Exactly that really, DH decides to wash his gym kit, all dark colours, and then has a rummage for stuff to make up a load to go in. We have a three basket washing sorter, divided into whites/colours/darks and he chooses the whites to make up a full load. Why oh why? The man is Oxbridge educated, generally not an idiot, but wouldn't you think something, somewhere along the line, would have told him this was a bad idea?
Ah well, I'm going to use his credit card and replace everything that he's just ruined. Just like last time - no, dear reader, this isn't the first time this kind of thing has happened. Under the vague guise of being 'helpful', the last washing incident involved a number of hand wash only Calvin Klein bras being given a thorough beating by our top loading, clothes destroying American washer (I'm not in the UK).
The sheer waste makes me so angry though - as well as knowing it's me who has to source a replacement for one of DD's favourite t-shirts that is also now a rather odd colour...