The Long Island Open House Woman Who Wouldn't Leave

• 31:22Tim introduces the story of a Long Island woman disrupting open houses and refusing to leave.
• 32:00The realtor explains that this woman parks herself on the couch and tells other buyers the house is hers.
• 32:48Tim riffs on open house etiquette: you don't sit on people's furniture or make loud pronouncements.
• 33:48Joe the associate tells the realtor about the problem woman who has claimed the couch.
• 34:17The woman sprawls on the couch in a muumuu, reminding the realtor of her own mother.
• 34:30The woman gives unsolicited advice to a teenage girl asking about bathrooms, telling her to look elsewhere.
• 35:03When confronted, the woman yells that she will outbid everyone and that they're all wasting their time.
• 35:21Another buyer confronts the woman, telling her to stop flapping her mouth—classic Long Island escalation.
• 35:58The realtor reveals that despite all her threatening behavior, the woman never actually put in an offer.
• 36:12Tim observes the democratic chaos of open houses: anybody can walk in and cause a real problem with little recourse.

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