Idk why but I feel like this is something thats controversial even though in my mind its just common sense and taking reasonable precautions.

So me and my wife have a housecleaner who comes by twice a week to tidy up. We both work, me full time my wife part time, and we just figured it would be nice to not have to worry about hectic cleaning when people come over. Plus its nice to always come home to a pristine home.

The cleaner we usually use died, she was an elderly woman who we both had established trust with, but I still set up some nanny cams throughout the house just in case. You can never really know someone, and my wife has several thousand dollars worth of jewelry and I myself have several designer watches and glasses.

But even if we didnt have valuables i would want the security of a nanny cam.

With the death of our previous cleaner, we used a third party service that gave us a younger woman. She had a clean background according to said agency.

However, I didnt want to keep it a secret that we video the cleaners anymore. Even if we did catch her stealing in the act, I really wouldnt want the drama of calling the police and finding a new cleaner. I told her outright, we videotape everything while youre here. This was meant as a deterence factor. 

The girl meekly acknowledged and agreed and everything was normal. Until later, my wife told me I was rude to tell her that. That I shouldve just video taped her discretely and let the chips fall where they may if something does happen.

I dont think i was rude, but what do you think? AITA?