Me and DW were asked to dog sit around her work managers house once, for the night . They said we could help ourselves to anything food and drink wise. We knew them well and we’re good friends with them.
We knew they had outdoor and indoor camera’s- the indoor ones were to keep an eye on their pets when they were at work.
We obviously behaved well knowing there were cameras there- not that we would have behaved badly anyway!
Im amazed tradesmen would act like this in people homes. Lots of people have discreet cctv in their homes nowadays, many people won’t mention to tradesmen.
You give someone your house key and trust them to do their work, what the guy did was a breach of trust. He was having fun with a stranger in your house and in his work time. Complete piss taker.
We’ve recently given a door key to a bathroom fitter who’s done a few jobs for us. We don’t have indoor cameras, but we did say he could help himself to tea and coffee etc.
We don’t think he did any funny business! But in all seriousness I did shift work and would come home during the day sometimes and never saw him do anything dodgy !