Yesterday we get a call around 9:30am asking if they can do a showing at 6pm. In our info. sheets we ask for a 24 hour notice if it's past 2pm... but we really want to sell the house, so I say fine.

DH goes to bed as soon as he showers and eats (instead of staying up for a couple hours) since I have to wake him up around 5:30pm so we can be gone.
We leave the house before 6pm and go to Burger King and the library. We get back about 10 to 7 and all the lights are still on, the sheets haven't been took and there's no realtor's card.
So we call our realtor to see if he can find out today if they came or not. As soon as we get off the phone and take our shoes off, guess who shows up....

So we leave again and go to the library. When we get back and DH finally lays down again it's 8pm. Completely screws up his sleep, since the people were rude enough to come an hour late. (They didn't take the info sheets either, and I just know they took a couple steps in and decided the house wasn't for them.... Which is fine, but with the lateness I am highly irritated....)

Now I know sometimes showings can last longer then you thought, because you really liked the house or whatever... But if someone asks for 24 hour notice after a certain time, please use your brains and realize that the person really does have a reason.
Please be considerate. Although people really do want to sell their houses, remember their lives are being interrupted a lot more then the viewers.
And don't make appointments to look at houses just for entertainment value when you really have no intention of buying a house.
I read a magazine article once where this couple would look at house (even though they weren't in the market), just to see how people decorated and to get ideas. Rude!!!!

Alright.... On a more positive note we have another showing today at 11am.
I know you all will be happy when the house finally sells because I'll stop complaining.... So if you know anyone, or anyone's sister's best-friend's college roommate, please tell them about this fabulous 2300+ sq. feet house for only $154,900.

We're going to do the grocery shopping while the house is being shown, and cruise over to the library again since Terminator 3 finally came in. And I need another book to read....

Simple/Frugal Thought for the Day: Do something for yourself today. Even if it's just staying in the shower for an extra five minutes....