{"id":29637,"date":"2022-03-02T08:21:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=29637"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:02:16","slug":"great-names-in-the-rental-biz-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/02\/great-names-in-the-rental-biz-3\/","title":{"rendered":"GREAT NAMES IN THE RENTAL BIZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nArvids Jansons.<\/span> I got his desk when he left.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Argero Vassileros. Nickname: Argie.<\/p>\n

Michael Bielemuk.\u00a0 The Professor. He had floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.<\/p>\n

Maria Malfundido. A kleptomaniac. She stole light bulbs from the hall so we glued the bulbs into the sockets.<\/p>\n

Saram Carmichael.<\/span> A transvestite<\/span><\/span> who solicited customers from her second-floor window. The johns waited at the bus stop under her window.<\/p>\n

Stan Hershfield. At the time, one of the few Jews <\/span><\/span>on the West Side. He loved the word bubkes<\/em> (beans), as in: “Stratton, I have bubkes<\/em> so don’t hondle<\/em> me about the rent.” [Hondle<\/em> is haggle.] When Hershfield painted the natural wood floor in the kitchen, he yelled, “Only the best, Stratton, Benjamin Moore!”<\/p>\n

Malfalda Bedrossian. She was never late with her rent.<\/p>\n

Chris Andrews.<\/span>He had a regular name but slept in a coffin every night.
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Merjeme Haxhiraj. She talked me down $10 every year on her rent.<\/p>\n

Patience Osuma. She wasn’t patient. She had multiple beefs and maybe thought she was living in the Ritz.<\/p>\n

John “Chip” Stephens. He played jazz piano all day and was good enough to land a tenure-track teaching job at a university in Missouri.
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