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[quote=Anonymous]I feel like a Grinch for even writing this post, but today was kind of the last straw for me. We've been doing a bunch of smaller home projects (built-ins, painting, wallpaper) that require contractors onsite for anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. We both work from home, and right now, the kids are home too. I saw another post about how contractors have a right to freedom in their workplace, but if their workplace is your home, who gets priority? Here are some examples from the past few months. Are all ok with you, or do you say something?

- listening to music or videos without headphones inside the house
- talking/arguing on speakerphone for 30+ minutes
- sitting at our dining room table for lunch
- pooping in the toilet every day

In my family, we are all pretty quiet/ introverted, so this feels a bit overwhelming. I would never talk on speakerphone or listen to music without headphones anywhere really. But is that just my idiosyncrasy?  The last one I feel kind of bad about. I know pooping is a normal bodily function, but we are also very private about that sort of thing. So someone pooping like clockwork every day in our powder room while we are in the kitchen feels gross. Personally, I would drive down the street to Starbucks to avoid that situation.

These are not all the same people BTW, it's different contractors, which makes me think this is normal and I am the weird one. We're close to the end of our "summer of home projects" thankfully, but I wonder if I should have said something along the way. I would hate to get someone in trouble for something that was simply an annoyance.

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