It can happen to you

Today’s self storage blog is from one of our sales reps and trainers, Laura.

It happened to me! With little to no warning I found myself without a home. No fault of my own of course, my landlord decided to let the bank foreclose on the house I was renting without giving me ample warning to move out. So with only nine shopping days left until Christmas, and I have yet to do mine, I now need to find a home. Unfortunately three things are against me in doing so.

First, I am in Columbia Missouri and this time of the year it is cold and wet so there is an inconvenience I would rather not have. Second, this is the home of three major colleges and all the decent rentals are already taken until late Spring. Third moving is usually a planned expense and rather costly with rent, rent deposits and utility deposits as well as the cost of actually moving my belongings.

So now I am back to where I started, homeless, and I will have to knit sweaters to give as holiday presents, after I learn how to knit. So I now sit in that proverbial boat going up that proverbial creek without that proverbial paddle. What do I do? I call my best friend and after much crying for both of us she offers to put me up until I can find a place after the holidays. Perfect solution except… where do I put my earthly belongings?

Why self-storage of course! After all I am an expert at the business. I sell storage space all the time and even train others to do so. Cut and dry, black and white, pink and green, this will be a breeze. I thought. What I did not take in to account was the emotional part of this. I never thought this could happen to me. Me. Laura Dawn.

I am always the one helping others through these rough spots in life. Granted things could be much worse: no loss of life, no hurricane damage, no fire damages. I speak on a daily basis to at least one person who needs to store as a result of these misfortunes. I preach empathy to the people I train because someone going through these kinds of circumstances wants understanding not sympathy. I was praying that karma would in turn bless me with understanding people who want to help me reach a solution to my predicament. I did. Thank you karma!
Arlene and Jason, the management team at the local StorageMart our office is connected to, were more than willing and understanding to help solve part of my problem. Thanks to both of them and their efforts I am now a proud owner of a 10×10 storage unit with a nice new shiny lock on the door. I can spend time with my best friend and her family for a while until I can find a place. Once again life is good and all is well in my world. Thanks karma. Gotta go now, my knitting lesson is in half an hour and I’m learning to do a pair of mittens. What do you think, pink and green? Happy Holidays!

Laura Dawn

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