AITA for firing someone who took advantage of the disabled?
I have a severe back disability that causes intense pain and muscle breakdown when I bend or sit, making everyday chores impossible. I live in a slum on the same land as my heavily medicated, bipolar mother, who doesn't clean. I asked my family to contact a neighbor for very light work: just picking up garbage from the floor and emptying toilet bins four days a month. I earn about 1000 on disability and offered 50 per day for this basic task, providing all cleaning products myself.
Two neighbors, Bea and Kika, initially came. Bea was reasonable but soon quit due to her own schedule. Kika was a nightmare. On her first day, she showed up drunk, took a shower instead of cleaning, and walked out naked in front of me and my mother, seemingly trying to get at my disability income. When rejected, she asked if I was gay. Bea intervened, shocked. I almost fired Kika on the spot but gave her another chance out of gratitude, as she had helped clean my mother years ago.
This began months of a highly frustrating loop. I would clearly state my terms: 50 a day, specific days, basic garbage removal. Kika would agree to everything, walk away, and then completely ignore the deal. She showed up on random days at random times. She did the bare minimum, explicitly refusing to clean the greasy stove or the sink (which got worms from spoiled food), claiming cleaning ladies don't do that. Instead of working, she would take packs of cigarettes from my mother—which my grandfather buys daily and cost 11 to 12 each—and simply leave. I tolerated this cycle for a long time only because my family wouldn't help and I was desperate.
The breaking point happened when Kika refused to take out the garbage and brought a crackhead into my house without permission to do it for three packs of cigarettes. The woman didn't do the work. Kika casually admitted the woman was a known thief who had robbed her before. I strictly forbade her from bringing strangers over. The very next day, Kika brought the thief inside again, abandoned her there, and the woman demanded payment from me. I told her I had nothing, she left, and I immediately fired Kika for endangering my family.
Months later, Kika showed up drunk while I was sleeping. My mom let her in. I told her she must be sober to even discuss work. Days later, she offered to clean for cigarettes she had previously taken and actually did a decent job clearing bathroom bins and cat feces from my mom's house. However, the cycle immediately restarted. Yesterday, May 20, she showed up randomly, ignoring our set hours. I asked her to clean the stove and sink for cigarettes. She agreed, went to the kitchen, did absolutely nothing, took the cigarette packs from my mom, and walked away as if she had worked. She knows exactly what she is doing, exploiting a household of two disabled people for expensive cigarettes. I messaged her and told her never to come back. Am I in the wrong?