craigslist and kijiji are a sham...

maybe they are not necessarily a sham...but they are definately not the best way to get rid of your apartment

as i mentioned in previous posts, my roomate and i have been looking for ppl to take over our sublet. People have been coming in for the past week, checking out the place, and not really liking it. And they should all get over themselves as opposed to giving ME crap that they have not found their ideal apartment. They talk as if they either want me to change the apartment or look for their's...not happening!

So to de-stress, i have picked up hot yoga. :) I was running out of my apartment with my bike and my yoga mat, struggling to hold every door in my path, of which there are many before i actually leave the building. I was finally at the last door when i saw two boys looking at the buzzers numbers of tenants. One guy pointed at me and yelled "VENEZUELA."

I looked over at him because he was pointing at me. but i had no idea what to respond to the dude's venezuela comment. "umm....no.." and i kept on hurrying, since i was really late and i knew i needed to flee the situation. "Colombia. Ecuador." No NO! Whats going on..wait..yes? Ecuador? aaa...why am i answering "yes" to Ecuador...i need to go to yoga

"DO YOU SPEAK SPANISH?" he yelled at me. ughh...."yes"

I slowed down and groaned. "do you guys need to get in?" i asked in spanish. 

"No, we are wondering if there are any rooms to rent in this building." The lightbulb went off.

"How long do you need it for?"

"Until August."

"Well...my roommate and i are trying to get rent out our place until august. Do you want to see it."

"YES," said one of the boys enthusiastically, as the other one looked both to me and then his friend and nodded. It turned out that his friend didnt speak spanish, but was actually brasilian. I showed both of them the apartment and spoke the entire time in spanish, barely keeping in mind that i was talking to a mexican who was doing nothing but checking me out, and a brasilian who nodded at everything and understood nothing.

They loved the place and said they would take it. moral of the story...posting on craigslist and kijiji dont work. Looking latina does. 

While i love these community sharing/shopping sites and feel that there are great benefits, i have received  A LOT of emails and responses to my postings. Some people are nicer than others. Today i received an email from someone who said i should "have the decency to tell someone that they did not have an apartment after i had told them that they did." In fact, i never told this bozo that he had the apartment.  I told him that we would give it to the first person that put down a deposit and signed the lease...then i became an indecent person. Well maybe YOU should have the decency to not assume that i spend all my time and effort worrying about YOUR feelings. And i can live with myself being indecent. he cannot. 

And showing the house is a completely different story. i have had a surprising number of guys check me out. i would prefer it if you looked at my face when i told you the rent was not negotiable, not my chest. and i am changing my fone number on june 1st.