Caught Cleaner clipping her Nails in our Bathroom..

If she worked in an office and was clipping her nails in the toilets , yes , she should possibly be fired , but cleaning someone's house , no .

You've said you know her well , she lives nearby and sometimes babysits , don't the pros outweigh the cons ?

Of course , tell her you know , and get her to promise she won't do it again . That seems more fair .

I think what adds to my irritation is that she clearly felt she was doing something wrong

You also said in your op that she acted sheepishly.

She comes across as if she's scared and nervous. that she feels below you .

It could be she took them to the children's bathroom because you make her nervous.

Ick ick ick ick ick!!!! I would have wanted to put the toenails in a cup of tea and make her drink them. DIRTY SCRUFF

Personally, I do find it a bit gross but honestly if she would have asked me (because she had torn a nail or they were getting in her way) I would have 100% said of course, use them. She always has drinks, spends her entire time here on the phone, etc - I really couldn’t care less.

I think what adds to my irritation is that she clearly felt she was doing something wrong, otherwise she would have clipped her nails then and there, in our bathroom, next to the bedroom where I am sat working. Instead, she felt the need to remove the clippers from our cupboard, take them upstairs into the kids’ bathroom where she thought I wouldn’t notice, and then return them back to our cupboard. She exited the kids bathroom as soon as she heard me come upstairs, but continued with the clipping once I had returned to my bedroom. It’s this behavior that irks me the most.

She’s left now and I didn’t bring it up. I do think we will have to let her go soon, but that’s more because we need someone who just is more thorough (even though I do not tend to leave shit out in my toilet, as some posters seem to believe). I think the nail clipper might have just been the final straw.

Thanks to those who provided rational feedback (one way or the other) - it has been insightful!

OP you'll get a lot of virtue signalling, sniffy replies on here. But, unless you work in a nail saloon, it's never acceptable to be cutting your nails at work, unless they were damaged.

She's lovely babysits etc and seems to be getting quite comfortable. Enough to use your personal things without asking.

It's your decision - do you need her enough to overlook things like this, or do you want to keep it professional? If the latter I'd let her go.

Really? Well fair enough if you are happy with that.
I would find that really cheeky behaviour for her to do that without even the common courtesy of asking.

So a cleaner probably wouldn't grow her nails too long, right?

Just as a nanny to babies or toddlers probably wouldn't wear dangly earrings, or a site engineer probably wouldn't wear an outfit she'd wear for a summer wedding to work.

Give people a little credit for intelligence.

Ick ick ick ick ick!!!! I would have wanted to put the toenails in a cup of tea and make her drink them. DIRTY SCRUFF

Cleaning is exactly the kind of work that can make you realise your nails are too long.

I think sacking would be a massive over reaction. This would not bother me.

…with my nail clipper.

AIBU to fire her over this?

(Also - have never done an AIBU before and can’t figure out how to do the poll).

If she worked in an office and was clipping her nails in the toilets , yes , she should possibly be fired , but cleaning someone's house , no .

You've said you know her well , she lives nearby and sometimes babysits , don't the pros outweigh the cons ?

Of course , tell her you know , and get her to promise she won't do it again . That seems more fair .

No, she never asked, and that was absolutely fine.

There is a every chance she used my nail clippers at some point in the 6 years she's been coming here, they sit out on the dresser. I've no problem with that either, and I imagine she'd know that.

" I don’t view every person I know as dirty, fungal disease vectors at all times. "

I absolutely view everyone like this, even myself 🫠😂 we're all filthy animals imo.

I am astonished that it's even something you're concerned about! And even more so that lots of people agree that nail clipping is a sackable offence.

After the thread yesterday with the poster having a fit of the vapours because her cleaner dared have a ciggie out the back door, I'd assumed this was a piss-take about the oiks getting above themselves and taking blasted liberties.

But no.

This woman cleans your sinks and loos, yet you say "So grim" when your precious nail clipper has touched her fingernails?

Just wow.

Jesus Christ - get some standards babe.

A cleaner is an employee. I wouldn't walk into my employer's office and borrow their nail file without asking. It's called manners and boundaries and it's actually reasonable for different people to view things differently. You - however - come in all facist light with a MY VIEW IS THE ONLY VIEW to make an OP feel like she should be crawling on the floor, so VERY thankful that she gets to pay money to a person for clipping their nails with her clipper. THE HONOUR.

Also, it's LOSE, not LOOSE (in your next comment). Love how you've come bounding in all high and mighty, DELIGHTED to shit on another poster's perfectly reasonable question and you can't even fucking spell. Or use punctuation.

Is she allowed to breath the same air as you or is she just a peasant to you.
Grow the fuck up. Classic keyboard warrior saying this shit then a few sentences later 'try being nice' 😂