tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post5255602635298743124..comments2023-04-09T16:07:39.987+01:00Comments on Wrinkled Weasel's World: Estate Agents complain of unfair profilingWrinkled Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-54477270321506654072011-01-10T13:58:45.156+00:002011-01-10T13:58:45.156+00:00You had to say that.You had to say that.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-11646995584649069042011-01-10T13:43:58.559+00:002011-01-10T13:43:58.559+00:00I am very lucky.I am very lucky.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-76593131011122484262011-01-10T12:45:56.556+00:002011-01-10T12:45:56.556+00:00*warm glow**warm glow*Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-17002789316778135332011-01-10T12:31:17.471+00:002011-01-10T12:31:17.471+00:00I am the aforementioned sister and no, my dear bro...I am the aforementioned sister and no, my dear brother, I am not offended (unconditional love and all that)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03528989209770226744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-30894820875328067412011-01-09T22:31:24.536+00:002011-01-09T22:31:24.536+00:00Sorry, yes it was. I had a cold at the time.Sorry, yes it was. I had a cold at the time.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-32566621874507691442011-01-09T22:23:12.201+00:002011-01-09T22:23:12.201+00:00Oh, it was you.Oh, it was you.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-73562375998254544632011-01-09T22:10:30.905+00:002011-01-09T22:10:30.905+00:00I have experience of Lincolnshire estate agents, a...I have experience of Lincolnshire estate agents, and it wasn't a pleasant one. I hope that wasn't your sister I told to ...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-14951233328939011382011-01-09T21:19:23.834+00:002011-01-09T21:19:23.834+00:00I had the pleasure to work with a well-known inter...I had the pleasure to work with a well-known international firm of double-barrelled estate agents. These were estate agents in the proper sense of the term - mainly managing agents of country estates and farmland. Most were at least MRICS. They wore tweed and other practical wear for the country and carried wind up cloth measuring tapes with leather sides and brass fittings. Completely different to the urban house floggers who have misappropriated the name of the noble profession. It's like Downton Abbey compared to Hustle.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358349301959327747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-42697433893200990602011-01-09T20:57:35.578+00:002011-01-09T20:57:35.578+00:00Jim. As you know, people who "keep themselves...Jim. As you know, people who "keep themselves to themselves" are legitimate targets. I also spent years hanging around primary school gates watching the children come out and I regularly ignore the BOGOF offers in supermarkets. Nevermind that I drive a Saab and don't have a TV.<br /><br />In my old county, Richard, Estate Agents dress correctly. Indeed, My sister and her partner are estate agents. I hope they see the funny side of this or I am toast.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-67673281455232324992011-01-09T19:50:38.014+00:002011-01-09T19:50:38.014+00:00You must have some strange estate agents round you...You must have some strange estate agents round your way. The dress code you describe is what the posh farmers wear round here. The estate agent is identified by his cheap suit and loud tie with a Windsor knot.<br /><br />But, as you say, unfair to tar the whole 'profession' for the sake of a few bad apples, if that isn't a mixed metaphor too far. I still think there is a strong case for profiling on the basis of Man At Top Shop suits, though.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-51811632021557261692011-01-09T19:49:16.679+00:002011-01-09T19:49:16.679+00:00Deceptively specious.
Mind you, on the apparently...Deceptively specious.<br /><br />Mind you, on the apparently continuing subject of 'profiling', it is clear from recent events that our law-enforcement agencies have shown lack of due ardour. Once again a 'loner' who 'kept himself to himself' has been involved in a murder spree. <br /><br />All people who 'keep themselves to themselves' should be placed on a national register forthwith on the basis that it is time bring 'keeping themselves to themselves profiling' out of the closet. WW, I know, will agree: this proposal is entirely of a piece with his previous post.Jim Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817293012642419524noreply@blogger.com