Every Leasing Office everywhere can provide funny
stories that prove this is the best industry in which to work. Honestly, though,
Student Housing has to be the funniest genre! Even when our students are trying
to be funny, they inevitably are. Here’s few more.
A girl walks into the office carrying an envelope. I
ask how we can help her today and she responds, “How do I close this? I need to
mail it?” Huh? “Oh, do you need a stamp or help addressing the envelope?” She
shakes her head no. “How do I close it?” Oh. Wait. I tell her there is sticky
stuff on the flap. You wet it and press down to seal it. She looks at me and
says, “I have nothing. I have no sponge to wet it.” I have to actually show her
that you can lick the flap and when she looks horrified, I offer to tape the
envelope for her. She nods profusely. Kid you not.
One of our residents who has always paid rent on
time with a check inadvertently forgets for the month of January, which is not
so far-fetched since most students leave for a month over winter break. He is
notified of his delinquency and upon return, he sheepishly brings in his check,
apologizing for being late. Nothing more to be said … until he returns a couple
of days later carrying a pound cake warm from the oven, which he baked himself.
He tells us, “Here’s your Christmas present. It’s late too!”
In the property email account, I read the following:
“Hey, XXXXXX Village! Can you send the guy to look at my toilet?” No name, no
apartment number, no description of what is the matter.
Another one came from the resident who reported
there was something wrong with her “Trash Compactor.” Except there are no trash
compactors. Apparently she thought the Garbage Disposals were a trash chute and
she was shoving everything down it. (Okay, maybe not so funny.)
We notified all the student residents of a
contractor’s need to enter their apartments. Most of the students never
responded. A couple went ballistic about demanding an exact time of entry (law
school students, Go Figure.) One person responded with “It is my pleasure to
help you and the contractor. Please let me know what else I can do to assist
you.”
Got to admit – the last one is my favorite. :-)
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