Sweating like a short-order cook

There is a fine line between service and servitude.

Real estate is a lot of things for the agent. It is consulting; it is business administration; it is public relations and marketing, and a lot of dry number crunching and contract management. Mostly, though, it is a service industry. So, where does one draw the line between providing exceptional service, when and where the customer demands it, and holding the line of professional decorum?

For me, this is a question as loaded as "what's for breakfast?" My children don't want three-squares served up over conversation and bonding. They want sustenance (or as we call it in our house, a doughnut) on the run.

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