Choose Your Ending

I work with these two delightful agents--a husband and wife couple. They have more mettle than I, as they are willing to tackle rentals on a regular basis. Last week I was in the office when this bizarre one came in.

As the story goes, the tenants--an unmarried couple dragged my agent friends to look at several high-end properties. The tenants wanted to rent something in the $2500 range. No! Scratch that, the woman wanted to rent something in that range. The man would have been happy with a tent pitched in the desert.

The man had been nervous about the amount of money being spent. The woman had publicly declared to my agent friends, she made the brunt of the income and she was perfectly happy spending that much on rent every month so their blended families could live in peaceful harmony. 

After a day or so of looking (which is a long time to look in the metro Phoenix rental market, as everything tends to be gone in 24 hours), the tenants found the perfect home.  The woman was already eyeing where this year's Christmas tree would go. She was figuring out the logistics for their backyard wedding reception (planned for the spring). As far as she was concerned, this was their dream rental.

The only thing left to do was to sign the lease.

Yet, before that magic moment, the man called my agent friends. He didn't like the paint color in one of the bedrooms and wanted to know if they could paint. The answer was yes, but the color had to be approved by the landlord. So, if the man could just get a paint color swatch and turn it in, it probably won't be an issue.

Before anyone could blink: the man said, "The hell with it! Just cancel the whole lease." And, with that, he hung up.

Anyone want to guess the back story? I don't know for sure, but I thinking there is more than a house on the line for this guy.