said by wiggie116:Being in the business myself (not for cox) I've had customers that feel like they are attached to my tool belt. They will follow you everywhere go even out to the van.
As a homeowner, trying to figure out how much attention I'm expected to pay (or not) to the contractor is often a bit awkward. I don't want them to feel like I'm crowding/micromanaging them or not trusting them to do their job, but I also don't want them to think that I don't care. I've also had movers rip off a bunch of my stuff before during a job, so I'm leery of letting people be around my house completely unsupervised.
In any case, I leave the dangerous stuff to the professionals. That's what I'm paying them (or the service provider that called them out) for in the first place! I've never had a contractor ask for my help; I would probably hold that against them or their employer as being a bit unprofessional, as they ought to show up with everything they need to do the job (including additional personnel if it turns out to be a multi-person job).
If they need me to inspect something in a potentially hazardous area, they could always snap some pictures with a cell phone or whatever and then show them to me. That's the way home inspectors, roofers, and other contractors have done things for me in the recent past.