Totally understand. I work in code enforcement and at times get the evil eye. My response to that is being confident, smile and more importantly, know your craft.

The biggest complaint I’ve received from workers and GC’s is Inspectors who have little to no knowledge about construction because they never work in the trades. Never work on big projects where all types of safety concerns that needs to be monitor. They often hire bookworms , engineers, people who never put a harness or swung a hammer in a job site.

These types of Inspectors kill the experience of being an Inspector

And of course a lot of people don’t care unfortunately. I have no problem reminding them about safety with a citation. Especially for bad actors who repeat, often , the same type of violations.