AIBU - just saw my cleaner clean the loo with a cloth and then use it in another room on my bath!

[Janus]

Was talking to my cleaner as I usually change beds etc while she's here, went to talk in one bathroom and she was cleaning the loo with a bright orange cloth.
Went downstairs to make us tea, she's now in out ensuite and using the same cloth on our bath. I cannot be 100% sure as we have 2 of these cloths in the bag but I will look later to see if the other one has been used.
She comes from an agency so I can just ring the agency and cancel her.
I am a spineless twat and should probably just go up and ask her though shouldn't I? I have clearly told her to use one cloth in each bathroom as we have 4 kids and there's always some virus lurking but she thinking of it she can't do that because there's only ever 2 cloths out out to be washed.
I feel slightly ill.
Someone help me phrase it so I don't sound rude??

I would be interested to know how often people on here clean their tv remote controls and any keyboards or phones they have?
These items are worse than loos for bacteria.

Frequently Gott !

Caught our cleaner using the washing up bowl with the floor mop a couple of years ago to wash the kitchen floor. Took myself straight to Poundland and brought her one of those buckets with a snap on lid for squeezing excess water. I'm with you OP, heaved in sympathy.

Incidently now ex-cleaner!

It's disgusting. I use anti-bac wipes to do the loo and then bin them afterwards. Wouldn't dream of using a cloth on the loo, ever. Yuk!

yes OF COURSE to washing cloths!
At 30, along with everything else, then (if possible) out on the line to dry.
What do you think is going to happen to us??

You wash your clothes and teatowels together with cloths that have been down your toilet at 30 degrees...?

Yup. Same here. You do realise that inside your toilet bowl is likely to be one of the cleaner surfaces in the house.

OP do you let your kids in the bath without swimsuits on? After all shit comes out of their bums and then the germs are carefully wiped around a bit and then they sit their bare germy bottoms on your bath...

Totally outing - yes. Why is there a problem? I don't eat my clothes!

btw I do agree that loo cloths should be kept for loos, and not then used on taps etc. But I really can't see the harm in washing them all together.

How do you suppose any bacteria are being killed at 30 degrees?

"...the issue of drying clean hands on a tea-towel"? Just because not everyone uses enough water to rinse off the soap properly before drying.

Yuk. It always surprised me that some people who seem to do a lot of cleaning are so unaware of the bacteria and cross contamination. What is the point of cleaning if you are spreading bacteria everywhere?
I use toilet paper and antibacterial spray on toilet seats or antibacterial wipes. I would never put a cloth down the toilet bowl but if I did, I wouldn't use it anywhere else afterwards.
One of the reasons I don't have a cleaner is because I don't trust anyone not to do this kind of thing.

I really can't see the problem in washing stuff together, if the machine doesn't get things clean then why bother washing anything at all? I do my "household" wash at 60° (do towels, bed sheets as well at this temp, everything else 30° or 40°).

Do people wash their mop heads?

Yes, I wash the mop head after every use.

You are all mad.

Mumsnet is always an eye opener to me in more ways than one...

All this binning of materials used to clean the loo is so environmentally unfriendly. Just wash them fgs.

And don't get me started on anti-bac wipes. Horrible, unnecessary waste of resources and money.

And lol at washing mop heads. Just lol.

Just found this

www.nhs.uk/Livewell/homehygiene/Pages/prevent-germs-from-spreading.aspx

I don't do half of this! (And don't intend to!)

Washing together is fine as long as you use a hot enough wash.

Lol @ washing mop heads? Seriously? Why would you bother washing the floor if you use a dirty one?

My standards are low but people seem very un aware of even the most basic hygiene rules by the sounds of this thread.

I second the 'you're all mad' post.

YANBU OP and I totally get why you find it awkward talking to her. Makes one feel like an uptight madam. The often-present language barrier makes it even worse.

One cleaner used our washing up sponge to clean God knows what, then replaced it in the little caddy next to the Fairy liquid. I noticed because it was visibly filthy, but WTF?!

I asked the cleaner at work to not wipe my desk anymore after I saw her use her use the same cloth to wipe the inside of a bin before using that same cloth to wipe every other surface!

Mad because it's rank to use a toilet cloth to wipe anything else with? Happy to mad if that's the case!

** NOT to use

This tool is quite good

www.nhs.uk/Tools/Documents/Healthy%20home%20hygiene%20self%20assessment.htm