Do I tell my cleaner I can see her weight on my phone?

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I just got some new Bluetooth bathroom scales as I'm doing Slimming World online and I'm finding the additional data and tracking information useful.

When I looked at this morning's data, I noticed there were two entries for yesterday - one at 7.30am and one at 11.29am. Both weights were similar so at first I thought, that's weird, I don't remember weighing again later and it was 2lbs lighter, so I would have remembered that!

Then I realised that it couldn't have been me but the timing coincides with when my cleaner was in that bathroom and I was downstairs. Her weight is probably similar to mine but she's tiny, about 4ft 10 to my 5ft 4 so perhaps she wants to keep track.

I've deleted that entry from my records. I have no problem with her using the scales - she has the WiFi password and we encourage her to feel comfortable here, we pay her above the going rate and give her birthday and Christmas gifts. We've known her for 5 years. The dilemma is, shall I tell her that I can see her weigh ins?

If she used the scales in the other bathroom, they're not Bluetooth and we wouldn't know!

Put the scales away when she visits so that her data isn't recorded.

How hard is that to do?

I would mention it , in a nice way , its not something I would have thought about happening and although awkward would prefer too know .

Why jump to the conclusion that OP is being nasty or ‘fat shaming’ ? The fact she is a similar weight to OP, but shorter is relevant in that she may be overweight and embarrassed if OP tells her she can see her weigh ins.

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i think you should tell her. She could be upset when she realises and you didn’t tell her.

I dont get this thread, why would the cleaner (or anyone else for that matter) care if you knew what their weight was?

This. Bathroom scales, even fancy ones with Bluetooth, are notoriously inaccurate as floors are not perfectly level and scales tend to get moved around when, er , cleaning the floor underneath !
id not put any significance on a couple of pounds frankly and if on a carpet half a stone !

I used to work in a production facility , we had large scales built into the floor for weighing out raw materials very accurately . There was always a Monday morning queue of operatives lined up ready to take their turn at weighing in - no one ever relied on their home scales once they worked there as they saw how inaccurate they could be.

So we know she’s fatter than the OP, of course.

Why did you mention getting her birthday and Christmas gifts? That is sooo random and has nothing to do with your post

That was incredibly unnecessary and makes you look like a twat

Bizarre thread. If having to delete it bothers you, then just shove the scales under your bed or something and leave out the 'non bluetooth' scales. This is so easily sorted.

Oh, and as a fatter person, please DO mention it to her kindly- just say you’re absolutely fine with her using the scales, but did she know they were bluetoothed and therefore recorded her weight and sent to you. If she’s ok with that, and you are about fluctuating weight records then all good.
as another poster states, you could have a laugh

AND, most importantly when you give her this year Xmas gift buy her a set of scales with a “to help protect your personal information” jokey message. If you really want to be seen as a good employee, push the boat out to smart ones 🤷🏼‍♀️

No of course you shouldn’t, even though she’s obviously fat and you’re mortified at the thought of weighing so much at her height.

Some people are self conscious about their weight. But even if not she's likely to be embarrassed about weighing herself at work.
Maybe see if she does it again OP, if not it was just a whim and she needn't know, but if she's going to make a habit it'll be a nuisance for your app and embarrassing for her if she ever finds out you were getting a notification every time. Let her know while the thing that she finds out you know is just that she had a little play with the cool scales.

It’s unnecessary to bring someone’s comment on one thread over to another. Whether you name searched or remembered the posters comment from another thread, it’s just unnecessary. Context means everything too

My deduction is that your cleaner weighs a little more than you because of the muscles she's developed mopping and scrubbing after you.

Just keep on deleting and move on

I would prefer to know that the scales are storing my data and sharing them online.

Just say it, mention the other scales, done.

Did she have a massive poo or did she just help you out by showing your scales can be 2lb inaccurate
😂The 7.30 one was OP, the 11.30 one was cleaner. They're similar enough weights that the scales thought it was the same person but it wasn't. OP would have to live in a veritable mansion for cleaner to be there from 7.30-beyond 11.30.

Has anyone noticed the OP hasn’t been back ? Could this be because once again an OP has been chased from their own thread by an unpleasant and unwarranted pile on instead of addressing question they were asking ?

The OP wasn’t fat shaming the woman. She compared the height and weight to her own to sensitively convey that her cleaner may be overweight and therefore would be embarrassed if she knew the OP could see her readings. It’s entirely relevant to the question as to whether she should tell her or not - it’s called context and without it, the OP would probably have been accused of drip feeding had she mentioned it later on. But hey, this is MN and it’s more fun to pick peoples’ words to pieces to make accusations of something clearly not meant, so well done.

OP. I can’t understand why you’re being advised to just delete the info and say nothing. If she carries on weighing herself then at some point she’ll probably figure it out - especially if she has access to your Wi-Fi and can see the info herself. I would pick a quiet moment - offer a cuppa or something and then just mention it and say that once you realised what was happening you deleted the info, but wanted to make sure she knew it could be seen. End of.

Actually if I were the cleaner I'd just think my employer was completely weird having her bathroom scales linked to her phone.

I would tell her and let her know the other scales aren’t recording it. I wouldn’t my employer to know my weight.

Lots of weird replies on here

Since my cleaner is a normal person, as am I, I would just mention it to her, she'd probably say 'oh right, thanks for telling me' and then we'd forget about it.

Why on earth do you find it necessary to be so unpleasant to the OP and so condescending to her cleaner ? OP has asked a perfectly reasonable question. And has it occurred to you that this lady is being well paid for ‘mopping and scrubbing’ after the OP ? Totally unnecessary post.