My Job Stinks

Yeah, good luck getting rid of that stink.

Lately I just haven’t been into the property management side of my job.  Tenants and I aren’t getting along all that great and that gets depressing.   And what’s making it worse is that some of the applications we are getting in for our available properties, well, they literally stink.  They carry odors of massive cigarette smoke, sweat, B.O. and even sometimes chicken fat.  And yes, I judge the applicant when I get something that just doesn’t smell right.

For the most part, this is nothing new in our office. I used to breakdown into a fit of giggles when my beloved friend and co-worker, Jay Reasor, would spray Lysol down the hall after a stinky tenant would come in to pay rent.  I always knew something was up when I would hear the “chh-chhhh-chhhhhhhhhh” of the aerosol spray can that he would keep stocked at his desk drawer.  Unfortunately, Jay is no longer here and it’s the hilarious memories like this that linger. (RIP, my friend.)

However, I laughed hysterically and thought of Jay when I recently opened the dropbox in my office that secures our applications and rent payments.  Some clown in my office had placed a Royal Pine Tree car air freshener in that dropbox in an effort to rid the odoriferous submissions.  Sidenote: Considering that only myself and The Donald have a key to that dropbox, I think it’s safe to assume who left the obnoxious smelling tree thingy in there.   I mean it when I say it was obnoxious in it’s odor.  The cheap version of “freshness” was overpowering and not really in a good way, I’ve been smelling it for the last several weeks and it makes me gag.

Seriously, I can’t be the only Landlord/Property Manager out there that has this problem, am I?  Or should I just take a deep breath and go about the duties of my job?

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