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Or so it seems to me.
Just about every potential roommate who calls me and sets up a time to come see the place disappears from the face of the earth, never to be heard from again.
1. Flakey sounding kid, talked to him a few times but didn't have the greatest impression of him. Was supposed to come see the place one Friday. Last I talked to him was the day before. When I called him that Friday, got his voice mail, left a message....and never heard from him again.
2. Solid-sounding dude I had much communication with, who seemed pretty much a lock to be the next roommate. Last talked to him last Wednesday night. That night he was supposed to come look at the place, but when I called him, it turned out he was stuck in Orlando due to a mechanical issue with his plane (he's a pilot with a commercial airline), and we rescheduled for the following day. Never heard from him again, despite several phone calls to him and a few voice mails. At one point he DID call me, but I missed the call, he left no message, and I never heard from him after that, despite calling him back immediately.
3. Dude called me yesterday about the room. I called him back, told him I couldn't talk right then as I was at work, and asked if I could call him around 7pm. He said no problem. I called him at 7ish, got no answer, left a voice mail....and haven't heard back from him.
Add to these "disappearances" the stoner girl with a dog that called. I told her that the complex charged a shitload for pets and that my roommate and I didn't want any pets here. She asked for the complex's number, because she "really" wanted to live in my complex, even if it was a different apartment. She called back the next day to say the fees/deposit weren't as bad as I had thought, and could she come look at the place? To which I had to remind her that my roommate and I do not want to live with a dog. Time to lay off the bong and pay attention, honey.
There has been some small good news. The roommate that is moving out was talking to me the other day, and it seems her work, which is transferring her, has not given her a solid date for when they are transferring her. Obviously if I find someone to fill the room she will move out as scheduled, and can stay with a coworker until the transfer date is finalized, but if I don't find anyone, she may stay another month. Good to know.
One other semi-good, semi-bad thing. This one lovely woman who has become a semi-regular at The Bar has been looking for a place to live. Due to her being not only very attractive, but very intelligent and personable as well, I am developing a bit of a thing for her. So I was kind of hoping that someone else would take the room so I could possibly pursue something with her romantically. (The potential for shit-to-fan when becoming entangled with a roommate is very, very high.) The room was a great excuse for me to exchange numbers with her, and worst case scenario, she would actually move in. Well, she was supposed to come by today to look at it, but when I talked to her, it seemed she had found another place. (Our schedule this week has just not meshed so she could come over.) That being said, she still said she wants to come check out my living room "library" (no entertainment center, just six bookcases of almost 500 books), and perhaps go to a friend's barbecue with me tomorrow. Who knows? Something may develop.
But ignoring the potential romance, I am still faced at not having shown the room to one single person. Lots of emails, most of them stupid crap or scams. Of the real inquiries, some people have pets, others aren't going to be here until July or August. (But can I hold the room for them? Um, no.)
And the other viable roommate candidates continue to simply vanish, never to be heard from again.
This sucks.
I repeat my earlier offer....if anyone here would like to move to the Keys, has good references, can pay the rent, utilities and deposits, and can prove some sort of viable income for paying the above (job transfer, money saved up, inheritance, trust fund, lottery payout, bank robbery loot), I have a room for rent. A room which seems to make people mysteriously vanish.
Just about every potential roommate who calls me and sets up a time to come see the place disappears from the face of the earth, never to be heard from again.
1. Flakey sounding kid, talked to him a few times but didn't have the greatest impression of him. Was supposed to come see the place one Friday. Last I talked to him was the day before. When I called him that Friday, got his voice mail, left a message....and never heard from him again.
2. Solid-sounding dude I had much communication with, who seemed pretty much a lock to be the next roommate. Last talked to him last Wednesday night. That night he was supposed to come look at the place, but when I called him, it turned out he was stuck in Orlando due to a mechanical issue with his plane (he's a pilot with a commercial airline), and we rescheduled for the following day. Never heard from him again, despite several phone calls to him and a few voice mails. At one point he DID call me, but I missed the call, he left no message, and I never heard from him after that, despite calling him back immediately.
3. Dude called me yesterday about the room. I called him back, told him I couldn't talk right then as I was at work, and asked if I could call him around 7pm. He said no problem. I called him at 7ish, got no answer, left a voice mail....and haven't heard back from him.
Add to these "disappearances" the stoner girl with a dog that called. I told her that the complex charged a shitload for pets and that my roommate and I didn't want any pets here. She asked for the complex's number, because she "really" wanted to live in my complex, even if it was a different apartment. She called back the next day to say the fees/deposit weren't as bad as I had thought, and could she come look at the place? To which I had to remind her that my roommate and I do not want to live with a dog. Time to lay off the bong and pay attention, honey.
There has been some small good news. The roommate that is moving out was talking to me the other day, and it seems her work, which is transferring her, has not given her a solid date for when they are transferring her. Obviously if I find someone to fill the room she will move out as scheduled, and can stay with a coworker until the transfer date is finalized, but if I don't find anyone, she may stay another month. Good to know.
One other semi-good, semi-bad thing. This one lovely woman who has become a semi-regular at The Bar has been looking for a place to live. Due to her being not only very attractive, but very intelligent and personable as well, I am developing a bit of a thing for her. So I was kind of hoping that someone else would take the room so I could possibly pursue something with her romantically. (The potential for shit-to-fan when becoming entangled with a roommate is very, very high.) The room was a great excuse for me to exchange numbers with her, and worst case scenario, she would actually move in. Well, she was supposed to come by today to look at it, but when I talked to her, it seemed she had found another place. (Our schedule this week has just not meshed so she could come over.) That being said, she still said she wants to come check out my living room "library" (no entertainment center, just six bookcases of almost 500 books), and perhaps go to a friend's barbecue with me tomorrow. Who knows? Something may develop.
But ignoring the potential romance, I am still faced at not having shown the room to one single person. Lots of emails, most of them stupid crap or scams. Of the real inquiries, some people have pets, others aren't going to be here until July or August. (But can I hold the room for them? Um, no.)
And the other viable roommate candidates continue to simply vanish, never to be heard from again.
This sucks.
I repeat my earlier offer....if anyone here would like to move to the Keys, has good references, can pay the rent, utilities and deposits, and can prove some sort of viable income for paying the above (job transfer, money saved up, inheritance, trust fund, lottery payout, bank robbery loot), I have a room for rent. A room which seems to make people mysteriously vanish.
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