My time is important to!

My time is important to!  

One of my biggest pet peeves in Real Estate is how some people have a complete lack of respect for other people’s time. If you come in or call and ask for information on a property and I send/ give it to a client. Yay, they want to go look at it with their (insert other party here) who can only go look on a Thursday. Great let me set up that showing and we will go look. Wednesday comes I call client and confirm appointment for showing, we are still a go! Thursday morning, send a quick text confirming time and meeting place, yup we are good. Appointment time rolls around and no client in sight.

First thought, traffic, call and check to make sure client is OK. No response. Wait for another hour still no client, another hour no call nothing. That evening about 7 I get a text sorry didn’t want to go see it that bad or better yet no communication at all. At least on the bright side I had the time to get files in order, respond to some other emails, and enjoy a nice lunch with my father at 4 pm.

I understand that people are busy and sometimes things come up. My time is precious to me. I appreciate the fact you informed me later that night that you decided not to view the property, but a little earlier would have been nice to. I was raised that if I was going to be 5 minutes late you call and inform the other party. Respecting other people’s time is important or I think it is. Being stood up for a showing is becoming a common place it seems and it really irks me. I do not have a set schedule for most of the days of the week, however I do like to go to church and spend time with my family!