Apartment Search
Carolyn needs to find a new apartment.
And it’s kind of a sketchy world out there – you know – driving around to strange places as a single woman to meet unknown real estate agents or potential landlords. It pays to be safe. So Carolyn took me a long to look at the last apartment she was interested in.
The guy seemed nice enough, although it was kind of distracting that he wouldn’t take his blue-tooth remote cell phone out of his ear. He seemed laid back about when she could move in and he didn’t put any pressure on us. So we spent a few minutes chatting him up, before dropping the bomb about Carolyn owning a dog. In that few minutes, we tried to lay on the charm. You know, I mentioned Carolyn is a teacher and how quiet she is. The guy mentioned that he had once been an occasional teacher. We told some anecdotes and laughed a bit. Then he turned to me and said, “So, you’re a teacher too?” And I said, “Yes, I am.”
He smiled then made what I can only assume he felt was a very liberal and open-minded assumption, “It’s so nice when two people get together who are in the same profession….you know, same holidays and such…”
It is nice when that happens.
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