The obvious solution is to stay in the only room in the flat that they are not overlooking until they have finished their work.
If you do need to fetch anything from another room, crawl on the floor.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:34, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

That's what I do if I ever have working class people in the house fixing things.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:35, Reply)

A British Gas man is currently "servicing my boiler"

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:35, Reply)

Hide in the bedroom until he has gone.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:36, Reply)

I'm at work

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:36, Reply)

Hide in the loos then.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:39, Reply)

loos? you middle class prick

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:43, Reply)

Have you and Monty got a special word that marks you out as having better breeding?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:45, Reply)

"Crap Crucible"

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:46, Reply)

"Shitter"

( Kroney, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:47, Reply)

shit shack

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:49, Reply)

i lurk just outside so they don't nick or soil anything

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:39, Reply)

Too risky
What if they ask you about 'the match' or try to engage you in some technical chat about whatever they're fixing?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:40, Reply)

I work in marketing and advertising
I can bullshit my way through most things
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:41, Reply)

I just find it incredibly difficult to follow what they are saying, ironically enough because they tend to pepper their speech with phrases like "Do you know what I'm saying?"

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:44, Reply)

yes and nod, if they are laughing laugh.
if they look serious, look serious.

They're not very bright, you'll easily fool them. But you may end up agreeing to some fairly racist ideas.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:45, Reply)

But I don't know what they're saying.
We used to have a guy worked in the warehouse here who would add an unnecessary confirmation of what he had just said at the end of every sentence:
"I'm going to do such and such, I am"
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:48, Reply)

what do you sell from your warehouse?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:50, Reply)

Snake oil.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:51, Reply)

how much?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:54, Reply)

I do you very good price, no?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:55, Reply)

no for srs, what do you do?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:57, Reply)

I'm an expert on matters such as this:
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1944119
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 15:00, Reply)

Do it proper ninja style though

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 25 Apr 2013, 14:35, Reply)