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I was at an estate sale on the weekend - picked up a gorgeous tarnished persian vase that shined up really nicely - and encountered an EW like you wouldn't believe.
It was very apparent that the owner had recently passed and the relatives were trying to quickly organize and vacate the house of belongings to make a quick sale of the house itself.
Lots of knick-knacks and doo-dads, hastily organized and with all the previous owners belongings still in the closets, but all clearly marked and numerous signs displayed throughout the house (the entire house contents were to be sold) indicated no bargaining please, that prices were already very low.
A screeching woman barges in front of me with her purchases (used coffee pot, some mis-matched cups from the same very nice pattern, but 3 coffee cups and a tea-cup, a few old cookbooks (wish I'd seen them first)) and begins to talk down the already reasonable prices with the obviously harried women (HW) who are trying to keep an eye on all the people wandering through the 3 stories of the house, answer questions and take the money, noting down every transaction.
The bitchy barger (BB) spent a considerable amount of time, but certainly not money, asking the rudest questions including why they were selling everything, where did the old lady go to and how much were they asking for the house?
The women quite nicely replied that they didn’t wish to discuss it, but asked her if there was anything else that she would like to purchase?
BB – “Nope – I don’t even know why I’m buying this crap, but I might be able to give away some of it at some weddings I’m going to be invited to.”
HW – “Well, if you don’t need anything else, everything you've picked out comes to $xx.xx altogether.
BB - "Geez, that's a lot for a few pieces of crap. I'll give you $x.xx for the lot".
HW - "That will be fine". <obviously just wanting to get rid of BB>
BB tosses the money on the table (all in dimes, nickels and pennies) and demands that each piece be wrapped individually and placed in separate bags "not with the newspaper - use some of the tissue paper from that box over there (the box held a beautiful full set of china that was to be sold as a full set, but the HW did as told to shut her up).
As BB is walking out, she turned around and said to the HW - "Geez, she must be glad she's dead to avoid relatives like you, you didn't even thank me for buying this stuff!"
It was very apparent that the owner had recently passed and the relatives were trying to quickly organize and vacate the house of belongings to make a quick sale of the house itself.
Lots of knick-knacks and doo-dads, hastily organized and with all the previous owners belongings still in the closets, but all clearly marked and numerous signs displayed throughout the house (the entire house contents were to be sold) indicated no bargaining please, that prices were already very low.
A screeching woman barges in front of me with her purchases (used coffee pot, some mis-matched cups from the same very nice pattern, but 3 coffee cups and a tea-cup, a few old cookbooks (wish I'd seen them first)) and begins to talk down the already reasonable prices with the obviously harried women (HW) who are trying to keep an eye on all the people wandering through the 3 stories of the house, answer questions and take the money, noting down every transaction.
The bitchy barger (BB) spent a considerable amount of time, but certainly not money, asking the rudest questions including why they were selling everything, where did the old lady go to and how much were they asking for the house?
The women quite nicely replied that they didn’t wish to discuss it, but asked her if there was anything else that she would like to purchase?
BB – “Nope – I don’t even know why I’m buying this crap, but I might be able to give away some of it at some weddings I’m going to be invited to.”
HW – “Well, if you don’t need anything else, everything you've picked out comes to $xx.xx altogether.
BB - "Geez, that's a lot for a few pieces of crap. I'll give you $x.xx for the lot".
HW - "That will be fine". <obviously just wanting to get rid of BB>
BB tosses the money on the table (all in dimes, nickels and pennies) and demands that each piece be wrapped individually and placed in separate bags "not with the newspaper - use some of the tissue paper from that box over there (the box held a beautiful full set of china that was to be sold as a full set, but the HW did as told to shut her up).
As BB is walking out, she turned around and said to the HW - "Geez, she must be glad she's dead to avoid relatives like you, you didn't even thank me for buying this stuff!"
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