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CONFESSION #0206 — OPEN HOUSE HORROR
Friday, October 3, 2025
I hosted an open house last month where a guy walked in, ignored my greeting completely, and proceeded to open every single cabinet in the kitchen. Every. Single. One. Then he started testing the water pressure in all three bathrooms simultaneously and left them running. While I'm chasing him around turning off faucets, his wife is in the master bedroom measuring for furniture they definitely weren't going to buy because—as she loudly announced to someone on speakerphone—they were "just getting ideas for when they build their own place someday." Meanwhile, a different couple let their toddler eat crackers on the white carpet, and an elderly man asked me if the sellers would include their dog in the sale. The actual living dog. I smiled for four straight hours, handed out my cards to people who were absolutely never going to call me, and sold exactly zero houses. The next morning the sellers asked why attendance was "low" because apparently twelve groups of people treating their home like a free zoo exhibit wasn't enough traffic. I'm hosting another one this Sunday. Can't wait.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF PERFORMING PROFESSIONAL HOSPITALITY WHILE INTERNALLY COMPOSING DETAILED REVENGE FANTASIES
This Court has reviewed the evidence and finds the defendant GUILTY of maintaining a customer service smile while their soul slowly exited their body through their eye sockets. The Cabinet Inspector General who opened EVERY SINGLE CABINET was clearly searching for Narnia, and this Court hopes he finds it and STAYS THERE. The woman measuring for her hypothetical dream home committed what legal scholars call Aspirational Trespassing, and her speakerphone privileges should be revoked indefinitely. As for the man who inquired about purchasing the family dog, Judge Escrow must pause to collect himself because THIS IS NOT AN ANIMAL AUCTION, SIR. The defendant's true crime is agreeing to host another open house this Sunday, which suggests either profound masochism or a secret plan to finally snap that this Court cannot legally discourage. The sellers complaining about low traffic after twelve groups of feral visitors invaded their home is the kind of delusion that keeps real estate therapists in business, IF SUCH A THING EXISTED, WHICH IT SHOULD.
Hostage Hospitality Syndrome
Have a confession? Judge Reginald Escrow III's docket is always open.
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