I went to look at a flat and it turned out that the agent had booked someone else at the same time to view the flat and then tried to turn it into an unpleasant contest for who could be the first to bring him a deposit, even going as far as saying that we could have a fight about it, even though neither of us had shown any issue with the other.

We were both just standing there open mouthed and staring at him, wondering if he was for real. I decided there and then that it didn't matter how nice the flat was, there was no way I was going to have financial dealings with someone who was that much of an arsehole and told the other guy that as far as I was concerned he could have the flat if he wanted it.

I eventually went with a place that was equally nice, where the agent told me that the only people he had had round so far weren't all that interested, so I could probably take a few days to decide.

So if you are going to always be closing, don't be a dick about it.