Ryan’s and Roxana’s Thursday<\/b><\/p>\n
“Whatever you said on the phone last night worked, because Wolfgang wants us to meet us at the apartment today at 2pm!” exclaims Roxana over the phone.<\/p>\n
“Great, mi amor! I’ll meet you there at 2!”<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
“There’s a small problem,” apologizes Wolfgang while he dismounts his bike. “Well, not a problem, really. Saskja isn’t at home, so I won’t be able to show you both the room, today.”<\/p>\n
That’s kind of a problem. “Eh, that’s no big deal,” I reply.<\/p>\n
“Yes, Ryan told me that this place is great, and I trust him,” laughs my adorable girlfriend. And then grinning at me, “Right?” Adorable.<\/p>\n
Wolfgang politely chuckles. “Well, okay. I am very sorry that we will not be able to go in and see the place but, uh, there is not much I can do. Saskja was home from work yesterday to show applicants the apartment, and I’m not sure she can stay home a second day.” He shrugs and slants his eyes downward to emphasize that we had our chance, yesterday.<\/p>\n
I get the point. “Yeah, of course. That’s understandable.”<\/p>\n
“But I wanted to meet anyway,” continues Wolfgang, “so that I might get to know Roxana. I met you, yesterday, so we are good. I just have to make sure I can tell the owner that I know both of you when I make my final recommendation.”<\/p>\n
That’s interesting. It sounds like he just said that he’s planning to recommend us.<\/p>\n
“Oh, yeah?” I ask. “How does that part of the selection work?”<\/p>\n
“Well, after I meet every applicant, I make a judgment about which ones would fit in well, here. You know–who will likely pay rent, whom the existing tenants might like, and things like that.” And then “I’ve been working with this building for a long time, so I have no problem identifying good residents.”<\/p>\n
“Anyway, then I propose three applicants to the man who owns the building. I might emphasize one over the other two, but I leave it to him to make the final decision among those three. Then, of course, he meets the applicant he chooses when we sign the papers.”<\/p>\n
Roxana’s wearing her biggest happy face. “Of course, no pressure there!” she jokes.<\/p>\n
“Haha, yes. It’s a pretty formal process, but it’s also very smooth and easy. Nothing to worry about. If you meet the guy, it’s because you’ve already been awarded the place.”<\/p>\n
He changes the subject. “So, um, I have a few questions for you, Roxana.”<\/p>\n
Roxana: “Okay!”<\/p>\n
“You work for,” checking his papers “Texas Instruments, is that right?”<\/p>\n
“Yes, that’s right!”<\/p>\n
“And when does your contract end?”<\/p>\n
“It doesn’t. I’m on indefinite contract with TI.”<\/p>\n
“Oh! That’s good. Stable jobs are always good things.”<\/p>\n
“Yes, I can confirm that!”<\/p>\n
“So I’ll just need the standard set of documents to review, whenever you can provide them.”<\/p>\n
“Oh, I have them now!” Roxana is beaming.<\/p>\n
“Oh! That’s great! Let me see…and this is your current salary?” he points at one of the documents.<\/p>\n
“Yes, that is the current one.”<\/p>\n
“Okay, and I see you also have your travel and residency documents in here. Good.”<\/p>\n
“Yes, it’s all there!”<\/p>\n
“Very good! Well, I feel good having met both of you. Now, I can go to the owner and make my recommendations. Do you have any questions for me?”<\/p>\n
Both of us: “No, no questions!”<\/p>\n
“Okay, you will hear from me tomorrow morning. I will tell you whether or not you are selected.”<\/p>\n
“Sounds great,” I tell him. “Vielen dank!”<\/p>\n
“Ja, bitte! Bis bald!”<\/p>\n
“Bis bald,” Roxana and I yell back. And then Wolfgang pedals away.<\/p>\n
“Wow, I really<\/i> hope we get this apartment, now,” says Roxana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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