Whose House? The Bank's House! (Part 1)
I'm buying a house, which means I have to deal with that dreaded sub-species of humanity, The Lawyer. I think this one worked out my stance (that I didn't like her and knew that the 20 minute "interview" was a waste of my time, designed purely to justify their ridiculous fees) pretty quickly, given my refusal to say a single word the entire time I was there. Women can be so sensitive sometimes.
It was clearly a pisstake though. Why the fuck do I need to prove my identity to buy a house? Are there people going round buying properties under false names, respraying the garage doors and selling the rest off for parts? I don't fucking think so.
Where do they think these imaginary evil fraudsters are hiding, anyway? You should probably know where they fucking live, since you conveyed them there.
So I stole a pencil. It's the little victories that keep us human. Except for lawyers, who aren't, of course.
Why the fuck do we need lawyers to buy a house anyway? It's a pretty simple transaction, all in all. I give someone a shitload of money and they stop living in the building so that I can move in (unless they're blonde hotties who like to wander around naked and don't mind the smell of marlboro reds and decay, in which case they can stay).
I'm at a loss as to what a lawyer adds to this process. Do they stop me from getting 419ed? I know the house exists, I went to the effort of looking at it. It's not in Kenya, made of cheese, or (currently) on fire, and I'm not going to pay for it via Western Union.
Hello, Mrs Lawyer? You can fuck off, this is none of your business. And your pencils are substandard, too.
I am convinced that the whole house buying process is designed, specifically and exclusively, to piss me off.
First of all you have to been shown around the property by some mindless fucking estate agent.
"...and this is the master bedroom."
"well shit my piles, Tom. I thought it was a dinosaur."
What's with the estate agent in those horrible BT adverts with that old boiler and the guy who used to be the funny one in "My Family" anyway? Is he supposed to talk like a broken robot, or was he drunk that day? I don't get it at all.
"beep...I...thought...that...this...would...make...a...very...nice...nursery...end transmission."
"wait, that's a toilet. Looks like I could do this job better than you...if only I didn't have a soul."
*** Part 2 follows soon ***
It was clearly a pisstake though. Why the fuck do I need to prove my identity to buy a house? Are there people going round buying properties under false names, respraying the garage doors and selling the rest off for parts? I don't fucking think so.
Where do they think these imaginary evil fraudsters are hiding, anyway? You should probably know where they fucking live, since you conveyed them there.
So I stole a pencil. It's the little victories that keep us human. Except for lawyers, who aren't, of course.
Why the fuck do we need lawyers to buy a house anyway? It's a pretty simple transaction, all in all. I give someone a shitload of money and they stop living in the building so that I can move in (unless they're blonde hotties who like to wander around naked and don't mind the smell of marlboro reds and decay, in which case they can stay).
I'm at a loss as to what a lawyer adds to this process. Do they stop me from getting 419ed? I know the house exists, I went to the effort of looking at it. It's not in Kenya, made of cheese, or (currently) on fire, and I'm not going to pay for it via Western Union.
Hello, Mrs Lawyer? You can fuck off, this is none of your business. And your pencils are substandard, too.
I am convinced that the whole house buying process is designed, specifically and exclusively, to piss me off.
First of all you have to been shown around the property by some mindless fucking estate agent.
"...and this is the master bedroom."
"well shit my piles, Tom. I thought it was a dinosaur."
What's with the estate agent in those horrible BT adverts with that old boiler and the guy who used to be the funny one in "My Family" anyway? Is he supposed to talk like a broken robot, or was he drunk that day? I don't get it at all.
"beep...I...thought...that...this...would...make...a...very...nice...nursery...end transmission."
"wait, that's a toilet. Looks like I could do this job better than you...if only I didn't have a soul."
*** Part 2 follows soon ***