Britain’s got a bad manner towards tradesmen
According to research conducted by Plentific, the home services marketplace, has revealed that us Brits seemed to have an issue with tradesmen coming in our homes to carry out maintenance and repairs for us. A quarter of those surveyed have admitted that we wouldn’t trust a tradesman to be in our house on their own, but why is this?
It appears maybe the lack of trust is because you’re technically letting a stranger in your house and that may make us feel a little uneasy in the modern world where you hear all sorts of things happen to people. But why would we worry so much if they have been working in the trade for a while, have a good reputation and have a professional certificate showing that they are qualified to do the job?
Perhaps not, because 77% have admitted that we don’t even think about asking for proof of qualifications! Maybe if the 77% of people who don’t ask, started to ask for proof they may feel more comfortable with tradesmen and become to trust them more?
34% have even stated that they wouldn’t allow them to use their toilet and a third of us wouldn’t even offer them a drink and for those 1 in 10 that do, will opt for old mugs that are never used personally. Despite all this though, 93% of Brits are still more than happy to have a good natter to them whilst they go on about their work.
It begs the questions as to when did we start to become so distrusting as a nation and is there a way we can re-build the trust in tradesmen (pardon the pun). Stephen Jury, a spokesperson for Plentific has tried to help with our trust issues, saying: “All the tradesmen who are verified on Plentific are all certified; therefore, Brits should not feel untrusting of the tradesmen we recommend when they come into your home. Many people find that if they are friendly to tradesman, they will have a very good working relationship with them. We just want to gently remind Brits that the politeness that we are globally recognised for should not stop when a tradesman comes into your home.”