AIBU to sack cleaner after Dettol spillage and she didn't tell me???

[Stinkycleanhouse]

We have just got home after being away and our cleaner came yesterday.
She has spilled what seems to be an entire bottle of Dettol in the kids room, washed it, left it and didn't tell us.
Why it was being used in there I'm not sure, I think more likely she was carrying it and dropped it.
We got back, all windows shut and a boiling hot day today as could smell the Dettol stink as soon as we opened the front door.
I texted and asked and she said yes she has spilled in in our child's room but washed it so no stain and went home.
Surely the fumes are dangerous from Dettol?
We've opened the window and moved her in with us for tonight but how on earth do you get the smell out?
It absolutely stinks.
Aibu to sack her?

God, if she got my kids' rooms stinking of Dettol I'd give her a bonus. Anything's an improvement over the scent of male teenagers!

Toxic if you unintentionally breathe it in is a really weird thing to say.

Is it toxic if you unintentionally breathe it in, but perfectly safe if you breathe it in intentionally?

This has got to be a wind up.

It has to be.

Blimey I've now read that you feel that the cleaner should have Steam cleaned the carpet. Would you have paid her for the extra time taken to do so? It wouldn't just be a few minutes.

I feel sorry for your cleaner.

It just seems careless.
She doesn't know if my child or me or husband have asthma or anything and she clearly didn't look at the bottle after she spilled it to see its dangerous to cats.
But I accept I'm being unreasonable.
I asked as I've never had a cleaner before so I didn't know if I was being.

Not necessarily weird for the OP to say, because she is quoting it from elsewhere. Just a weird thing to say in general.

How do you know it was Dettol and not a supermarket own brand disinfectant?

Christ alive, you're totally barking OP.

"It is actually dangerous if inhaled according to the above link"

Did you read the story? The bloke was an obsessive who had buckets of dettol, so he lived in the fumes- even then, they aren't sure he didn't drink it to actually kill himself.

Its impressive to kill yourself with something that isn't really dangerous, but not a situation that would occur often. Its a million miles away from the unpleasant smell of a spillage harming you.

-As a chemist I can tell you that your fears are unfounded.

-As a human being I can tell you that sacking your cleaner would make you a piece of shit.

But (assuming this is real) you are going to sack her anyway, aren't you?

My cleaner uses dettol to clean our bathroom floors and I love the smell that greets me when I come home from work.

I don't know if my attachments are coming up but that's exactly how it's worded on the link the poster on page 1 supplied.
" it is toxic when swallowed and even when unintentionally breathed in "
Of course that would apply if intentionally breathed in I'm sure but who would do that!

Have you contacted your vet to make an appointment? Have you rang the Dettol helpline? Did your neighbour allow the cats upstairs ? I can't believe you asked an elderly infirm woman to take care of your cats . There are wonderful cat boarding places a responsible owner would use: perhaps the money you save on your cleaner could be put towards this ? Do you reimburse your cleaner for products used by her ? Make sure you keep the £2 that the feckless cleaner (does she have a name?) recklessly spilled !

treaclesoda exactly what I was thinking. It's OK to intentionally breathe it in, then. Just ask the cats if they deliberately inhaled ( or they might have been like former Potus Clinton who did not inhale)

YABVU. It's a ridiculous thing to sack her for.

Just say next time something similar happens can you please drop me a quick text as I'm worried about the cats.

Sacking her would affect future jobs completely unnecessarily, she did her job and cleaned it up!

No I'm not going to sack her as I realise now I'm clearly being unreasonable so I'm glad I asked on here.
Just worried that's all, 2 cats and a kid and a few articles had me panicked.
The Dettol bottle was in the bin that's how I know it was the original dettol.

She should have got a rug doctor or shampooed the carpet, you can't just leave dettol, it reeks. I can't stand it,

This or a least told you, dettol stinks and is very strong, a whole bottle would absolutely be over powering. I don't think you should sack her but I think you should mention that she needs to tell you next time.

Op is it dry or damp still, try rug doctor, but it might have gone in to the underlay

Oh my days, OP, you are unhinged.

Can you not let the kids sleep on the couch while the smell is lingering, air the bedroom for the next day or two, and hire a rug doctor or similar to get the smell out?

Smelling some cleaning product for a short period of time is not going to harm you. Keep the door shut to keep the cats out till you have cleaned the carpet to your own satisfaction.

Let your poor cleaner find someone else to work for who is not completely bonkers.

YABU.

I hate these posts.

Someone comes on posing an AIBU question. Every single reply, spanning 30 minutes and 6 pages says yes, you are massively U. But the OP continues to justify their stance. Seriously, why bother asking if you don't actually want a different opinion? Why waste all of the collective time of the good folk of MN?

I hate seeing threads where people are mean to the OP unnecessarily but really some people do just need to have it spelled out as kindly phrased replies don't seem to get through.

My elderly neighbour loves the cats and my cats themselves are very elderly and wouldn't do well in a cattery.
They are indoor cats so all she needed to do was feed them; we were gone 2 days!

YABU to sack your cleaner for this. Likely there was a smell when it first happened and she cleaned it up and assumed it would fade.

You sack your cleaner if they don't clean properly, or are terribly unreliable, or steal. And aside from the last offence, if there's a problem then you manage their performance before you sack them! They are people, with kids to feed etc.

Good, reliable cleaners are worth their weight in gold.

This link shows it is toxic " when unintentionally breathed in "

ITS WIKIPEDIA.
It also reckons my house is the birth place of the king of Zimbabwe

Dettol is the new parking

Begging your pardon OP, cross post with yours where you accept you were being U for wanting to sack her. My apologies

I think I used to bath in it 😭

Cats > infants

on this thread anyway