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CONFESSION #0111 — SELLER MELTDOWN
Monday, June 30, 2025
My seller sobbed for twenty minutes on the phone because a buyer's agent left feedback saying the kitchen felt "dated." This is a kitchen we renovated eight months ago. Quartz countertops. New stainless appliances. Subway tile backsplash. The whole nine yards. She kept saying "dated" over and over like the word personally attacked her family. I tried to explain that one person's opinion doesn't matter when we've had six other showings with positive feedback. Didn't help. She then spiraled into whether we should drop the price by fifty thousand dollars, take the house off the market entirely, or maybe just burn it down and start over. I spent forty-five minutes talking her off the ledge while my lunch got cold and my other client kept texting me about a counteroffer deadline. By the end, she decided the buyer's agent was "probably just jealous" and felt much better. We got a full-price offer three days later. She called me crying happy tears that time. I need to start charging therapy rates.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF EMOTIONAL TRIAGE WITHOUT A LICENSE AND LETTING PERFECTLY GOOD LUNCH GO COLD
This Court has reviewed the evidence and finds the defendant GUILTY of practicing unlicensed psychology while simultaneously committing crimes against their own digestive system. The word "dated" was deployed as a weapon of mass hysteria against a kitchen that is, by all accounts, AGGRESSIVELY MODERN. Subway tile! QUARTZ! The Court is frankly OUTRAGED that any buyer's agent would look at stainless steel appliances and pronounce them dated when Judge Escrow himself is still using a refrigerator from 2003 that makes a sound like a dying seal. The defendant spent forty-five minutes absorbing tears about countertops while their sandwich congealed into sadness and their other client presumably aged several years waiting for counteroffer guidance. The seller's pivot from "burn down the house" to "they're just jealous" in under an hour is a psychological journey this Court has seen before, usually in its own mirror. Full-price offer vindication does not absolve you of letting your lunch get cold. Judge Escrow must adjourn immediately as he is now thinking about sandwiches.
SCANDAL RATING: 6.7/10 Countertop Grief Counselor

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