When contractors work at your house, what is ok, and what is rude?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I feel your pain! We just finished a five-month reno where everything you mentioned happened constantly except for dining at the table (they ate on our porch, generally). There was no table b/c the kitchen was being renovated.

The thing that irritated us the most was the toilet b/c it seemed like they would make a beeline for it every single morning, like they stored everything up for a massive dump at our house that would at times take the better part of :20. Not kidding. The things that powder room saw! They brought their own plunger is how bad it got. Ugh.

Price of doing business - pardon the pun!

OMG

We had a contractor like this, too. It was just one young guy, of the three, but OMG he’d be in there a good half hour. And sometimes wouldn’t bother to make sure everything fully flushed down. It was awkward, but I finally said something to his boss (who was also his dad). Lesson learned—next time there will be a porta-potty.