Working in a "glass house"

Our office building is finally getting a facelift after all these years. Work started early this week. All the moss is being scraped off the concrete juttings which are then given a fresh coat of cream-colored paint.

Although our building looks so much better now I feel rather uncomfortable having people on scaffoldings doing the painting right outside the office windows and being able to look in while we work inside our offices. Since my office windows--which are huge by the way--have neither curtains or blinds I feel like an animal in the zoo. I've taken to turning off the lights and working in semi-darkness or leaving my office to do my work elsewhere.

I also wonder if the people in the upper floors are worried about thieves climbing up the scaffoldings in the evening and breaking into their offices. Their windows, unlike ours here in the ground floor, are not protected by grill bars.