DH has just walked away from doing a job at a boutique hotel. He had about a days worth of work there, in each of the guest rooms. When he got there, he went to the first room with the owner; she knocked on the door and then when there was no response, opened the door with the key and showed him where to get started.

Problem with it is that in each of the guest rooms he was supposed to work in, there were guests that have paid for the use of them! She wanted him to work around them, if he found someone in the room, he was to explain he needed to work in there. He said he didn't think it was fair that people on holidays had paid for the exclusive use of the room, to have a tradie walk in to commence noisy work. He explained that it was his company advertised on his shirt and he just didn't feel right about it. She eventually understood, but I think she's a bit miffed about if from what he's told me.

What would you have expected as a paying guest? I understand her point of view - she can't afford to have empty rooms, but having a booked out hotel and expecting a tradie to work in each of the rooms seems a bit unfair on the people staying there. And she was happy for him to work in rooms where people's belongings were there, even if they weren't. I think he's done the right thing by saying no (and rescheduling) but what do you think?