We never got used to Egypt.

We are STILL not under contract. It’s actually ridiculous.

Seller’s realtor keeps laying on the pressure to “just sign” despite our interests in certain things not yet being protected. It’s such transparent pressure tactics I’m kind of embarrassed for her.

The latest is that we should “just sign” despite [unresolved issue over which we would have zero leverage after signing the contract] because the seller is “getting frustrated by how long it’s taking” and it’s “separate from the contract”(??).

I mean. MAYBE he actually said that but if so it’s kinda a him problem.

The place has been on the market since December. To our knowledge there have been no other offers since we’ve been involved (and I’m sure the realtor would’ve tried to leverage that if there had been). The very first question I asked the realtor when we went to see it the first time was why it hadn’t sold yet. She said because the seller has been using it as an Airbnb so he had no motivation to settle for less than asking price because it was making him money in the meantime. She insisted over and over that he would not even entertain the very thought of any offer below asking price because his urgency to sell was so low.

So first of all that proved to be false because he eventually did cave and accept $10k below asking.

But anyway which is it? He has no urgency at all to sell, or he has enough urgency to be frustrated that it’s moving slower than expected? It can’t be both, lady. 🙄

It's been a while since I got an ask this style, so reminder that I don't respond to asks requesting me to weigh in on extremely vague interpersonal situations as if I were the person in the situation. This is not a good use of my time and this is not a good use of your time because no one can possibly give decent advice with this little context about the people and situations involved.

A position at a prior employer recently opened. I’d be great at it, and it would entail a mild raise. It’s more along the job function that I’d prefer to be doing than my current job is, and I have deep institutional knowledge already that would give me a big head start on the duties over someone else.

But. 🙃 I left because the big boss, who is still the big boss, decided that my position at the time wasn’t necessary - even after my direct boss spent literally like 4 hours trying to convince him otherwise. Lo and behold several years later my “unnecessary” position has been basically reinstated (not this one I’m talking about now, a more junior one).

Any given person might but I know too many people like this for it to be all of them.