Carol,

Great post and so true.  I really believe what goes around comes around.  Those agents that have bad attitudes now or are disrespectful will either not be in the business in the next year or two or it will simply come back to them in that they will not get residual business or in the future (like it was in the old days) when you have multiple offers on your listings, and one of the deals is from one of those agents.... LOL, you know where I am going.

Relationships among realtors are key for continued success for all of us.  The ones that do not understand that are missing the big picture and hurting themselves.

I understand that we have bad days sometimes.  I have had testy converstations with other co-op realtors here and there and if I think I crossed the line, I have called back to apologize indicating that I have had a bad day.  It takes guts to make that call but I have been glad in the past when I did.

Amen,  They either learn pretty fast that they need the rest of us. No man is an island. In the meantime the ones who don't change Brokers half a dozen times. Surely that's the problem with their success. Then they just fade away.

Unfortunately they have damaged our reputation in their wake. Don't think for a minute that a by-standing customer was impressed with their unprofessional ism. They just didn't say anything to them, and that was their last transaction with that customer. hence no referral business for the bull in the china shop.