The parents will sometimes allow their kids to watch when I am working.
I don’t mind having an audience, because I have kids.
Whenever I am working around the house, my kids like to see what I am doing. They keep a close eye on me, and will often ask what I’m doing, and even make some suggestions. My daughter wanted to show me how to repair the HVAC system in her dollhouse. She said I wasn’t used to working in tiny homes, and maybe her smaller fingers could do it better. Last week, I went to a home that had a four-year-old son. He was watching me working on the furnace, and I cracked my knuckles hard enough to make them bleed. If I hadn’t been watching the kid so closely, I may have come out with some choice words, but I didn’t want anyone cursing around my kids. The kid was sitting there quietly until he wasn’t. I put my knuckle in my mouth and he asked me if I knew what I was doing? I just stared at him, but he stared right back. He told me that when dad hurt his knuckles, mom would tell him he wouldn’t have hurt himself if he knew what he was doing. His dad would call a professional. He asked if he should have mom or dad call an HVAC professional. I told him I was an HVAC professional, but thanks for his input. He smiled and told me his opinion was no problem. Mom tells his dad that all the time.