I think this is a GREAT explanation as to some thinking of tenants. I recently had an e-mail from residents who want out of their lease and they started by calling me rude and unprofessional because I did not see their way....I'm GLAD there is a term for their thought process!!
Via Brian Madigan LL.B. (Royal LePage Innovators Realty, Broker):
"Non Sequitur" Explained
By Brian Madigan LL.B.
(ORES)
The latin term "non sequitur" may be translated as "it does not follow". The expression is truly one of logic rather than law, although the two should not be incompatible.
It is more of a mathematical concept. Then again, logic is often taught as part of the department of Philosophy in many univeristies.
The term "non sequitur" appears in many legal decisions but it is not truly a legal term. It just means, "that's illogical". Courts are always asked to draw inferences and conclusions from an insufficient set of facts.
The "non sequitur" is often the root of advertising. It is desigend to elicit an emotional, favourable response in a consumer to encourage the purchase of a product. However, not everyone who drinks beer, buys a certain car or travels to an exotic location will find "love".
The "sales pitch" is as much a part of the lawyer's toolbox as anything else. If you don't have the facts working for you, the you should resort to the "non sequitur".
Brian Madigan LL.B., Broker is an author and commentator on real estate matters, Royal LePage Innovators Realty
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Wallace S. Gibson, CPM * GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
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Wallace you hit the nail on the head. Tenants often don't realize what it is that they are truly asking or saying for that matter.
I once had an inspection scheduled and the tenant was required to be there, but did not show and did not notify us that she would not be there so we had to reschedule.
A few weeks later the same tenant had a problem with the garage door opener not working and we had to prioritize maintainance issues due to some emergency weather related issues at the time. I let her know that we had to prioritize based on level of emergency and she too accused me of being "unprofessional" and said that the garage door issue was a priority.
Here is where I make my point: Of all people, she should understand priority particularly since on the day of inspection, she had a higher priority that prevented her from being present at the inspection and a higher priority that prevented her from placing a courtesy calling saying that she would not be there. Maddening!
I LOVE that we are "unprofessional" when we don't do EXACTLY what they WANT WHEN they WANT it!!!!
I've actually had to write a departing resident that he needed to "dial down his vitrol" as I still had to do his move-out inspection for the return of his security deposit....somehow he got that I still had his $2,000!!!!
The process just gets worse and worse. As more people refuse to stand up for their responsibilities, they want others to definitely live up to their expectations.