Bitchy Broker!

Aida is the most depressing woman you will ever meet. Marlen and I found a posting from her company on Craigslist last year, saw the apartment and decided the apartment would be fine despite the fact that it was lit with fluorescents and the living room light fixture had a hub cap glued to it and a shattered shower door was lying in the kitchen. At the lease signing, she suddenly dropped a "brokers fee" bomb on us. It was listed online as no-fee, which she claimed was incorrect and "worked out a deal" where we had to pay her 1 month's equivalent instead of 1.5 months equivalent, and it had to be in cash.

Now, we're moving out of our apartment, and unfortunately, she's one of the brokers showing the place. The three of us all work jobs with very long hours, so I told her she could pick up keys after 8:30, when at least one of us would be home, or in the morning before we go to work, or some time during the weekend. She said, "No, I can't go out that late or be there that early," "No, I don't work on weekends," "No, I won't go into Manhattan to pick up the keys," and then tried to make me feel bad by saying, "You know, I work very hard. I work everyday from 9-6." Well, guess what lady, 9-6 is a good day for me. The reality is 9-8 on a normal day plus weekends, so quit your bitching! O, you have to commute to work everyday? No shit, so do I. 40 minutes one-way on public transportation pressed against dirty old men, not all alone in a cushy Lexus like you. Then she started threatening me that it's in our contract that we must make the apartment available for showing or we forfeit our security deposit. Really? You're too lazy to meet me at my work to get the keys, or meet me at any of the times that I'm available, and now you're threatening me?

I called Sam, my landlord, who was very aware of how rude a person Aida was. He even said to me, "That's how she is, she always wants to make everyone else do all the work for her. That's why I hired this other guy, he's much nicer." I'm glad he understands. He told me that he would be dealing with her in his own "special" way. I have no idea what he means by special, but I hope he stops using her as a broker, because she is a very bad representative for such a great landlord.