AIBU to think the cleaner stole from us?

[YakkityYakYakYak]

Have had the same cleaner for around a year, she owns the business and comes once a fortnight with another woman. Get on well with them and they do a great job.

They are both taking a break over Christmas so sent two of her team to clean our house on Monday instead. Have never met these two before, I was working in the spare room so just left them to it.

Monday night when I got into bed I plugged in my phone in to charge and saw that it was just a cable with the plug part of the charger missing (Apple charger). I’ve not moved it, it’s been plugged in by the bed for years, and DH swears he hasn’t touched it either.

DH thinks the cleaner must have taken it. Why would someone take half a charger though

It’s only worth about £20 so not sure if it’s even worth raising it. I don’t even care about the charger, I just hate the thought that someone would come into my home and take something. I’d also left all of the Christmas presents out downstairs under the tree and worried that something else might have disappeared.

WWYD? Raise it so the business owner is aware, or just forget about it as you can’t really be certain?

@BiscuitDrama

It’s not £38, half of it is still there. It’s £19.

🙄 I was just making the point that chargers aren’t cheap, as pp were saying they are

Can't you just contact the cleaner and say, "Do you remember what happened to my phone charger?" and explain where it was? I really doubt she's stolen it but if she has and realises you've noticed, it gives her the chance to bring it back.

Let it go...we constantly loose chargers in our house and have never been in the fortunate position of having any paid help. It's the house elf.

Also, at 18 months my ds went into my Dad's study, found a pair of scissors and snipped the mouse lead. Was very proud and came into show us!

My mum used to live with my sister who had a cleaner.
Every few days my mum wouldn't be able to find something and say it was the cleaner.
Everytime we found the thing that was missing. It had usually been misplaced by my mum.
I think when you have a cleaner its just an easy target to blame if something goes missing.
Once my mum couldn't find a gold necklace.
Again she said it must have been the cleaner. We told it couldn't have been the cleaner had been coming for years and was trusted.
Eventually after a few weeks my mum found it- it had fallen under her bed.

That's the sort of thing I might have done when I was a cleaner, plug in the hoover, put the clients plug in my cleaning box, then forget. I'd just ring up and ask if they can remember where they put it.