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[j4]

Does anybody know whether a majority of households in the UK include one adult who stays at home during some/all of the working day?

I'm just wondering how to account for the fact that commercial companies always seem to be extremely surprised when I tell them that I can't actually stay in all day, every day, on the offchance that they might turn up, as I have a full-time job.

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[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Deliveries, yes, they can (and in our case, are) delivered to a workplace. But there are things that can't be done elsewhere, like household maintenance, measuring rooms, and the like. Those are real buggers.

I think the assumption becomes that if you want it, you are there when they come. Which is OK if they give a timeslot for when they'll be there, and they stick to it.

(Emphasis? Ah yes, the emphasis. Perhaps that's down to being at home for an entire day waiting for a no-show on more than one occasion.)