First Real Post: Rant #1

My first real post is a RANT. Surprise!!

When I turned to Keith tonight and said "I'm going to start a blog", he laughed at me. Then he asked me what my blog was going to be about. I responded that I didn't think it had to be about only one theme or thing in particular, and that it was for my friends (again, please God don't let this whole venture reveal that I don't have any) to read.

Let me make it clear, I do not have any intellectual interests (or even interests) strong enough to warrant an entire blog with the same theme, unless you want me to write reviews of every single episode of the 7 seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation that we are currently plowing through (Status: currently on season 6 of 7, am enjoying it, but not as much as Stargate SG:1). No one wants that. So, this blog will not be about politics, or religion, or current events, because I know nothing of any of those topics. If there is any theme at all, it will be that I will often RANT about something.

Rant #1: The incompetence of [real estate agent name withheld - code name ABC]

The following is a true story:

12 March - email landlord to let him know we are giving our two months notice on our flat, to vacate on 15 May. He responds to acknowledge and lets us know that he'll get in touch with ABC so they can line up some new tenants

13-14 March- calls 4 times a day from James and Liam, real estate agents from ABC bugging us about keys, taking pictures, letting people in to look at the flat.

20 March- receive letter from Claire at ABC asking us if we would like to renew our tenancy since it is due to expire on 15 June

21 March  - receive email from Claire at ABC asking us if we got her letter

21 March 1 hour later - yours sincerely sends snippy email to Claire telling her we gave notice 10 days earlier and have had at least 3 couples traipse through our flat, let in by her colleagues, so no we will not be renewing. And who should I contact about getting our deposit back when we exit the property?

26 March - receive legal documents from Zoe at ABC saying Claire has let her know we are exiting our tenancy early, and that we are to sign the attached documents acknowledging that we are responsible for the rent until they are able to find new tenants.

WHAT? NO. That is not what is in our contract. Our contract says we give two months notice and we don't have to give a sh*t how long it takes you to find new tenants after we vacate

26 March 3 minutes later - yours sincerely is writing long winded email directly to landlord worriedly asking for an explanation as to why ABC think we have to pay rent for as long as he can't find tenants. Thankfully, before sending...

26 March 3.5 minutes later - receive another email from Zoe at ABC, quote "Dear May, many apologies, I have just realised that your property is not managed by ABC! Your landlord will manage your property exit and will let us know when to return your deposit"

In conclusion, every single person at ABC is SH*T at their jobs. How can the entire ABC organisation still be functioning? Worse, I have been to their office, which is right on our street. There are literally 4 desks in that entire office. Which means that these 4 a-holes that I have dealt with throughout this entire saga... sit right next to each other.

Next up... recruiters.