Is it rude to watch what the handyman or any other workman is doing in your house? Whenever we call an electrician, plumber, gas engineer, flooring guy etc., my husband stands next to them and watches what they are doing, especially if it's a new person who we don't know. Is this rude? Recently, one guy just walked out of the house without saying a word after 30mins of servicing/inspecting our boiler. He was trying to remove a biggish part from the boiler but couldn't. My husband was standing in the same room watching what he was doing the whole time. This guy just put the boiler cover back on and walked out of the house. We thought he was going to get a part from his van but saw that he'd driven off. He didn't even answer calls after and just messaged saying he won't be coming back. We are baffled.