To make the electrician take his shoes off?

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Got an electrician coming round tomorrow to fit some lights in our kitchen. We have a crawling baby and I want to ask the electrician to take his shoes off. DH says I'm nuts...

AIBU or is he? Would you make a workman take their shoes off in your house?

You can’t live in a bubble, OP. And neither can your baby. Give shoegate a swerve. You’re being a little bit silly.

Hilarious! Asking him to work on electrics in his socks. I imagine he may need to keep his work boots on. If you really feel there’s a risk keep your baby out of the way and hoover once he has gone.

Gosh MN is like another world.

Wanting a tradesman to take off his shoes because of the baby and germs?! What kind of middle class precious firstborn rubbish is this?!
Grow up

😂😂 why is your baby crawling under a tradesman? Ffs, no, he doesn't need to take his shoes off

I dont think either socks or shoe covers would provide sufficient grip to be safe, particularly if ladders are involved.
But who would ask a tradesman to remove their shoes anyway? Rude.

OP you’re being really idiotic. Health and Safety of the electrician trumps your “clean” floors every time.

The electrician is insured and his/her insurers would have probably stipulated that they must wear protective clothing that is current best practise for their job to minimise risk and , thus, reduce need to claim for injury.
Most reputable trade folk put covers on their footwear , but, electricians should be wearing rubber soles shoes that contact with the floor.
I’m sorry but I think you’re being a tad too precious here. YABU

OP, unless he’s trailing dog shit round the house your baby will be fine.

Who on earth let’s a baby crawl around workmen working? It should be in another room

They won’t take their shoes of for health and safety reason However I just hoover/wash the floor afterwards, no problem
YADBU

So your baby will never crawl/walk on grass? Or outside the house? You've never placed a bag on the floor outside and then let it back in the house? Pushchair wheels?

I don't imagine the electrician will have done a 10 mile hike through mud, poo and other highly dangerous germs before he comes to your house, I could be mistaken of course. If his shoes look visibly muddy then you can ask him I suppose as that would be impolite of him, I doubt any tradesperson would expect to be allowed to wear visibly dirty shoes in customers' houses.

OP the electrician's shoes are part of their PPE, you are being hysterical. If you're that bothered then buy some shoe covers and ask him to use them.

And get yourself a grip whilst you're at it.

Ah ok. Maybe IABU!!

Just to be clear baby wasn't going to be crawling around during works!! Or be anywhere near in fact!

Just clean up after they have left which I am sure you would have to do anyway...... this is something that has never entered my head. And we are renovating our house atm. Surely it's not safe for workmen to work in their socks.

You can have him to use protective footwear coverings, but No you cannot ask him to remove his shoes.

Hilarious, I’ve had crawling babies and no one took shoes off we also have a dog it really made no difference - 4 healthy boys who rarely are unwell. Floors were mopped/hoovered regularly.
Lead him to kitchen then clean your floor afterwards
Not rocket science is it really?

I agree with the majority of PPs it would be unsafe for him to work in his socks .
It wouldn't bother me at all but if u was concerned I would get a plastic decorators sheet from Wilkos ( about £5 I think) and put that down before he arrives.

The hostility in some of these answers is so odd.

Every workman who has come to our home asks if they should take their shoes off or put on shoe covers, and I always say yes just because I’d rather not have dirt from outside tracked in.

In a lot of cultures it would be extremely rude to go into a home with shoes on - if I’m visiting any Asian friends I usually take my shoes off unprompted, everybody else I ask.

It’s really not unusual for people to say no shoes in the house, especially when they have young children.

Are you having a laugh? Don't be ridiculous

We’re having central heating put in at the moment and there are pipes, tools, fittings etc everywhere.

My baby and I are just moving from room to room out of the way. It’s not ideal having work down with a young baby in the house but it needs doing. I wouldn’t ask the workmen to remove there shoes for the sake of their own health and safety.

Well he's just left. And he offered to take his shoes off without me even asking so there you go!! Played it all cool "oh if you like, it doesn't matter really" but he still did it. Says he asks all the time - so there you go!!

Get some roll and stroll, sticky floor covering.

So you wanted him to take his shoes off, were so bothered about it that you posted on here asking about it, yet when he offered to take his shoes off you said 'if you like, it doesn't matter'

Yes of course he did

I don’t know if I believe that one OP but at least you tried

He did!

Seriously got better things to do with my time than make up that an electrician offered to take his shoes off! I'm a 33 year old mother of 2 😂

Obviously I wanted him to take them off. I was being lighthearted when I said I "played it cool"

For what it's worth he wasn't to any ladders today. Lights were under wall units