Now that a few of us are into home renovations; what really ticks me off is people who are either Mr. Know-it-alls, or have to pick every little aspect of your project apart. As the saying goes; if you don't have something nice to say then don't say anything. If I didn't ask for your opinion then there's no need to put down my work. I know I'm not a professional (insert trade name here), but am just trying to do my best. If you aren't offering to help me with the project, I don't want to hear how you would have done it better.
And I'm not talking about me either. The other day a few of us around the neighbourhood were out in the lane chatting, and I asked the one guy to see how his basement was coming. Another neighbour felt it was his place to point out each and every defect. Whereas my comments were more along the lines of "hey- this is a good sized room. Great use of the space you had to use."
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