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CONFESSION #0338 — CLIENT FROM HELL
Thursday, February 12, 2026
I've been showing this one buyer houses for six months now. Six. Months. She's seen 47 properties. I know because I stopped sleeping and started counting. Last weekend she finally found "the one" and we wrote an offer. Twenty minutes after I submitted it, she called me crying because she googled the neighborhood and found a three-year-old Yelp review complaining about a barking dog two streets over. Wanted to withdraw immediately. I talked her off the ledge, the offer got accepted, and I thought we were finally done. Then she drove by the house at 11 PM "just to check the vibe" and saw a teenager skateboarding on the sidewalk. Now she's convinced it's a "youth crime corridor" and wants out. The house is in a cul-de-sac next to a church. The median age of residents is 67. I've started telling my husband I'm "going to the office" when really I'm just sitting in my car in a Wendy's parking lot eating Frostys and staring at the wall. She texted me this morning asking if I'm free Saturday to look at "just a few more places." I might fake my own death.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF EMOTIONAL HOSTAGE-TAKING IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND FROSTY-BASED FUGUE STATE INDUCTION
This Court has witnessed many crimes against the real estate profession, but SIX MONTHS and FORTY-SEVEN PROPERTIES constitutes what we in the legal community call psychological waterboarding with a smile. The defendant—and make no mistake, YOUR CLIENT is the defendant here—has constructed an elaborate prison where a single Yelp review from the OBAMA ADMINISTRATION and one child exercising his constitutional right to skateboard near a CHURCH becomes evidence of societal collapse. Judge Escrow III has reviewed the facts and finds that you, the agent, have developed what medical professionals would recognize as Wendy's Parking Lot Syndrome, a condition where the only safe space left is a fast food establishment with no emotional demands. The "youth crime corridor" accusation is PARTICULARLY OFFENSIVE to this Court, as the median resident age of 67 suggests the most dangerous activity occurring is aggressive bridge tournaments. This Court hereby grants you permission to respond to Saturday's text with a simple "I have died" and considers the matter CLOSED. The Frosty consumption is not only excusable but MEDICALLY NECESSARY.
Cul-de-Sac Captivity
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