Decorator taking the piss

[LoveInTokyo]

I’m working from home today because there’s a man here painting our bedroom. We live in a rented apartment so I think the landlord/agency found him. Communications about when he would be coming we’re extremely poor so my husband and I both had to rearrange our work schedules this week to accommodate him.

Today he turned up an hour late. I made him a coffee. (Because why start off on a bad note?) He arrived 20 minutes ago and has been yakking away on the phone loudly the whole time, and then I smelt cigarette smoke and had to go in and tell him to stop smoking in our bedroom otherwise our mattress and all the clothes in our wardrobe are going to smell of cigarettes. Now he has finally got off the phone and put loud music on. (It’s a two room apartment and I’m supposed to be working next door.)

AIBU or is he completely taking the piss?

Why not just say "Do you mind going outside if you want to smoke? I can't stand the smell, and is it alright if the music's just on low? I'm working next door"

No need to completely kick him out. Maybe he's just used to smoking wherever he wants and didn't give it a thought?
Also, tell him where the kettle is and tell him you're busy and to help himself if he wants a brew. So long as he puts things back how he found them.

Why do people deliberately like to make themselves unpopular. He surely can't be that stupid. He knows you'll talk to friends saying "Don't use him, he's helpless" ect ect. He's either too big for his boots or an absolute idiot.
As for smoking in your house for once I'm speechless.

Not much point in your husband calling to complain is there? It's not going to change a thing. Now if you were to tell the twat to leave and follow it up with the complaint that would make sense. Having a moan about it but doing nothing? Waste of time.

Maybe he thinks that because we’re tenants rather than owners it won’t make any difference. But we certainly won’t be calling him in a few months’ time when we’ve bought our own place!

Where are you, OP?

I’m in France. The decorator isn’t French though. (Not sure whether that’s relevant.)

OP, what I meant was why on earth didn't you have the landlord's details already? What if something more serious/urgent than a bad decorator had happened while your DH was at work and uncontactable?

Tom I take your point and will sort that out tonight. I am almost never here when he is not, but it could still happen.

higgy I think you’ve hit on what is really pissing me off, which is that there is very little I can do if I don’t want to make things worse for us. I hate renting!

Let him fuck off