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CONFESSION #0144 — CLIENT FROM HELL
Saturday, August 2, 2025
I've been showing this couple houses for four months now. Every Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine, I'm out there unlocking doors and pretending to be excited about crown molding. They've seen 62 properties. I know because my therapist asked me to start counting. Last weekend, we toured a gorgeous colonial that checked every single box on their list. Updated kitchen, finished basement, big backyard, great school district, under budget. I'm practically vibrating because this is finally it. The wife walks through the entire house silently, then turns to me and says, "The street name has too many syllables. I don't want to have to say it every time I give someone my address." The street name. Too many syllables. Her husband nodded like this was a completely reasonable dealbreaker. Meanwhile, I'm standing there calculating how much I've spent on gas alone for this couple. They asked if I could find them something similar but on a street with a "snappier" name. I went home and ate an entire sleeve of Oreos in my car before going inside to face my family.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF SYLLABIC SABOTAGE IN THE FIRST DEGREE
This Court has presided over matters of profound human failing, but NEVER has Judge Escrow witnessed such wanton destruction of a real estate professional's soul over PHONETICS. Sixty-two properties. The accused clients have toured more homes than some civilizations have built. They found perfection, a colonial that checked every box, and rejected it because the street name was insufficiently "snappy." This Court notes that the wife likely lives at an address she has memorized perfectly well, yet she has decided that future hypothetical conversations are worth more than an actual house. The husband NODDED. He validated this lunacy with his silent complicity, and the Court finds him equally guilty of enabling phonetic terrorism. Meanwhile, the confessor consumed an entire sleeve of Oreos in their vehicle like a war veteran processing unspeakable trauma, and frankly, this Court rules that insufficient. The Court must adjourn immediately as Judge Escrow has developed a twitch in his left eye that requires medical attention.
SCANDAL RATING: 7.4/10 Syllable Homicide

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