My washing machine is a dirty liar

QueenOfTheRain · 2023-06-27T20:51:26+00:00

An hour ago it said it had 20 minutes left. I have now been sat on the floor of my kitchen looking at it saying 16 minutes for an indescribable amount of time. Is it operating on quantum time? Is it buggered? Or is it a sociopathic degenerate?

FixTheBone · 27/06/2023 21:55

If its a samsung stuck on 16mins it usually means there's a drainage issue, either your waste pipe, pump or filter are blocked, or the pump is dead.

VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji · 27/06/2023 21:56

I was just going to say it needs drain cleaning.
get the towels out

NannyGythaOgg · 27/06/2023 21:58

sociopath definitely. Never let any machine know you are waiting for them.

AI didn't need inventing - any machine has always had a level of 'fuck you' and always has had. Printers are the worst, closely followed by washing machines and computers

ToddlerTerror · 27/06/2023 21:59

I always say this about mine! Says it has 5mins left, go back 10mins later and it is still bloody going!

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QueenOfTheRain · 27/06/2023 21:59

It's a hotpoint. Trouble is it's integrated and the pipe is too short to pull the bloody machine out to have a proper look. Last time the repair man had to pull half the kitchen sink area apart to get to it. Ffs just need the kids uniform out so I can go to bed!

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cornflower21 · 27/06/2023 21:59

Time is relative.😁

FionnulaTheCooler · 27/06/2023 22:01

Mine is like this too. Temperamental fucker. I've learned if I'm putting it on the timer to finish before I have to leave for work to give it extra time in case it decides to do this.

VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji · 27/06/2023 22:07

QueenOfTheRain · 27/06/2023 21:59

It's a hotpoint. Trouble is it's integrated and the pipe is too short to pull the bloody machine out to have a proper look. Last time the repair man had to pull half the kitchen sink area apart to get to it. Ffs just need the kids uniform out so I can go to bed!

why do they put the filter and drain bits in the least accessible places

UtterlyUnimaginativeUsername · 27/06/2023 22:10

They're all liars, mine does it too. Surely they're very clean liars, though?

Slaistery · 27/06/2023 22:11

Mine does this when it’s got a really unbalanced load - it can say 11 minutes for half an hour

Allmyghosts · 27/06/2023 22:14

I think washing machines are second to only printers for being uppity twats. There's a reason hardy anyone has printers anymore. Washing machines are more smug, they know you can't function without them.

Trollfeet · 27/06/2023 22:14

We check to see how many washing machine units are left, the numbers don’t correlate to minutes.

LostMySocks · 27/06/2023 22:15

Switch it off then on again and select spin to check drain is ok. If spins and finishes open, get load evenly distributed and run a rinse and spin.
If spin doesn't work then it's likely to be a blocked filter and you'll need to manually drain. Not fun.

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QueenOfTheRain · 27/06/2023 22:15

I've given up and put it on a spin to just get the damn clohes out. I'm so tired and desperate for bed that the kids will have to have half washed uniforms. If they have an issue with that they can take it up with the machine of untruthfulness

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MyDecadent70sArmpits · 27/06/2023 22:18

This is how they break us.

This is how they make us conform.

My washing machine lies and then plays me Schubert’s trout quintet when it is finished.

Lenin would have not stood for this nonsense.

whenindoubtgotothelibrary · 27/06/2023 22:20

Mine too. And then when it does finally finish it tortures me further by not releasing the door lock

OnTheBoardwalk · 27/06/2023 22:23

Allmyghosts · 27/06/2023 22:14

I think washing machines are second to only printers for being uppity twats. There's a reason hardy anyone has printers anymore. Washing machines are more smug, they know you can't function without them.

This!

I mean if I’m after a print out I need it pretty much at the time I’m asking

washing machine tell me how much time you actually need. I can work with that

Okshacky · 27/06/2023 22:25

Turn it off at the wall, turn on again on a spin.

VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji · 28/06/2023 09:47

Allmyghosts · 27/06/2023 22:14

I think washing machines are second to only printers for being uppity twats. There's a reason hardy anyone has printers anymore. Washing machines are more smug, they know you can't function without them.

Completely

mines a cunt.

my printer though, that’s fantastic. I love my printer.

MsAlder · 28/06/2023 09:52

Sumsung ecobubble? Mine does that too. You can also attempt a quick fix because the hose is too short to properly pull out (it's good I have small hands because it got in machine once). Put down loads of towels and unscrew the big plug at the front. I'll release a load of water and you can have a feel to see if there is a blockage. Otherwise, for a full clean, I'd get a plumber in to tip it over so that you can get everything out. Apparently it's really easy to get the hose back in if the washing machine is in any other position than upright...

VegetablesFightingToReclaimTheAubergieneEmoji · 28/06/2023 10:10

I am all for a micro plastic filter in washing machines. But they need to put it somewhere accessible

FussyPud · 28/06/2023 10:53

I swear our machine uses the same time measurement system as computers doing updates. Microsoft minutes, if you will.

Twats.

anon199900 · 28/06/2023 10:56

Do you always sit on the floor watching your washing machine? 😂

JellyBabiesToManual · 28/06/2023 11:23

Washing machine minutes aren't the same as real minutes. Everyone knows that. They're lying buggers that take great joy in punishing us for putting our grubby stuff in them by holding it all hostage for random amounts of incalculable time.

Printers are also arseholes. That's why you have to pay to use them at the library. It isn't really for the ink and paper. It's compensation for the stress the library staff have to endure.

DollyTheFluffyOne · 28/06/2023 11:23

This happened to me recently with a washing machine in a hotel in the USA - I couldn't work it out at all! Is this the first time it has happened?