I doubt you'd get a lot of "yes" admission in a public forum, but I'll admit to coming close once in an instance I'm not at all ashamed of.

During the sub-prime (good old?) days, I sat near an LO that was a total bum - he was lazy, incompetent, and a complete ass.  I overheard his conversations once day, and while his lazy ass wasn't paying attention to the market, pricing got worse (he was hoping it got better, as we could get paid more on YSP in those days based on rates), to the point where he lost his commission.  So rather than tucking his tail and lying in the grave he dug, he calls the client, and I hear him start selling her (an elderly woman) on the benefits of a 3/1 ARM as opposed to the 30 year fixed loan she was previously getting.

This guy was taking an elderly customer, and putting her in a sure-to-foreclose loan, because he screwed up and still wanted a commission.  I lost my $hit on him.  We didn't come to blows, but it came very close.  

The saddest part of the story is he's still in the mortgage business working as an LO.  

Never and I am small so I talk fast.

No. BUT. During a board meeting, one of the former board members SLAMMED the COE on the table in front of me so hard, I wondered if my head was next. LOL! I could have turned him into a toad, but someone else must have beat me to it.

No. This is business, not personal. When attacks go personal, there are other avenues of recourse that are much more successful.

OH MY GOODNESS, NO!!  

I've come to BEERS, never blows.

But, come to think of it, there was a lot of blow in the 1980's in real estate, I saw it on Miami Vice.

It's come close.

No. I've never come to physical blows over a professional or personal dispute. Not very professional to do so, don't you think?

John Peak - NO WAY!

No, and I can't imagine any professional behaving this way. Part of being a professional is being able to keep your cool in all situations.

Yikes! I've never even heard of agents lowering themselves to profanity here John Peak .

Never felt the urge.

Some business conversations can be stressful. But my goal is protecting my business or my client interests ( =fix whatever is going on), so my ego opinion has no right to blow. 

physical?? physical?? no... we keep all physical activity at the YMCA.... striking classes...kick boxing.... and weightlifting.... we work in harmony with other agents....

John,

No, never. 

Only during working hours??

Never, and not outside working hours either!

Never. I've never even wanted to. I did get angry at one agent who out-and-out lied about an agreement. But she never knew I was angry. I just reminded her of what was in writing and told her to show me where, in writing, it said what she was saying. She couldn't of course, and she wound up giving up some of her commission to her client to compensate for her error. 

Physical blows, seriously?!!

One time another agent (years ago) got really nasty at a showing -I forget what he was mad about - nothing to do with us. Not sure why he was there but we quickly left and just rolled our eyeballs and said - on to the next house.  It was weird.

No, but the son of a client was into "intimidation" and I would always go to the listing with a 6'2" male associate and kept my cell phone in my hand to call 911. He'd get into "my personal space" repeatedly but I never backed down or showed fear. Yes, the house did close about a month before the marked crashed and his elderly parents did well from the sale.

Physical blows ... NO.  

I've had discussions with others expressing my dissatisfaction and/or disappointment.  Then I move on. 

I've never come to physical blows over anything.

Never, only once did i have to raise my voice when a buyer agent insisted on a seller allowing him in when the home was under contract and clear to close. He insisted his buyer see it in case it fell through. The seller said no, i said no, so he tricked them. I had them call the police, i got there first and shouted he leave at once. 

No.

Never

? No!

No, not my style, but I witnessed an agent who came close to doing that once

No, never in over 40 plus years! A few words exchanged over the years!

No.  On my first transaction, the buyer of my listing wanted to move in to my vacant listing a day early.  I said sorry, not till escrow closes tomorrow...  He said "It's all I can do to not punch you in the nose right now".  I wanted to say "Don't you really mean you want to punch YOUR AGENT for putting you in this positin right now?"  The other agent just stood there.  I stayed calm and the other agent eventually came up with an overnight solution.

John Peak Never!

No, not my style.

NoI play nice.

Not yet.

No, but I've wondered how some have enough brain cells to know how to breathe.

Not even after hours. 

Nope, but there are certainly some agents who deserve a kick in the knee. 

Over Real Estate? Not hardly!

Never.

Wayne and Jean Marie Zuhl nailed this one!

No.

never

No.

No, I am a big gentle guy, skilled in rhetoric, and few want to provoke a physical confrontation.

No but I have heard of it happening a few years back between 2 agents.  

No.

Never thought of it and not worth it...

No!

I have seen three realtors all called Rick at same office and fought over same neighborhoods their farm.  I finally saw one walked away while two Rick still at same brokerage and get mad at each other since 1980s....

No

No.

No, I can't think of a time.  Have you?  Do you have a story to accompany the question?? :-) Kasey

No.  I rarely get really upset.

NO...but I have seen it boiling up in others looking for a way out