Builder and back door - who is BU?

[CollieFIower]

There's a builder working on a room in downstairs of the house. It's a hot day. The house is old and has thick stone walls so stays quite cool in summer.

The builder wants to prop the back door open as he is coming in and out every few minutes with wheelbarrows/tools/buckets etc.

Person A wants the builder to open and shut the door behind him every time he needs to go in or out to keep the house cool. This is not without merit, as the house does stay a bit cooler with the door shut.

Person B thinks the builder should be allowed to leave the door open because it makes his work much easier and if he is doing manual labour on a day like this then his clients should be doing everything they can to make his work easier, including putting up with the house being a bit warmer than it would be otherwise.

Who is BU?

Person A

A is BU.

Another vote for A being unreasonable.

Person A needs to get a fan and a life

A is really U

A is BU.

we’ve had people working in the house in the middle of winter with the door wide open all day.. it’s just one of those things that is annoying but has to be tolerated

A

Yeah, person A is unreasonable.

A

A - very unreasonable and selfish

A is BU. especially if its only for a day

Person A is very unreasonable.
I hope the builder charges for all the extra time it takes picking up and putting down equipment every time a threshold is crossed.

I suspect this is where the OP announces she's person B 😁

Person A very unreasonable

A is being totally unreasonable.

Your husband, A, is being unreasonable.

A

The builder wins everytime he won’t give a shit what A or B think and will do whatever he wants

A being a knob.

Even middle of winter with toddlers running around i let workmen keep the doors open.

Just relax and let the builder in the back door.

How's the builder supposed to keep opening and shutting the door when he's likely to be carrying stuff?

Person A is a tool

Yep. I even put my dog somewhere she won’t get out.

Person A is obviously unreasonable but it's not really something I would question the builder about. I'd explain and leave it up to him to do his best.

Eg, why cant the builder get his stuff in then shut the door, as you would hope they do on a cold day, to reduce temperature fluctuations? Appreciate he might still need to go in and out a couple of times but hopefully not every few mins.

Shut the other doors. So only the room he is working in has the back door open to it.

yeah it’s really hard going doing manual labour in this heat

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