Be Nice Anyway!

The old saying "No good deed goes unpunished" gave new meaning to me this week. As a Real Estate Broker of a large Keller Williams Realty office in Birmingham, Alabama during a change in the market, tensions are getting high for agents and for clients. Clients, more than ever, are trying to side step agents that work extremely hard for their money and for their client's best interest. Our hard working and right minded agents are going above and beyond for non-appreciative clients that are pulling out accusations anywhere from racial discrimination to being in desperate need of a paycheck. I don't take negative comments about the Realtors I work with lightly. There is a serious problem in our society when people are in the wrong themselves, yet create a "smoke screen" of half truths and assumptions in order to deflect their own actions. It makes me sad for humanity.

What ever happened to PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY? I never want to be cynical or suspect the motives of the people around me. But, it seems the more you do for some the less it is appreciated. I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE NOR DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE! In the words of one of my agents, "I still have hope in human kind."

So, no matter how ugly people can be or resentful or even down right hateful, I will ALWAYS be nice anyway.