We have builders in at the moment - the first crew came in two weeks ago to sort out a damp problem and I was really surprised to find they pinched borrowed loads of our tools to do their jobs!
They used my brand new extendable paint roller to wet down the plaster (it's now covered in lumps of plaster and I'll have to buy a new roller). They used my kitchen bucket for mixing their cement, and my mops and brushes for sweeping up cement - in fact they took off with my dustpan and brush which I was a bit peeved about, though I think this was a mistake.
I thought this was a little weird but put it down to eccentricity, anyway now an entirely different company has moved in to renovate the kitchen, and THEY have also started using my stuff!
They used my garden spade to hack tiles off the wall, they also borrowed my extendable paint roller to wash down the plaster, and they are currently using my extremely posh garden trowel as a plaster-stirring device. I have had to retrieve my hammer, my cold chisel and one of my screwdrivers from their tool box (which they have bent somehow).
Is it me? Do all builders do this or am I naive and it's totally normal to use a householder's tools on their premises? I thought they would bring their own equipment!