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CONFESSION #0288 — OPEN HOUSE HORROR
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
I hosted an open house last Saturday and within the first twenty minutes, a woman walked in with her three kids, handed them each a juice box, and told them to "go explore." I spent the next hour following these tiny agents of chaos around while they opened every cabinet, bounced on the beds, and somehow found the one unlocked closet where the sellers had stored their cat's litter box. The smell situation escalated quickly.
Meanwhile, the mom planted herself in the kitchen and started opening the fridge, critiquing the sellers' grocery choices out loud. "Oh, they buy the cheap yogurt. That tells you something about how they maintain a house."
She never asked a single question about the property. Not the square footage, not the school district, nothing. But she did ask if I could watch the kids for "just five more minutes" while she ran to her car.
She never came back inside. Just drove away. I had to call her from the listing number while her kids argued over who got to flush the toilet first.
She wasn't even prequalified.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF HARBORING UNAUTHORIZED JUICE-WIELDING PROPERTY INVADERS
This Court has witnessed many atrocities against the sacred institution of the open house, but THIS—THIS REPRESENTS A NEW FRONTIER OF AUDACITY. The defendant stood idly by while sticky-fingered operatives conducted what can only be described as a tactical litter box reconnaissance mission. The mother, who this Court suspects may have been casing the refrigerator for a future yogurt heist, ABANDONED HER OFFSPRING like emotional support animals at an airport Chili's. And the defendant—a licensed professional—was reduced to a babysitter arguing toilet flushing protocols with children whose collective net worth wouldn't cover a doormat. Judge Escrow has presided over cases involving fraudulent disclosure, inspection sabotage, even the occasional haunted basement situation, but never has he seen an agent so thoroughly conscripted into unpaid childcare by someone who couldn't spell prequalification with a dictionary and two hints. The defendant is hereby ordered to install a juice box detection system at all future showings. Court is adjourned; I need to lie down.
Daycare By Ambush
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