{"id":13443,"date":"2010-11-01T07:14:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T14:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=13443"},"modified":"2010-11-01T07:14:38","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T14:14:38","slug":"real-estate-agent-drives-around-so-cal-with-corpse-for-10-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13443\/real-estate-agent-drives-around-so-cal-with-corpse-for-10-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate Agent Drives around So Cal with Corpse for 10 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Daily Beast<\/a>:<\/p>\n

For 10 months, (a real estate agent) drove around with a corpse in her car. She never contacted police or tried to find the dead person\u2019s relatives. Instead, as the body began to decompose, she spread baking soda on the floorboards to mask the smell.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Leaving aside for a second the pain this must be causing the dead woman’s family, as well as the real estate agent’s likely clinical insanity, there is something about this that strikes me as instructive.<\/p>\n

It’s the bit about spreading baking soda to mask the smell.<\/p>\n

It pains me to admit it, but I can identify with that impulse and recognize it in some of the organizations I’ve worked with: When faced with a big stinky problem, we don’t necessarily ignore it, we just sprinkle baking soda on it, and that allows us to keep going at least for a little while.<\/p>\n

So, what have you been sprinkling baking soda on?\u00a0 Maybe today is a good day to do something about it before the problem gets so bad someone else has to call for backup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Daily Beast: For 10 months, (a real estate agent) drove around with a corpse in her car. She never contacted police or tried to find the dead person\u2019s relatives. Instead, as the body began to decompose, she spread baking soda on the floorboards to mask the smell. 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