I had a clients home listed that worked as a nurse. Dolly often worked the night shift so, showings during the day were sometimes difficult. We called to schedule a showing and didn’t get an answer so we left the message on the answering machine and scheduled the showing. My client called me late in the day to tell me about the showing at her home…… Dolly said she woke up in the morning and heard voices in her kitchen. She realized that there were people in her house and they were headed up the stairs to the bedroom where she was. Unable to get up before they reached the room, Dolly made the quick decision to play possum. I need to explain that Dolly was about 4 foot 5 inches and less than 100 lbs soaking wet. She had one of the old fashioned water beds before baffles. Dolly tossed the heavy comforter over her head and laid still while the couple and Realtor viewed the bedroom. Dolly said it was all she could do to keep from laughing as she listened to the conversation with the Realtor and customers unaware that she was right there in bed! Thank goodness no one decided to sit on the bed and talk. Everyone would have been in for a fright.
OMG. That has to be the funniest story on the website.
i wish I could be so thin i can hide myself like that
But wouldn’t there be a shape of a person under the comforters and the bed would surely look unmade – I mean there would probably be an impression or dent on the pillows? Maybe the potential buyers noticed and decided not to say anything. And maybe, just maybe, they also posted the same story somewhere, but from a buyer’s point of view. Funny indeed.
That is too funny. They thought it was all bed covers.
Good for the owner, to just lie there. Amazing. You do what you have to do. At least the home was shown.
Thanks for sharing. It is a funny story. What did the realtor and home viewers say? At least she was smart and smart enough to hide.
On many, many occasions i have shown a home and while in the basment a teenage child is sleeping either on a couch or bed, under the covers.
Being a dark space in many instances, that sudden rustle in the corner or moan does get everyone’s attention!!
Wow, that is very funny! Good thing all turned out well and the nurse did not get sat upon nor did she inadvertently give the potential buyers a fright.
This reminds me of an experience I had when I was renting a condo that the owner was trying to sell. One day, in the middle of the afternoon, shortly after I had finished my shower I heard people in the apartment.
Yes, indeed, it was the real estate agent with some prospective buyers in tow.
Fortunately, I was dressed by then, but I did still have a towel covering my head. Our paths crossed, and the real estate agent and prospective buyers were very nice and very apologetic and we all got a good laugh out of it.