Realtor Drinks Homeowner's Milk Straight From Jug, Gets Fined $15K

Real estate agent says it wasn't something he'd normally do, but he was dehydrated
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jul 31, 2023 1:30 AM CDT
Updated Aug 5, 2023 8:30 AM CDT
Realtor Fined $15K for Drinking Milk Straight From Jug
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A real estate agent in British Columbia was caught on home surveillance footage drinking someone else's milk straight from the jug, and it cost him—a lot. Mike Rose was alone in a home that was for sale last July as he waited for his clients, who were potential buyers for it, when the odd incident took place. The homeowners later reviewed the security camera footage and saw Rose open their refrigerator, take a drink out of the milk jug, and then put the jug back, the Canadian Press reports. A consent order released by the BC Financial Services Authority says it reached an agreement with Rose that he would be fined approximately $15,000 for conduct unbecoming under the Real Estate Services Act, plus another nearly $2,000 to cover the authority's enforcement expenses, the Vancouver Sun reports.

The order cites Rose as saying the behavior was not something he would normally have done, but that he was on a new medication and under a lot of stress, as a result of which he was "unusually dehydrated." He opened the fridge looking for water but only saw milk, he said. The homeowners told him not to return to their home and the clients he was showing it to replaced him. He is now with a new real estate brokerage. (More strange stuff stories.)

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