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CONFESSION #0447 — WRONG ADDRESS
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
The second showing was supposed to be quick.
Monday 2pm: Meet buyers at 412 Maple for second look. They love it. Ready to write offer.
Monday 2:47pm: Buyers pointing at backyard fence, asking about the shed. There is no shed in listing photos.
Monday 2:52pm: Check listing sheet. 412 Maple. Check house number on door. 421 Maple.
Monday 2:53pm: We are in wrong house. Have been in wrong house for 50 minutes.
Monday 2:54pm: Front door opens. Actual homeowner standing there with groceries.
Monday 3:15pm: Homeowner not pressing charges because quote nothing is missing and you seem really upset.
Monday 4pm: Buyers still want to make offer. On 421. Which is not for sale.
Monday 6pm: Called listing agent for 412. She laughed for maybe 30 seconds straight.
Tuesday: Buyers found something else. Door was unlocked, that's the thing. Who leaves their door unlocked. That's really the part I keep.
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Judge Reginald Escrow III
⚖️ Presiding
GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED RESIDENTIAL TRESPASSING WITH CATASTROPHIC NUMERICAL ILLITERACY
The Court has reviewed this confession and frankly, Reginald needs a moment because FIFTY MINUTES is not a quick look, that is a COLONIZATION. You wandered into a stranger's home, assessed their backyard infrastructure, and presumably opened their refrigerator to check the seal quality while the actual owner was out buying GROCERIES like a person who trusted society. The audacity to then blame an unlocked door is the kind of defense The Court has not seen since Schlage v. Personal Responsibility, 2019, where a locksmith argued he was "just testing" seventeen front doors in a subdivision. And your buyers wanted to make an offer on the OCCUPIED HOME? What was the plan there, a hostile takeover? A siege? I once accidentally walked into the wrong courtroom and sentenced a man for jaywalking before anyone stopped me, but at least I LEFT when I realized my error, I did not linger for nearly an hour ADMIRING THE SHED. The listing agent's thirty seconds of laughter will echo through the MLS for generations, and The Court hereby orders you to read house numbers aloud before entering any structure for the remainder of your career. CASE DISMISSED, Reginald must go lie down.
Accidental Home Invasion
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