Workmen and shoes

[Deleted User]

hello!

i've just had a dishwasher repairman come over and he said he could not take his shoes off/ wear overshoes because his insurance doesn't cover him not wearing shoes. my house is sparkling clean and i have an expensive rug on the floor (thus not keen for shoes in the house!)... i suggested overshoes and he said that wasn't covered in his insurance either.

well, we sorted it out easily because my dishwasher was round the back so he used the back door, but have any of you heard of this before? sounds like either laziness or socks with holes to me...

HappyMJ

Deleted_User wrote: »

hello!

i've just had a dishwasher repairman come over and he said he could not take his shoes off/ wear overshoes because his insurance doesn't cover him not wearing shoes. my house is sparkling clean and i have an expensive rug on the floor (thus not keen for shoes in the house!)... i suggested overshoes and he said that wasn't covered in his insurance either.

well, we sorted it out easily because my dishwasher was round the back so he used the back door, but have any of you heard of this before? sounds like either laziness or socks with holes to me...

Sounds like a valid insurance clause to me. The tradesperson potentially is moving a heavy object such as a dishwasher and would be required to wear protective shoes to prevent any potential injury to their toes.

If you want trades people in then put a drop sheet down so they can walk on the sheet rather than your rug.

societys_child

Maybe his socks were dirtier than his shoes.

Had BT do some work this morning, took his shoes off outside the front door. I told him it didn't matter (no carpets where he was working) but he insisted.

HappyMJ could be right

McKneff

I agree, just put a dust sheet down, problem solved.

argentum

Sounds valid to me too.

I'm sure his socks were tip-top.

ilikewatch

I don't spend good money buying quality safety boots just so I can take them off or compromise the grip by wearing overshoes. My health and ability to earn and provide for my family is considerably more important to me than a carpet that a customer hasn't even bothered to protect.

C_Mababejive

The problem is you see that the companies that these people work for enforce strict 'elf n safety policies which include the wearing at all times of the correct personal protective equipment so the guy was probably worried that if anything happened or he got a visit,he would be disciplined. There are far too many pencil knibbling !!!!!! in this country running around assessing and auditing to the point where people cant get on with the job.

ritesh

Have to agree. Even when we refurbished our house with lovely new wooden floors we still needed trades people in at various points and so used protective covering where required.

phill99

ilikewatch wrote: »

I don't spend good money buying quality safety boots just so I can take them off or compromise the grip by wearing overshoes. My health and ability to earn and provide for my family is considerably more important to me than a carpet that a customer hasn't even bothered to protect.

I bet people really look forward to having you knock on their door.

I can't help thinking that working with the public wasn't your best career move.

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LEJC

we have no shoes in the house also...and have had no problems with workmen or deliveries before....most usually see the pile of shoes by the front door and the light coloured carpet and actually remove their footwear without being asked....on several occaisions some have produced either a plastic over cover or even something similar to a pair of slippers and put those on or we have asked them to hold on a moment while we dust sheet the area over which they need to carry something or walk.

What I wonder would happen if you were asking them to remove them for religous reasons,which is a perfectly reasonable request to some sections of the community?

[Deleted User]

lol ilikewatch you have to chill out a bit...

what i am asking about is whether overshoes are actually something that tradesmen cannot wear over their shoes because this supposedly invalidates their warranty.