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CONFESSION #0210 — OPEN HOUSE HORROR
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
I hosted an open house last Sunday and a family of five showed up with what I can only describe as "theme park energy." The kids immediately started opening every closet and cabinet like they were hunting for Narnia, the dad asked if the sellers would throw in the mounted TV *and* the patio furniture, and the mom spent twenty minutes in the primary bathroom taking selfies in the mirror.
Meanwhile, their dog—yes, they brought a dog—found its way into the backyard and started digging near the flowerbeds. When I politely mentioned that pets typically stay outside or in the car, the dad looked at me like I'd suggested they leave behind a child.
They stayed for over an hour. Asked zero questions about the actual house. No square footage, no HOA fees, no school district info. Nothing. Just vibes and destruction.
As they left, the mom grabbed two cookies, looked me dead in the eyes, and said, "We're really just killing time until our new build is ready."
I smiled, said "Great meeting you," and then sat in my car for fifteen minutes questioning every choice that led me to this career.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF ENDURING RECREATIONAL TRESPASS DISGUISED AS BUYER INTEREST
This Court has seen many things in its distinguished tenure, but NEVER has it witnessed such brazen misuse of the sacred open house institution. These people did not come to buy a home. They came to UNLEASH CHAOS upon your professionally staged sanctuary while their excavation hound committed agricultural crimes against innocent flowerbeds. The audacity of the cookie confession—delivered with the cold efficiency of a departing warlord surveying conquered lands—suggests premeditation of the highest order. Judge Escrow himself once hosted an open house where a man asked if the crown molding was "load-bearing" and I had to excuse myself to weep in the garage, so I UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN. You maintained composure while civilization crumbled around you, and for that, this Court finds YOU innocent of wrongdoing and THEM guilty of treating your professional dignity like a petting zoo. The fifteen minutes in your car was not weakness—it was NECESSARY DECOMPRESSION FROM WITNESSING HUMANITY AT ITS MOST FERAL. Case dismissed, court needs a cookie.
Premeditated Vibes Terrorism
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