Submitted by throwaway_blue22 t3_126vi3t in tifu
Going to start this by saying this happened today, which was a pretty good day up until I sent the message. My parents are looking to buy a house in the city I go to school in. Since they are out of state they asked me to house tour with the realtor.
We have been going on tours for a few weeks now and itās gone mostly well. I tend to make jokes sometimes to keep the mood light, some of the houses arenāt in the best shape and it can be little disappointing when the pictures and what it actually looks like donāt match up. The realtor is easy to talk to and if I have a question I send a quick text.
As usual a question comes up and I send a quick message asking about the buying process. She answers and then asks if Iām still interested in a house I really liked from last week. Unfortunately it had a bunch of offers on it soon after but it was possible a new offer could be placed.
We had joked about the house being a gem and losing it a few days before and I thought it was funny she knew I was asking the previous questions because I was still hung up on the house, so I replied āYes š this was about 890ā. She read it and didnāt respond so I followed up with another question figuring the emoji didnāt go over well and feeling guilty about being unprofessional or seeming like I donāt take the process seriously. She didnāt respond. Iām hoping I havenāt ruined things by being to causal and now she will only see me as a kid who jokes around too much. Probably just overthinking the whole thing, but Iāll cut down on the jokes.
TLDR: Got to comfortable with my realtor and sent the š emoji possibly ruining any chance of being taken seriously.
great_auks t1_jeb3gx9 wrote
my guess is that she's just busy. you're the client / customer in this situation and it would be stupid of her to potentially lose business over something this silly. If it actually does end up being an issue, find a new realtor who isn't a humorless automaton.