Thanks for all the advice everyone!! It's been hectic here to say the least! But I think I have it all under control now!!
I'm not working anymore so I'm home all day. People are not calling to make "appointments", they are calling to tell me they are coming! Nice right! Here I am trying to call them all back and be nice and they are just going to come anyway!! So once I realized that I changed my tune! I called the listing agent and told he 1 person at 6:30 would be fine, Duncan and I usually go for our walk then anyway and they could come in and look around. Well, Tuesday I think it was, it was 96+ degrees outside and people started coming...(BTW, I had th ecomputer on all day to avoid the ringing phone!) I left at 6:30 like I said I would and Duncan and I went for a drive in the air-conditioned car and came back about 1 hour later. People were at my house so we sat in the car for about 30 minutes until I got frustrated and came back in the house. I locked the top door that they do not have a key to and watched tv and chilled. OK, flash forward to Wednesday: So I'mnot expecting anyone unti the evening and only 1 person!! (Some came during the day, I ignored them.) At 6:30 I left the house with Duncan and we went for a walk and then got some food for the place on the corner. About an hour later I came back with my chinese take-out and Duncan. There were people MILLING around my house!!! NINE agents came to see the place...I talked to the neighbors for about 2 hours and they were still coming!! Now remember, I am from upstate NY, I have nowhere else to go with Duncan!! Finally I had enough and just went into the house and left them gaping on the sidewalk. (Duncan, the lovely, sweet dog that he is did his part by snarling and growling at everyone!! I love him! ) I locked the doors, ignored the phone and settled down to read Pet Talk!!
Duncan did his part by trying to kill the door if they knocked, such a sweetheart he is! I checked the voice mail....11 messages!! I was so angry, I called the listing agent AGAIN and told her that I would be out of town for a WEEK with Duncan and that she can make the appts then but until then, I did not want anyone else in my house! I was so mad! I told her that since I have to leave everytime someone comes, one appt per day was plenty. She can have the place to herself for an entire WEEK!! I told her that her need to sell the lace was interfering with the "quiet enjoyment" that I am entitled to in my lease. She said "Oh yes, I'm sorry, I wil put that on the listing ad, I'm sorry,I'm sorry, blah blah blah..." So TODAY!! everyone is calling to come in the evening. It is pouring rain here and thunderstorming once every hour. I called some agents back (trying to be nice and not waste their time) and told them that I have nowhere to go since it is raining. One lady asked me if Duncan and I could lock ourselves in a room so she could see it!!!!!!!! I told her no, I can't. Come at your own risk. Knock and if the dog barks,leave! HAHAHHA We have been locked in here for 4 hours now!! This is insane!
OMG, all my posts are so long and I apologize...I'm just so fed up with this!!! Duncan and I are leaving tomorrow for PA for the week, Thank God! They can come all they want to this dump!!