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CONFESSION #0332 — BROKER DRAMA
Friday, February 6, 2026
My broker called an "urgent team meeting" last week that turned out to be an intervention about our office coffee situation. Apparently someone's been bringing in their own fancy pour-over setup and it's "creating division" among the agents. We spent forty-five minutes discussing whether the communal Keurig was "good enough for everyone" while our broker got increasingly emotional about team unity. Meanwhile, our commission splits haven't been updated since 2019 and the copier has been broken for six weeks. But sure, let's hash out the coffee wars. The best part? The meeting ran so long that I missed a callback from a pre-approved buyer. When I mentioned this, my broker said "that's why we need to be more unified as a team." I still don't understand the connection. Now there's a passive-aggressive sign-up sheet in the break room for "approved beverage stations" and two agents aren't speaking to each other. I sell houses for a living but somehow I'm trapped in a workplace drama about bean water. My therapist is going to love this one.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE BEAN WATER BUREAUCRACY AND CAFFEINE-ADJACENT CLIENT ABANDONMENT
This Court has witnessed many travesties in its distinguished tenure, but FORTY-FIVE MINUTES debating the democracy of drip coffee while commission structures fossilize and copy machines gather dust like ancient relics? The accused sat through a beverage tribunal while a PRE-APPROVED BUYER languished in callback purgatory, and Judge Escrow must ask: at what point did you consider simply standing up and leaving? Your broker wept about unity over Keurigs while your deal evaporated into the ether, and you remained seated like a hostage at a timeshare presentation. The Court notes with profound distress that "approved beverage stations" now require sign-up sheets, suggesting your office has achieved a level of administrative dysfunction usually reserved for failing HOAs and the Department of Motor Vehicles. Judge Escrow himself prefers his coffee served by someone who does not require a committee vote, and he finds your passive participation in this circus to be professionally negligent. The connection between team unity and your missed callback remains unclear because NO SUCH CONNECTION EXISTS, and your broker is simply a person who should not be in charge of other people. This Court must adjourn immediately to process the existence of inter-agent pour-over feuds.
Grounds For Termination
Have a confession? Judge Reginald Escrow III's docket is always open.
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