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To wonder whether this was caring or weird?

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Thistledew · 11/10/2019 21:33

My mum is selling her house. On Monday the estate agent asked if he could come to see her the following day (Tuesday) to drop off some documents for her to sign. She said that she would be out and asked him to come on Wednesday.

She was out for the whole day and came home to a series of quite panicked voicemails on her home phone from the agent - apparently he had gone to the house and when she didn't answer the door had proceeded to spend quite a while knocking on all the doors and peering through the windows, expecting her to be inside. He called his office and got them to try ringing on the home phone, which they did repeatedly. He then even called her solicitor to find out if they had any emergency contacts- but perhaps fortunately the solicitor didn't get the message until the following morning when she was at home to answer the phone.

She did point out to him the next day that not only had she said she would be out all day but that the garage doors were wide open and her car obviously absent.

I don't know whether to be pleased that he was obviously concerned for her welfare or to think that he was a complete muppet for panicking rather than rationally concluding that she must just be out.

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Bluntness100 · 11/10/2019 21:47

I think this was nice of him. Too many people just walk away. She could have been ill inside. It was nice of him to care enough to check.

Sn0tnose · 11/10/2019 21:49

I think it’s either quite weird, or an indication of just how little notice he takes of what she says.

Pipandmum · 11/10/2019 21:51

He’s an idiot. You go ring the bell. No answer no car plus you’re not expected? Then you leave. You don’t panic everyone.

WorraLiberty · 11/10/2019 21:51

He probably assumed she was a Mumsnetter - sad indoors and ignoring him Grin

WorraLiberty · 11/10/2019 21:52

*sat Blush

But 'sad' also works Grin

Babybel90 · 11/10/2019 21:52

I’d assume that this had happened to him before and the person was dead inside or something similar. It’s a bit over the top but I’d rather someone was too caring than not caring enough 🤷‍♀️

Elieza · 11/10/2019 21:54

It is a bit OTT but perhaps him mum just died in similar circs and it’s still in his head or something. I presume he didn’t get the message about being out all day or forgot. At least he cares. So many people don’t.

MitziK · 11/10/2019 21:55

A caring estate agent?

[head explodes]

That's what it sounds like to me. And I'm in shock about it.

Thistledew · 11/10/2019 22:43

Mum was somewhat HmmConfusedthat he did not notice that her car was out. When she pointed this out to him he apparently said that he didn't know that she had a car, despite the fact that just a few days previously she had said that one of her main reason for moving is to go somewhere that is on a bus route so that she can eventually give up driving.

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