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When you call a contractor, you are ultimately paying for a completed job (regardless of how labor is itemized - or not - on the invoice). Once you start trying to micromanage their behavior and schedule, you start acting like you employ them. Careful - they might mail you a W4!
When you call a contractor, you are ultimately paying for a completed job (regardless of how labor is itemized - or not - on the invoice). Once you start trying to micromanage their behavior and schedule, you start acting like you employ them. Careful - they might mail you a W4!
They aren't being paid to express political opinions of any sort. And I most certainly am entitled to manage their behavior- they aren't smoking a cigarette in my house, for instance. This is no different.
Anyone remember back when you could discuss differing opinions without getting triggered?
Yup. Feels like 100 yrs ago. And frankly, when politics IS one of the most interesting topics, if people can keep their emotions in check, talking about it would be so good for us as a whole. sigh.....oh well.
This is the problem. You've now been put in a position, in your own home, where you cannot voice your own opinions without starting an unwanted argument or risking that this guy, who's already being unprofessional, will retaliate by doing a lousy job. It's never OK for someone else to invade your space and hold you hostage.
Whoa Whoa Whoa....she put herself in this position....if what she's in is a position. She could have said "I never discuss politics."Or walked away....oh, I hear my dryer is done....anything. If he was insulting, I suppose that could be a reason not to hire someone again, then that is her call.
He didn't invade her space. She HIRED him.
They aren't being paid to express political opinions of any sort. And I most certainly am entitled to manage their behavior- they aren't smoking a cigarette in my house, for instance. This is no different.
I play golf with people who have differing political views than me. I work with people who have differing political views than me.
Fortunately my ears are labelled "in" and "out" and my feet still work so I can walk away if I feel the need.
OMG! You mean you use common sense???? Pretty sure that illegal now, Sir.
I would appreciate the comments from the tradesman.
If I disagreed with his/her politics it would lead me to write a crappy Yelp review and tell my neighbors not to hire.
This is really an unfair thing to do, but you sound like you enjoy the thought. If he did good work, would you leave the same crappy review?
One of the guys who treated our house for termites whipped out his phone and showed me porno while setting up the job.
Didn't stop me from hiring them. They were on time the next day and did the job at a fair price.
Too many people today are quick to 'punish' people.
Sounds like a conversation unless he talked to himself. Life can get lonely if only your own opinion counts.
Yep. From where I stand, you can't willingly engage in conversation and then cry foul when someone's views don't align with your own.
Of course, one is free to hire/not hire whoever one wants, but I find this rather silly.
If you want to keep things completely professional, then don't engage in conversation other than basic pleasantries or specific to the job at hand. It takes at least two to have a conversation, so I won't put any "blame" on one party.
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