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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
 

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MIKE: (lets it rip in an e-mail to the property manager)
(no, I mean it was really bad)
(you don't actually want to fuck with Mike)

REAL-ESTATE AGENT: Herr Moore, you're correct on all points. We can offer you the larger apartment for only eighty euros a month more than you would have paid in the studio.

MIKE: $$@#!$@%%!!! (makes a counter-offer)

(silence for a day)

REAL-ESTATE AGENT: Herr Moore, we seem to have found another studio in the building! On the third floor! With a view! Come have a look!

MIKE: (Pleased to be moving to the same building on Friday, instead of protesting in the street. Impressed by property manager's skill at hanging on to every cent. Still not sure all his furniture will fit.)

posted by Michael Scott Moore | 7:24 AM
Comments:
Hooray! Does it really have a view? Did they spitefully build a quick wall across a larger apartment so as not to give you one square foot more than the original apartment? I'm glad to hear you have a place to move into!
MEP
 
That's some fine negotiating. Congratulations.
 
I'm not totally sure I didn't get played a little; the property manager's a pro. But the howling had to be done.
 
Congratulations. The size of the apartment may be a plus, considering that it's on the third floor. Just stairs, right? A pain in the ass for moving.
 
No, no. Here's how pathetic I am: The new place feels too small. The first studio was just one floor higher, also with a view, so the new one is basically a replica -- but seeing all that space in the two-room apartment has put me into a nostalgic funk. That's how pathetic I am.
 
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