Issue of the day for agents is Calendargate: But can we make the story stand up?

Now for the story that really matters – as long as we can make it stand up.

Welcome to Calendargate.

We doubt whether #calendargate has helped Rightmove find its happy, as this bendy issue of the day engages with social media in a way that frankly makes Brexit look trivial.

Rightmove gave away desktop calendars – as businesses do – to their customers.

However, their ‘standupability’ has worried agents who have called it a disgrace.

They have posted pictures of distinctly floppy looking Rightmove calendars to prove their point.

Some have had to improvise to make their calendars stand  up with the use of inserts – a teddy bear in one case, and what looks like industrial scaffolding in another (only a slight exaggeration, but we recognise a national emergency when we see one).

Worried agents are calling for an industry standard for calendars, and one has suggested crowd-funding.

Some have chucked their calendars in the bin, another has simply laid the calendar flat, and there has even been a call to agents to ask for their money back.

A Rightmove spokesperson told us yesterday: “It’s good to see such inventive use of our calendars and we’ll happily replace them if these agents would like to get in touch.”

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