AIBU not to have let her in without a mask.

[Trialanderror02]

I know masks are a touchy subject and I am not against people who are exempt from masks. I don’t judge or shout at people in the supermarket 🤣
Today I had British gas turn up at the door for meter readings, she was a little rude when I wouldn’t let her in the house ( CEV house ) as she was not wearing a mask. She explained that she was exempt but right now we are in teir 2 no household mixing etc was I unreasonable not to let her in without a mask. She kept telling me she was exempt so therefore did not require to wear a mask
Which like I said I would usually accept but not when they are coming in to my house. I do not take DD ( CEV ) in to shops etc.

[MJMG2015]

@flaviaritt

Let's face it, no one would give a seconds consideration to a surgeon who claimed to be exempt from wearing a mask.

Well, no, but doing a meter reading is quite a bit different to taking out someone’s appendix.

Best laugh today🤣🤣🤣

[RaspberryCoulis]

She explained that she was exempt but right now we are in teir 2 no household mixing etc was I unreasonable not to let her in without a mask.

Well it's up to you, isn't it. But you can't then complain when your gas bill is wrong, underestimated or overestimated. And if you don't give a shit about discriminating against people with disabilities.

And if you honestly think that you're going to catch covid from someone coming into your house for 2 minutes to read a gas meter, in a situation where it's very easy to stand back and socially distance, then your perception of risk is WAY off.

[ivfbeenbusy]

I am not against people who are exempt from masks. I don’t judge or shout at people

Well you are because she said she was exempt but you didn't believe her. And you have judged her because you are talking about in on MN? 🤷‍♀️

[SlopesOff]

I have refused meter readings before Covid, there is no need for more than one a year and we were getting them every few weeks after a change of supplier.

In the current climate it is not necessary for any readings when they can be done online, especially in the OP's situation.

[QueSera]

@RaspberryCoulis
if you don't give a shit about discriminating against people with disabilities.
What a twisted thing for you to say. OP's DD is extremely vulnerable, who OP is trying to protect. We are not supposed to be mixing people from different households indoors - so OP was entirely correct not to let a stranger who could not wear a mask into her house where her extremely vulnerable DD is. This is hardly discrimination, it is protecting your child.
Always shocks me how unbelievably nasty posters like you can be.

[GabsAlot]

nah you dont need to let anyone in and they cold have just said can u read it for me then noted it down

mine usually leave a card i can write it on

[MJMG2015]

[quote Silentplikebath]@flaviaritt that seems like a good way of allowing yourself to be burgled! Never leave a stranger inside your home for any reason, no matter who they claim to be.

@Trialanderror02, Was she wearing gloves, shoe covers or any other type of PPE? You definitely did the right thing by refusing entry.[/quote]
I'm not sure what anyone would want to steal from my kitchen or in the old house under the stairs. Meters don't tend to be next to your loose diamonds

Shoe covers for Covid? Mud sure, Covid not so much.

[Redcups64]

I would say it’s unreasonable but as she actually needs to enter your house then no, it’s not unreasonable.

Maybe you could have took a photo on your phone and showed her it?

[megletthesecond]

I've got a boiler service later.
They'd better turn up in a mask or they ain't coming in.

The chap who repaired my washing machine in the summer wore a mask. I left him to get on with it and had all the windows open for ventilation.

[MountainDog]

A surgeon who was "exempt" is ludicrous. They would have to resign. They would not put patients at risk.

[Eckhart]

I would say it’s unreasonable but as she actually needs to enter your house then no, it’s not unreasonable

Define 'need'? Energy companies estimate when they don't know, and readings can be submitted in other ways. A delay wouldn't hurt British Gas (whilst they organised for another staff member to come round), to any extent similar to if the staff member without a mask inadvertently killed OP or a family member.

There's lots of ways around this, and BG and its representatives should be aware of that, rather than pressuring people like OP into letting a potentially infected person without PPE into their own home.

[Mmn654123]

@RaspberryCoulis

She explained that she was exempt but right now we are in teir 2 no household mixing etc was I unreasonable not to let her in without a mask.

Well it's up to you, isn't it. But you can't then complain when your gas bill is wrong, underestimated or overestimated. And if you don't give a shit about discriminating against people with disabilities.

And if you honestly think that you're going to catch covid from someone coming into your house for 2 minutes to read a gas meter, in a situation where it's very easy to stand back and socially distance, then your perception of risk is WAY off.

She didn’t discriminate against a person with a disability. Op is not providing good or services to the gas meter companies employee.

And she was absolutely right not to allow them in. I wouldn’t have let them in even with a mask if a CEV child lives there. It’s not essential.

[MJMG2015]

@PatriciaPerch

We have had workmen in the house who didn't wear masks too, I opened all the windows. I ddn't feel I could say can you wear a mask so I just kept away from them and then disinfected everywhere

Do you have a CEV child attached to an IV line who been being shielded since March?

If not, it's hardly comparable.

[MJMG2015]

@RaspberryCoulis

She explained that she was exempt but right now we are in teir 2 no household mixing etc was I unreasonable not to let her in without a mask.

Well it's up to you, isn't it. But you can't then complain when your gas bill is wrong, underestimated or overestimated. And if you don't give a shit about discriminating against people with disabilities.

And if you honestly think that you're going to catch covid from someone coming into your house for 2 minutes to read a gas meter, in a situation where it's very easy to stand back and socially distance, then your perception of risk is WAY off.

Jesus.

Did you even bother to read the OP's posts?

She has an extremely vulnerable child attached to an IV line.

It doesn't matter how small the risk is. Why would you take any risk to have a meter read?

[Trialanderror02]

Just to clarify I don’t discriminate against disabled. I have an extremely disabled child and fight for disabled rights all the time however one disability doesn’t trunk the other so there was no need for her to be rude about our situation. I was not ride to her she asked to do metre readings and I just said I’m really sorry but without a mask you can not enter the property as I have a vulnerable daughter. She then said she didn’t have to wear a mask as she was exempt and I said that’s fine but it does mean that I can not let you in. She then got upset with me.

[Sargass0]

I'd take the readings yourself and either ring them in or submit them online- save you having the same issue next time

[BobsyerUncleFannysyerAunt]

I wouldn't let anyone in the house who had been in different houses all day. Mask or no mask
I think you were right to refuse her

[Trialanderror02]

@ivfbeenbusy
No where on this post on my original post did is I did not believe her so I’m not sure where you have got that from. I didn’t let her in because I wouldn’t let anyone in without a mask not because I didn’t believe that she was exempt 🤷‍♀️

[Tootsey11]

Could you not have asked her to wait outside while you made a note of the reading then called it out to her or passed it to her some way.

Are none of you having cleaners at the moment? I'm one and am working every day in other people's houses without a mask.

[Trialanderror02]

@Tootsey11 I don’t think the average person has cleaners, I don’t have cleaners and we not even have carers at the moment.

[Summerfreeze]

I don't have an extremely vulnerable person in the house and there is NO WAY I would let a stranger in without a mask. YANBU. I think she was extremely unreasonable to rock up and expect to be allowed to put you all at increased risk because of whatever her issues are.

[Trialanderror02]

Do people just make up something someone has written to fit their opinions 🤣