Its fairly common for residents to lie to us to get what
they want, I mean for the whole world is like that, I guess it’s the lies that
we hear are more distinguishable and outlandish that I feel like makes us an
exception to the quality and the quantity of lies to the rest of the business
world. Some lies I hear takes me a
minute to investigate to find out what they are trying to hide, which I love
doing for the Aha! moments, and some lies just make me want to laugh and spin
in my chair.
So a last month I had a resident
claiming she had paid her rent and was “pissed” that she got a 72 hour
notice. Well have a seat and let’s
figure it out together. Did you get a
receipt from us? “No.” Do you know how
you paid it, check, money orders, certified funds, online visa, monopoly money,
what? “I think 2 money orders, because
dad pays for half my rent.” (of course
he does! And if you are so poor that you
need your daddy to help you, you don’t keep track of every dollar?) Anyway so she starts sobbing uncontrollably,
I mean like tears and all, as if someone just stole her baby, which got kind of
awkward because, as she was crying into her hands, she would peak at me through
her fingers. So than she starts ARGUING that
she remembers giving it to some Hispanic lady in a pastel shirt that sat at the
front desk. Well that’s interesting
because we don’t have Hispanic lady working for us, since I’ve worked here,
ever. So than she abruptly storms out of
the office, leaving my assistant and I just staring at each other with “what
the fuck just happened” faces. Few short
minute later she comes back in cussing herself out loud, holding the money she
says she gave to us, well to some Hispanic lady. No apologies, no nothing, just said she got
confused. Yea!!! No problem!
-Jewels
