Getting ready for climate change is important, but how important is it for this couple? We’ll just have to see…
Each week Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic to write a 100 word story about.
This week is a little humor about apartment hunting.
© Lauren Moscato
A Climate Change Ready Apartment
You really think we should rent this place, Larry?
Charlene, the ad says it’s “climate change ready.”
How?
During winter snows, the front door is at drift height.
How convenient.
And get this, during intense summer heat the right window has an air conditioner.
Wow. And how do you get in or out during intense summers with the door so high?
It says here that you wait until winter.
Larry, let’s look at another “climate change ready” apartment. Ok?
You sure? The rent is very affordable.
I’m sure. Let’s pass.
It has reserved street parking, its own snow shovel, east-west exposure…
Larry, I said, pass!
Randy Mazie
The Writer's Village 
Well it’s ticking some boxes, I guess, at certain times of the year. Great take.
Like a ticking time bomb, I suppose…………….
That’s exactly what I thought.
Fun read. I like the way you paced the dialog.
Thank you. I like to pace. I pace a lot.
I’m with Larry…imagine the bonus of no unexpected guests.
They can drop out, but they can’t drop in.
LOL…very entertaining read!
Entertaining is good
It has great possibilities – not sure what but hey, the rents affordable!
You and Larry are on the same page here… cheap.
Affordable rent is big in my book!
Then step right up… very far up, if you can mange the height getting through the front door.
Or just wait for winter to move in…
LOL…that’s a helluva winter!
Depending on how close it is to the shore, they may want to put in a dock by that door!
Ooh, that ‘s a good idea. I’ll tell Charlene right away. I’m sure that will convince her to rent!
Summers inside will be VERY long, the air conditioner quite handy. And I agree with K Rawson, once the oceans rise, they’ll need a boat.
Ok. So I’ll tell Charlene to get a dock and a boat put into the lease agreement!
I’m sure that will cheer her up.
I really enjoyed reading this story. When you said “climate change ready” I was thinking more on the line of the iceburgs melting and the flooding happening. All they have to do is step out into their boat. 😀 Great story!
I don’t think Charlene is going to agree with you on this.
She doesn’t believe global warming?
No – she doesn’t believe in rentals with boats. Ha.
Hahaha! Too funny.
I think I lived there in college and it was a great deal! Ha ha
Sorry – that was a comment as vacant as the apartment.
Oh yes, I dozed off there for a day or two.
Let’s see. I was going to write that I think I had that apartment in college, too, except I was on the bottom floor.
I couldn’t see my way out of the lease.
Ha. get it? No windows below. Couldn’t see my way out of…
And now i go back to sleep.
Randy
Good job Charlene’s there to rein in Barry! That “estate agent speak” can be quite dangerous 🙂
Don’t we all usually have mates that counter certain trends within us and vice versa?
East-West exposure. Funny. Watch out for Barry! Nan 🙂
Did you mean watch out for Larry? Or were you referring to Barry, UK? Barry, Michigan? Barry Bonds? Or barry – as in barometer?
With rent that cheap, they could afford a ladder. Charlene lacks imagination. LOL, that was a fun read!
There you go. A ladder, I’ll email Charlene right away.
I’m absolutely certain that that idea will change her mind.
I’m sure that as she’s going to or coming back from work in a skirt or dress, a ladder is just the ticket she’ll want to use to get in and out her front door.
Yessirree…
I think returning home from grocery shopping will also be a blast. As I said, that Charlene can’t see the possibilities… pampered she is, yup.
😉
PS Charlene asked for directions to your house. You live…?
Siberia. Why? (innocent whistle)
Nevermind, she says, you’re suffering enough just living there.
How clever you are. Love the name. In a heartbeat it would be right up there as a household word with ranch and split-level.
Ooh. I like how your mind works – CCR housing.
Very fun tale of a “climate change ready” apartment. Looks like we’ll all have to wait for winter to come visit.
Really?
Are you free this weekend. I’m having Rapunzel over for TED seminar on hair weaves. She’ll let down her her just for you, Perry.
Dear Randy,
Reminds me a lot of our first apartment, with the exception of the front door. The rent was affordable and, for entertainment, we could hear everything our next-door neighbors had to say. 😉
Clever dialogue. Must take place in Boston.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Boston’s the place I had in mind when I looked at the place and wrote the piece.
Guaranteed relations-free during certain months of the year. Brilliant title.
Ok. That comment went over my head.
But the apartment is over my head, too.
Hilarious. I hope those two find something more comfortable and still climate change ready.
I will extend you good wishes to them.
I think Larry needs encouragement about now.
Randy
Talk about creative advertising! And….one born every minute…. Good thing his mate has a mind on her shoulders!
That’s no head on her shoulders…only a mind.
And Larry wishes that she would mind her own business.
Randy
With seas rising, you can pull your boat right up to the door, too! God knows that a lot of my friends back East could have used this place this past winter. Sharp dialogue, Randy!
Thanks to Charlene. She’s the sharp tongued character in this.
Thanks for commenting.
Randy
Tee her. Optimism at its best.
Optimism in that there really could be a climate ready apartment?
or for Larry thinking of the apartment as a potential climate ready one? or for Larry believing he could tolerate Charlene?
I can see he liked the price and was willing to make all the adjustments. Men, usually, can adjust better than women. Glad he walked away for her sake. 😎
We always do that for our loved ones. I think. Men or women.
You are right. It shouldn’t be based on gender. Well said. ~~~ : )
A great celebration of the creativity of real estate / letting agents! I have no doubt that they will find a willing tenant sooner or later 🙂
The marketing of apartments has no bounds – as the marketing of any item only needs an old top with a new twist. Randy
Dear Randy,
And it’s ready for the coming rise in sea level. I’m sure that truck is pulling a boat trailer.
Your take on the prompt was wonderful. I wonder if that apartment will ever be rented.
Aloha,
Doug
You’re right. It should have come with its own dinghy. I struggled for 10 seconds with how to get out during the summer – would have worked well had I included a boat.
Thanks for throwing me the life vest.
Randy
Yes, I’ll side with Charlene on this one. I think the vendor needs to come up with a better marketing strategy in order to get this place off his hands! A well written and amusing story. 🙂
Thank you.
Charlene says, thank you.
Larry and the agent are grumbling in the background.
Randy
‘Climate change ready’ definitely sounds like something an estate agent would come up with to describe this place. Love the back and forth between Charlene and Larry 🙂
Charlene would like to know if you’d like to join her and Larry for tea and repartee.
Tell Charlene I’ll check my diary.
It might be okay as a second home if you liked cold weather and snow. Well done funny stuff, Randy. 😀 — Suzanne
Second home? I wouldn’t take it as a storage barn, silo, or artists loft.
Nice to hear from you Suzannne.
Randy