World’s Worst Applicant

Logic, logic. I think the subject of logic is on my mind right now because of a phone call I got a few days ago.  A college student called me on the phone because he heard a rumor that I had a one-bedroom apartment coming up for rent. I told the guy that the rumor was not true and that I did not have any one-bedrooms coming up. He said he didn’t believe me. I don’t know why he thought I was lying, but I was telling him the truth. I was feeling uncomfortable about the way this guy was talking, and I wanted to end the conversation. Unfortunately, he wanted to keep talking. Finally I said to him: “Look, there is no point in going on with this conversation. I don’t have any one-bedroom apartments coming up for rent. There is nothing else I can say.” He became angry and said: “When there is nothing else to say, I will be the one to say it, not you!”  Then he hung up the phone. I am sure that this guy didn’t see anything wrong with his logic, but I was certainly not going to call him back and explain it to him.