{"id":2873,"date":"2008-04-01T08:50:10","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2008-04-01T08:46:39","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T15:46:39","slug":"the-odysseus-medal-i-feel-like-i-too-am-losingmarket-sharequicklyin-this-wildly-out-of-control-time-warp-where-one-second-im-a-kid-and-the-next-imin-my-50s-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2873\/the-odysseus-medal-i-feel-like-i-too-am-losingmarket-sharequicklyin-this-wildly-out-of-control-time-warp-where-one-second-im-a-kid-and-the-next-imin-my-50s-s\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odysseus Medal: “I feel like I too, am losing market share quickly in this wildly out of control time warp where one second I’m a kid and the next, I’m in my 50s selling real estate in a down market.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Odysseus Medal this week goes to Geno Petro for Geno’s Wrong (bang a gong)<\/a>:<\/p>\n

My mother brings in a ham sandwich on a kaiser roll from the kitchen. It has mayo, mustard and a pickle on it. Onion, too. I rarely eat any of those things but I dare not say a word for fear of offending her.  “Diet Coke?” she asks.<\/p>\n

“No mom…you know what Paris Hilton says about Diet Coke, don’t you?”<\/p>\n

“Oh, I don’t like her.” declares Mitzi.<\/p>\n

“What?” my dad pipes in, apparently with a different opinion of the media icon.<\/p>\n

“Only fat people drink Diet Coke,” I say.<\/p>\n

“Fat people?”<\/p>\n

“Yeah, it’s a joke I think.” I say,  now wondering myself if it’s even funny. They don’t get it and now, I don’t get it either. My wife Mona, is taking a nap upstairs, belly full with as many sandwiches as she’s<\/em> probably eaten in a month. The volume is turned down on the television and closed captions<\/em> are streaming across the top third of the screen, covering  the faces of everyone on the Fox News Network. My parents read, watch and comment unfavorably whenever someone bashes Hillary or Obama and hiss in unison when anything positive is said about Bush or the War. I ask them why they even watch Fox at all if they are Democrats but they don’t really get the question. I guess I don’t really get it either in this particular election year. Perhaps they just have trouble working the remote and are afraid to mess with the Dish. There are Post-it<\/em> notes taped to everything electronic in the house and most things static, as well.<\/p>\n

And despite what I have just witnessed, I feel like I too, am losing market share quickly in this wildly out of control time warp where one second I’m a kid and the next, I’m in my 50s selling real estate in a down market.  In 10 minutes, I’ll be my father looking for any small victory I can muster. I sometimes feel as if I’m lagging behind all the youth and technology in my chosen industry of real estate. I have to read something three times before it makes sense, lately. I can only Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Odysseus Medal this week goes to Geno Petro for Geno’s Wrong (bang a gong): My mother brings in a ham sandwich on a kaiser roll from the kitchen. It has mayo, mustard and a pickle on it. Onion, too. 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