I'm having a terrible time with my mother. She will be 70 later this year. It seems as if she's not really able to comprehend the new of the rising energy costs that we have been hit with for weeks. She's not willing to make any changes to reduce energy consumption. This morning she put on a wash and it was her usual 60 degree wash with pre wash and extra rinse. Usually the time on her wash goes on for about an hour and a half. I had a quick look in through the door of the machine and it didn't even look full.
It's only now I am seeing the washing lime outside with the load and it was 4 pairs of her jeans. That's it.
I think that wash could have been reduced to 40 and maybe even take it off the pre wash or even the extra rinse. It's not line she's walking mud every day or there is dried paint and cement or mud in these jeans. I don't think there was a need for the pre wash. Surely the half empty drum would have provided enough space a rinse of the clothes instead of adding in an extra rinse to the machine.
She's always doing this. Laundry loads that go on forever at high temperatures. Filling the kettle the whole way for her tea which is usually one or two cups. Then when she comes back to the kettle to make her tea, she reboils it again to make sure the tea is boiled. She will often leave the finger on the kettle and force it to continue on so the water is bolied over the top.
She will then judge me when the bills come in as if I am responsible for the high bills when I am careful with energy uses around the home.