To not employ a tradesman who smokes

I've never smoked in my life, but to be honest, he could be blowing smoke out of his arse for all I care, so long as he turns up and does a good job.

Whether you tell them or not depends on how you’d feel if you find a tradesperson you like but they tell you they don’t want to do the work as found you to be overbearing and obnoxious and it would just be too unpleasant to be in your house.

This😂

But at the end of the day its your choice OP so I can't fault you. Do you.

I think your being a bit precious and I bet he can pick and choose which jobs he wants so if you tell him you are not using his services because of his lifestyle choices you will be the one missing out .

Sorry, a deal breaker for me, just as if he stank of booze or BO.

Fair enough if it's someone working outside, but not in your home, especially if you're living in it.

Amused at the naive people saying it might be second hand smoke or burned wood, no, if someone smokes fags all day, you can tell cos they fucking stink and it does linger. I'm on your side OP as I'd be able to smell it in my house for ages but given that it's hard to book tradespeople I'd put up with it and keep all the windows and doors open and pray he's a fast worker!

Hopefully it wasn’t my husband, who’s a carpenter and has meant to have given up smoking recently! 😅
If you’re a non smoker then smelling smoke on others, and the smell lingering in your home, is truly vile so YANBU. But good tradesmen are hard to find, so if you haven’t found a good alternative then it might be worth just booking a week away when the works taking place, and spraying some febreeze when you get home! 😅 or you could request all windows be left open as you’re still worried about Covid or something?

Yup.

the charmed lives some people live

My double glazers were smokers but not in my house. (Would have put a stop to that soon enough!)

On first morning I gave them some pointers about my expectations and queries of the anticipated two days’ work. 🙄 We had an amicable chat & they happily explained things.

One pointer was:
“If you sit in your van for a fag break, please don’t discard yr fag buts on my drive.”

They were lovely men & I didn’t find a single fag end. Bless ‘em.

How Dramatic

He may not be smoking cigarettes, he might just be burning his wood shavings at the end if the day?

If I could get him to commit to turning up and doing a good job, I’d probably offer him a cigarette with his coffee and biscuits (and I don’t smoke).

I had a tiler once who was WEIRDLY keen on my cat, kept whtsapping me pictures of him during the day and telling me what he (the cat) was doing, but my bathroom looked amazing when he finished so I’d totally use him again. Maybe send the cat to MIL first for the day.

My point is, you can tolerate a lot to keep a good tradesman. My cat might disagree.

You can choose whatever reason you like not to use someone but I see no value or point in telling him why. If you find someone else who you like better (because he doesn't smoke) then crack on, hire him and let the smoker head off to another job.

What if the next one smokes?

I haven't experienced this tradesman shortage and I wouldn't want my house smelling of smoke - but he wouldn't be in the whole house and he wouldn't be chain smoking through the day. He'd probably just had a cigarette on his way to you.

No, wouldn't want someone who stank of cigarettes. Never had a cigarette in my life.

You got a tradesman to show up & you're bitching that he smokes I'm married to one & can't even get him to show up for work here.

So long as he's not smoking in your house, YABVU, buy some febreeze or burn a nice smelly candle & let him crack on

That
I've miraculously found a plumber who turns up within 24hrs and is reasonably priced and does a great job
I'm never letting him go

As long as they don't try to smoke in my house it's fine. I often see them light up in their van when they are having a break. Not my business.

If I could get a carpenter I would buy him a 100 fags for being able to do the job 😂

I'm the trade and where we are, decent carpenters are like rocking horse shit. Well, ones who are actually available any time soon. So it depends how desperate you are but it's a bit of a wet reason to me and I suspect if you tell him, he will likely thank you secretly as he will think he's dodged a bullet.

This. With bells on!!

We had someone quote yesterday which we waited 12 months for them to come and quite and weve booked them to do the work. They are starting the work September 2023.

As long as they don't smoke indoors, I couldn't care less

Send him and his fags here OP. I've been trying to get a carpenter for months

I couldn't care less really TBH as long as he got the job done. Not a smoker and don't love the smell but I'm not sufficiently neurotic about it that I wouldn't hire someone for being a smoker.

You would look really weird and controlling if you told him that tbh.