Bunch of Morons

Beware : This post is a rant
A string of untoward events have been taking place for a while now and I blame it on fate. The foremost was just after Ganesh festival. This prospective buyer who had signed an agreement to buy our two bedroom flat suddenly decided not to and broke the news exactly a month after signing the paper. We were shocked at his sudden change in mind as the man was still looking for better options after getting into an agreement with us. I am in awe at his nerves to do so, especially after cautioning us against marketing our home for a better price which we (the gentlemen in us) would never have done anyways, especially after getting into an agreement on paper. I kind of get the feeling that this man must have looked for other options even after getting engaged to a girl! Now I am worried about the one he is married to. Hopefully he isn’t reading my blog . What irked me more was the process that led to signing the agreement which in itself was an elongated and laborious one. He claimed that, it was the first time that he has been investing in a property and so the apprehension, which was ok with us. To my surprise, he walked in with a tape the first day itself to measure the dimensions of the house as he said he doesn’t trust paper. When that was sorted, he bargained over the price and the noble hubby came down on it as he isn’t the bargaining type and wanted to avoid many rounds of conversation. He then wanted to check the authenticity of the documents. That took a couple of days and he came back contented. Finally he is ready for the sale agreement during which we clearly mention that the sale deed would be done only after 2 months during which time our new one would be ready. He agrees enthusiastically and fixes the date for the agreement. Next follows the talk on advance amount for which we ask for a decent amount it being 2% of the entire amount. I could not believe my ears when he said that he could only pay 0.1%. For a moment I was puzzled if he actually was paying advance for a couch. However hubby smells trouble and says that he clearly doesn’t seem like an interested party else the bargain would not go to that level. We decide to step out of the deal while this man pursues further and manages to negotiate at 0.25%.” Dumb we “agree as we just want to get rid of the man and his talks more than getting rid of the apt. There we fell into the gully!!! The rest of the story is predictable. He kept looking for better options within our own complex and finds one after a month. He comes back to us saying that he got another one, which has 20 sq ft of extra balcony area and he is going in for that. Ah! The bugger is expecting his advance back :P
Ok, the next one din’t affects us much as our skin had already thickened by then. Will mention the incident though! We had procured 15 bags of sand for civil work in our new flat. It being festival season our laborers weren’t available on that particular day when the truck came in. So we were not able to move it to the working site and it was placed on the side of the approach road without much hindrance to the movement of vehicles. The idea was to move it as soon as the laborers return after their leave which was the next day itself. Well, before we could do that, an excessively vigilant member in charge of cleanliness of our apartment who is known for breaking rules himself marches forward in our absence and orders the security to dump all the sand in the play area without even checking with us atleast once about our plans. When questioned about the hasty act, he declared that personal belongings should not be placed in the common area even if it is for a day. The funny part being that this man resides in the ground floor and for years his potted plants are lying in the common area. God save us!!!