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Law is indeed a noble profession.


I put estate agents in the same category as recruitment consultants. Both are necessary evils - you hate them until you need them.


I also know the 80/20 rule of stereotypes apply. It isn't that stereotypes of estate agents are dangerous because they mis-judge the 80%, but because we may mis-judge the 20% exceptions.


If estate agents and recruiters would increase their focus on customer service by about 10 degrees, there would be recast as closer to noble professions, no doubt.

Very nicely put Maurice - and Peckhamboy. Anyway, I am glad that not everyone misconstrued my original points; even H.P took it all rather well.


Of course there are some good estate agents (as with all professions), although there does seem to be a higher percentage of dastardly ones, as Maurice has so eloquently noted!


Anyway, I live in hope. Maybe one day I will meet a decent and compassionate estate agent, instead of either:-


1: a wide boy/geezer type.

2: failed public school boy

3: rather tarty female chavvy type


I am sure H.P is none of the aforementioned. :)

Jingles, you can be hired, used and fired and you'll probably kiss *rse throughout. Like most of us, your life choice is to be either a whore or a benefit recipient.


Come down off your high horse, stop sneering at others and stop perpetuating the myth that lawyers are ignorant smug tw*ts. Some of us are alright.

Oglandia Wrote:

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> Jingles, you can be hired, used and fired and

> you'll probably kiss *rse throughout. Like most of

> us, your life choice is to be either a whore or a

> benefit recipient.

>

> Come down off your high horse, stop sneering at

> others and stop perpetuating the myth that lawyers

> are ignorant smug tw*ts. Some of us are alright.


My sentiments exactly. Your profession is not as holy as you presume. Yes it is regulated and predicated on a particular level of trust and confidence but you typify the ugly underbelly of it with your arrogance. Conveyancing lawyers, personal injury lawyers and matrimonial lawyers are they any better than estate agents?


The point is your attitude does not engender warmth whereas HP does. So however superior you may feel you or your profession is people judge you by your conduct.

Jingles Wrote:

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> 1: a wide boy/geezer type.

> 2: failed public school boy

> 3: rather tarty female chavvy type


I agree with most of what you've said Jingles, but I have to say I know lawyers who would fit in to all of those categories! I also know plenty of lawyers who are in it completely for the money, and have no more scruples than your average estate agent about taking as much money from a client as they possibly can.


I also know lawyers who really want to do good and make a difference... They are the ones who earn ?30k or less.

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