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A French Quarter leasing agent told The Advocate this afternoon that he’s being reprimanded for releasing a bond in full back to a tenant this week – despite their being evidence to suggest the property’s living room had been lived in at some point during the lease.
Oscar Lipseen, of HG Stock and Realty, said the property on Rue de Nique ta Mère was cleaned and left in an appropriate condition at the conclusion of the lease, so he released the full bond back to the former tenant.
However, the 27-year-old explained to our reporter that upon his return to the estate agency’s offices, he was almost immediately called to his supervising manager’s cubicle.
“I was told that I hadn’t performed my duties to an acceptable level,” he said.
“My boss said we are never to release a full bond back to a tenant unless we know them or they’re a friend of a friend. The senior partner of the office has a cleaning company, too. Company policy dictates that every single property must be cleaned before it’s returned to the market,”
“Even if it’s already clean enough. They exclusively use the partner’s cleaning company. Anyway, I said I didn’t know the procedure and my boss accepted that but gave me a stern warning not to do it again.”
As for punishment, Lipseen says he has to spend another year working the leasing desk before he’s allowed to start selling houses and making a livable wage.
However, the director of HG Stock and Realty has hit back at his ‘disposable piece of shit’ in his ‘disposable double-breasted Tarocash three-piece’ by saying there was evidence that suggested the house was far from clean when he got the keys back.
“There was a large amount of evidence to suggest that the living room had been used for living,” said director Brett Doink.
“The carpets were trodden down a bit. There were a few scuff marks on the wall. It looked like that fucking tent city in Calais! And then when I found out Oscar, that dumb fuck, released the full bond back to them without having the boss’ cleaning company give it the once over, I almost had a stroke!”
“He’ll learn his lesson! Nobody gets their full bond back on my watch!”
More to come.
