Posted by GOLDGIRL/CA on 2/9/11 5:55pm
Msg #372074

They treat us like idiots

This is under "Scheduler's Instructions" from a SS:

""This is an inoffice closing with the real estate agent - please dress professionally and be on time.""

Do you think I can respond that the Realtor showed up in jeans, wrinkly t-shirt and sandals (what else is new?) with some sort of weed whacker hair do, and 25 minutes late, leaving the on-time notary and borrowers standing in the lobby of the main building with no place to sit because it was after hours and the inner office was locked?
(Incidentally, 5 more minutes of that and this professionally dressed notary woulda been goooone with instructions to the borrowers to resked. My previous appt was 45 minutes late.
Geez!

Reply by MariaIECA on 2/9/11 6:16pm
Msg #372077

Re: I know exactly who (SS) you are talking about ..lol! N/M n/m

Reply by JanetK_CA on 2/9/11 8:58pm
Msg #372093

"leaving the on-time notary and borrowers standing in the lobby of the main building with no place to sit because it was after hours and the inner office was locked?"

I hear ya!! For me, it was standing outside in the parking lot because it was after hours and the whole building was locked... and this was for an REO (I believe) purchase by a first time home buyer. Fortunately, though, our Realtor was only about 15 minutes late.

Reply by mwm143 on 2/9/11 9:50pm
Msg #372102

Because they have hired idiots....

Lots and lots of idiots in the business and lots and lots of companies willing to hire them if the price is right. Keep in mind the reason those instructions were in that package is because a notary signing agent waltzed into a closing, baby on hip, 20 minutes late and styling in their dress sweats.

Reply by LKT/CA on 2/9/11 10:55pm
Msg #372109

Re: Because they have hired idiots....

<<<Keep in mind the reason those instructions were in that package is because a notary signing agent waltzed into a closing, baby on hip, 20 minutes late and styling in their dress sweats.>>>

ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/9/11 9:55pm
Msg #372103

IF

The poem IF by Rudyard Kipling MUST have been written for signing agents!

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

The rest of it: http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/Rudyard_Kipling/kipling_if.htm

I think this was one of the wisest and most universally applicable pieces of literature ever written.

Amazing parallels to being a signing agent right there in the first verse!

Reply by BobbiCT on 2/10/11 7:32am
Msg #372118

Brenda - remember these instructions ...

I still LOL at instructions when the boom first started and everyone jumped on the NSA bandwagon ... granted it was a hot summer but:

The instructions read: Women must wear bras but not shorts.
(Hugh, stop laughing as you picture this image!)

Apparently a number of wives complained that their husbands were NOT paying attention to what they were signing because they were fascinated by the NSA who wore a white rayon tank top (no bra) and short-short jogging shorts. Heck - it's California in the summer!

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/10/11 8:31am
Msg #372124

Oh no...

I don't remember those instructions!

We were supposed to wear bras???

LOL...I can't believe some of the get ups that I've heard of notaries wearing to work.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 2/10/11 8:51am
Msg #372125

Bobbi...I've never seen those particular instructions

but to this day I'm still seeing "no shorts, no flip flops"...."business attire - you represent us"...and have been told by LO's at banks "thank God you're dressed - the last notary wore <<insert any inappropriate attire here>>....

So, apparently it's still happening...and it boggles my mind..

Reply by BrendaTx on 2/10/11 9:18am
Msg #372129

Linda, and yet they get hired. THAT'S what boggles

my mind.

To those LOs and companies, I say "Ha, ha, ha...good enough for you! You pay crap, you get crap. You develop relationships with a professionals and you get professional notaries."

Reply by JanetK_CA on 2/10/11 4:26pm
Msg #372247

Re: Linda, and yet they get hired. THAT'S what boggles

I have nothing to back this up, but somewhere in my head is a suspicion that some of these people don't necessarily get the job because they work cheap. I'm guessing that they have a connection with a title company person (family member, etc.) who funnels work to them. It's the old "you should get your notary [sic]. I could send you lots of business" shtick... And they have a steady flow of work from a particular source and no incentive to develop professionalism in their conduct.

Like I said, just a suspicion, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's still a lot of that going around. I don't doubt, though, that signing services paying low-ball fees contribute their part.

Reply by Jodith/WA on 2/10/11 1:32pm
Msg #372194

Re: Brenda - remember these instructions ...

*laughs* I never wear a bra. Gave it up when I turned 45. But I also wear an opaque camisole/tank under my shirts for modesty's sake. Learned that in the convent years ago. Cotton in the summer, wool blend in the winter. Works great.

Not that anyone wants to ogle my boobs anyway, just so I don't offend anyone with a better developed sense of modesty than I have.

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 2/10/11 9:39am
Msg #372134

I'd send a nice and polite email to the realtor if you have

their info, and let them know what the SS expected of you, and that perhaps they could've shown a bit more professionalism in their appearance.

Can you imagine what they'd wear to show potential BO their listings...probably holy a$$ jeans, tank top, and a mullet (sp?)!