on one main road that runs through the town.
Over the past year or so that I’ve been walking that route, I’ve noticed on a number of occasions various members of staff playing games on the pc, surfing the net, chatting, and generally not doing much Estate Agenting.
Today when I looked in the window, two of the offices of one particular branch are empty – phones siting on the desk with the cable wrapped forlornly around. I can’t say I’ve ever felt huge sympathy for Estate Agents at the best of times, and I reckon that the current housing situation is in some part their fault, what with over-valuing over the past 10 years amongst other crimes.
However, there are people behind those shiny suits and company 1-series BMWs , and it seems that there a few of them now twiddling their thumbs at home, wondering where the next cheque is coming from. Not a nice situation for anyone.