Tradesman ate my crisps - do I bring it up?

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We are currently renovating a property before moving in. We have all of our furniture there but are staying elsewhere. The windows are currently being renovated. When I went in to see the progress I noticed my multipack of crisps was empty and there were several empty packets of crisps strewn in different rooms.

AIBU to raise this with the lead tradesman?

I have left quite a bit a food there as we are there most days doing DIY/decorating but haven't been there while the windows are being renovated.

My partner says there isn't any point in raising it. Nothing will come out of it.

You aren't being unreasonable at all. My FIL has a small but firmly established painting and decorating business with a great reputation and my husband works for him. Showed him this and he laughed and said 'This is why others go out of business, if any one of our guys treated our customers like that they'd be sacked.' So no, you aren't being unreasonable, and yes, on my hubby's advice, you're the customer, you quite rightly aren't happy, raise the subject x

You discussed this with your FIL & husband? crisps in a random mumsnetter's home. You have far too much time on your hands. @Elisi

We had a tradesman in who went into the toilet and did the most massive shit, left skiddes down the pan and the place stunk.

We had to complain to his boss as it was a disgrace and he laughed and said he was bad for it.

Can't believe people are saying you are being unreasonable. It's the principle not the money... however. From a practical point of view, if they are doing a stellar job it may not be worth mentioning. You could always go the jokey route if you have that kind of relationship with them... "I left a bag of crisps here, has anyone seen it?" if you feel strongly about it. That will get the message over without it coming across as stroppy.

You read this and made a snotty comment? And you're saying I have too much time on my hands? Hehe, silly troll.

This would wind me up, I'm like Ross from Friends with his sandwich when it comes to crisps they could eat literally anything else in the house or I'd willingly make them a meal (often have in the past when we've had work done) but nobody eats my crisps

Thank you for updating me on the normal etiquette for tradesmen. Do you usually give them your wifi password?

We had internet installed while they were there but I didn't set up the router/wifi (we don't need it yet and trying to keep energy costs down). I had opened the box and it seemed that they have set it up themselves to have access to the internet.

Cheeky or not?

I've had mixed experiences of workmen and snacks. The builders that did our renovation treated all food and drink in the house as up for grabs. For context though this was before we moved in so they probably assumed it had been left there for them (I was cleaning and doing odd diy jobs at the weekends and kept snacks there to occupy the kids if they had to come with me.) Hence I didn't say anything at that point but once we moved in I made clear they needed to bring their own supplies though I was happy for them to help themselves to tea, coffee, milk and squash/water.

A decorator we used was completely the opposite. He'd bring hot water in a flask to make his tea, his own milk in a cool bag and eat his packed lunch in his van. I had to invite him to use the kettle and tell him he was welcome to eat in the house. He was very grateful and said "oh some people stunt like that so I never assume". I

Just read the internet thing. That's quite cheeky! I assume they didn't need the internet to actually do the work!

I have to say I find the WiFi router quite cheeky. It’s not for them to go noseying into the box it came in, even if you’d previously opened it. It is also not for them to go through the setup process and decide whether to change password, settings etc (I am sure they haven’t altered them but just saying this because it demonstrates it’s not their place to go and set it up for you). They also don’t know if you are on a plan with limited data which they might be sucking up with whatever they are watching. And you can’t control what websites they are accessing.

I’d remove the router next time you are there.

Yes that is very cheeky.

They have been quite disrespectful, and it's probably symptomatic of their general attitude. I would not leave anything in the room they're in and give their work very close scrutiny.

I've never known ANY workmen to ask for wifi access, never mind helping themselves to it! Utter cheek.

Nearly! :3

It doesn’t surprise me that they have opened the box and installed it as it looks that they feel at home.
They don’t certainly need any other distraction do as someone mentioned I would remove it. They can too pay for their own bloody internet.
For goodness sake their entitlement is so annoying…

This is working MEN we are talking about! Everyone knows that the wimmin of the houses they work at must provide them with bacon butties for breakfast, a McDonald’s/Greg’s/kfc for lunch and free rein of the kitchen all day to help themselves to soft and fizzy drinks, tea, PROPER coffee, crisps, (posh) biscuits, pastries, artisan breads, cheeses, hams, olives!

And don’t forget the homemade cake either! 😡

The internet thing is massively taking the piss. But probably some people on here will be along to describe how they usually do up a little booklet with all the valid info like passwords etc to present to each tradie who enters the house. You know, on the silver tray next to their hot bacon butties and freshly baked cake. 😉😂

(Sorry, I'm Australian and don't understand this at all. Sure, I'll offer a cuppa or cold drink, but tradies get paid a bloody fortune here, so I've never felt the need to treat them like honoured guests!)

Sorry and g'day, have you ever met a Tradie God in person?

Are they Walkers crisps? Is Gary Lineker moonlighting as a tradesman by any chance?…

What kind of crisps does he enjoy?

I'm keen to know what you were randomly Googling that led you to comment on a dead, 3 month old Mumsnet thread about crisps.

Salt ‘n ‘Lineker I think…..