Pulled a good one today

#1

Started my inspection at 12 noon. Clients followed me around asked questions. We traded stories and had a rather good time. Inspection took 2 hours. While we are going over the final remarks I am puting things back in my tool bag. In the past like some others I have lost flashlights, had to go back and find my keys ect. ect.

We check to make sure all the doors are locked for the homeowner and leave.

As I close the front door and hear it latch I see it… :shock:

My camera is sitting on the table locked inside the house.

I call the homeowner who was out looking at their potential new house, then hang around for an hour for them to get home.

#2

Isn’t it odd that in that very second the door is locking you remember you left something behind? I’ve done it with my truck keys, and as it’s clicking shut I remember them (now I have a “Hide-a-key” underneath).

At least it was only an hour. Could have been worse, especially on the weekend.

#3

It is always something

#4

I feel for ya :frowning:
Hope you did not have something scheduled after it.

Remembering to stick the new stylus in the tablet is hard to remember when folks are talkative.

#5

That is why I ALWAYS insist I have the lockbox code before an inspection.

#6

“It’s always something…if it isn’t one thing it’s another–it’s always something.”
Rosanna Rosanna Danna

#7

Don’t feel bad. I have left my multi-thousand dollar IR camera in closets, basements and even in an attic. Once, I even drove all the way home (about 30 miles) before I discovered my loss. My wife calls it early onset Alsheimers.

#8

I thought that I was the only one, that did things like that!!

#9

What were we talking about?