Days of frustration...
Well, the last couple of days have been quite frustating. I'm currently looking for a 1 bedroom apartment so I called up an agent to help me find a place. The first day, she was 40 mins late. Since I was just happy to be back in Beijing, I had no problems with that. I assumed that she just got stuck in traffic. She told me to meet at my school's entrance but she went to the wrong school. Fine, no problem...she just got confused. The schools were right beside each other so there's a chance of confusion...even though the name of the school is on the front gate. So I went to see 3 apartments and they were ok...nothing spectacular. I had 2 weeks so I definately want to see more apartments before I choose...why rush right? Later at night I had to grab a taxi back to my cousin's place and I asked the driver, "Do you know where this place is?" and of course he says "yes". So we are driving on the highway and he definately is headed in the right direction and he does get off an exit which seems close to the place. I then ask "You sure you know where it is? It's on [name of road]". He says "yes I know". Then I tell him "well the road in right in front of us!!" He goes "uh yeah, you have to turn up ahead".....anyways, we end up weaving in and out of housing blocks until he finally stops to ask for directions!!! Why tell me you know if you don't!!! Drives me crazy!!
Anyways, the next day, I have to meet my agent but I only have about an hour to look before I have to meet a friend. The agent tells me to meet at 3:30pm in front of the gate. I rush and show up right at 3:30 but by 4pm, she's still nowhere to be seen and NO PHONE CALL. By 4:10, I call her and ask her where she is. She says "I'll be there in 5 mins". By 4:30, I couldn't wait anymore so I left....I had to meet my friend now. Just after 4:35, the agent's friend calls me and says "I'm in front of the building, where are you?". I'm like #$%^&! First, you are over an hour late, second you are not at the place we are suppose to meet and third, why is her friend here and not my agent???? I told her friend that I'm not coming..I waited over an hour. The funny thing is, my agent doesn't even try to reach me right away to apologize! Maybe like 4 hours later, she tries to call me but by then, I'm just ignoring her calls. I was just so angry. Later on in the evening, I decided to meet another agent to help me. This guy was on time and was very nice. Only problem is, he spoke absolutely no English so it was very tough communicating. A lot of time we smiled and laughed at each other since we couldn't get our points across. While we were walking towards the place we were going to see, the owner calls and tells my agent that he has to leave because something came up. We just walked about 20 mins and we were almost at the building when he called. So I didn't see any apartments!! This agent apologized profusely. He even lent me his umbrella when it started to rain. It was definately a total day of frustration and I definately wasn't looking forward to taking the taxi home. The driver of the first taxi I jumped into told me he didn't know where I was going...Thank god! I'm glad he actually told me. I got out and went to another taxi. I was so happy too because this guy was very friendly...he was teaching me how to say things, we were joking around and it was a such peaceful ride! It was a great ending to a horrible day.
Well I guess there's always tomorrow right?
Anyways, the next day, I have to meet my agent but I only have about an hour to look before I have to meet a friend. The agent tells me to meet at 3:30pm in front of the gate. I rush and show up right at 3:30 but by 4pm, she's still nowhere to be seen and NO PHONE CALL. By 4:10, I call her and ask her where she is. She says "I'll be there in 5 mins". By 4:30, I couldn't wait anymore so I left....I had to meet my friend now. Just after 4:35, the agent's friend calls me and says "I'm in front of the building, where are you?". I'm like #$%^&! First, you are over an hour late, second you are not at the place we are suppose to meet and third, why is her friend here and not my agent???? I told her friend that I'm not coming..I waited over an hour. The funny thing is, my agent doesn't even try to reach me right away to apologize! Maybe like 4 hours later, she tries to call me but by then, I'm just ignoring her calls. I was just so angry. Later on in the evening, I decided to meet another agent to help me. This guy was on time and was very nice. Only problem is, he spoke absolutely no English so it was very tough communicating. A lot of time we smiled and laughed at each other since we couldn't get our points across. While we were walking towards the place we were going to see, the owner calls and tells my agent that he has to leave because something came up. We just walked about 20 mins and we were almost at the building when he called. So I didn't see any apartments!! This agent apologized profusely. He even lent me his umbrella when it started to rain. It was definately a total day of frustration and I definately wasn't looking forward to taking the taxi home. The driver of the first taxi I jumped into told me he didn't know where I was going...Thank god! I'm glad he actually told me. I got out and went to another taxi. I was so happy too because this guy was very friendly...he was teaching me how to say things, we were joking around and it was a such peaceful ride! It was a great ending to a horrible day.
Well I guess there's always tomorrow right?
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