Our flat is very stupidly designed so that if lift engineers want access to the control box thingie they need to be in my flat. I'm of the opinion that if they're in my flat then I want to be in it too - emergencies excluded, of course.
The engineer attended for a service inspection today and ended up staying over 2 hours because he chose to do a non-urgent bit of maintenance, which whilst it did want doing wasn't critical. The visits normally take about 20 minutes, so he was here far longer than expected and didn't tell me he was going to do this incredibly long job. I got to the point where I said to him that I was going to have to hurry him along as I had an appointment I needed to attend, so he wrapped up, at a reasonable stopping point, and went on his way. I sent the manager of the lift contract from our residents committee (we're self managed) a text saying that I'd sent him on his way and that he'd have to come back to finish the job as I have a medical appointment to attend. He's come back all guns blazing telling me I should leave him there and go about my day.
So as not to drip feed we do have a random internal door we can lock, thus locking half the flat off from the engineer, but not the other half. The committee chap said I could lock that "for your flexibility" which I hardly think is the point.
AIBU to think that it's my home and therefore I get to choose whether people can be in it or not? And that the committee man is being a bit of a bully?