at his laptop watching the cameras watch us work inside his bed- room. Kind of weird but I rather enjoyed him not being there also. Billy Johnson, BMJ Ceramic Tile, Milford, Pa. – I had a customer that set up three differ- ent cameras while I was working. These home owners live in NYC and the house I was in is their week- end house. I don’t have a problem with it…it gives them peace of mind. This is the first time I’ve done work for them and the first time I have ever met them, so if it keeps them happy and can see work being done without driving two hours every couple days, no big deal. Just do what you are being paid to do and there will be no issues. Malcolm Campbell, Midwest Mosaic, Inc.,Toledo, Ohio – Put in your contract no remote monitoring devices permitted. Then, if they insist, charge extra for waiving the clause. Wayne Neville, Set In Stone Tile, Lafayette, N.J. – It’s their house. Hank Boyle, Boyle Tile and Flooring, Waunakee, Wis. – Boy, you come in and a camera is pointed directly at you and you can’t think of some fun stuff to do? Shame on you! I’d start with buying a How to Tile 123 book, read it, look real confused and stare at the wall for a solid hour. Yessss. Then act all angry with your- self and start tapping your forehead with your fist: “Think Hank, THINK!” Then pretend to have a little pep talk with yourself and start throwing in tile with reckless abandon, only to pull it all off and pretend to cry in the corner in fetal position. Put a tile up, take it down, look at the book, stare that the tile, stare at the wall, stare at the floor, stare at the book. Jeffory J. Beckers, Jemma Contracting, Collegeville, Pa. – Maybe tap your forehead on the wall a few times as well? Jon Donmoyer, JD Tile, Annville, Pa. – Camera or not, my ways won’t be altered – though I might men- tion how awesome the customer is and that we work better when fed and tipped everyday. HOT TOPICS –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 106 TileLetter | June 2017