To think this is a total fucking dick move?

[FairfaxAikman]

Toddler spilled juice on our bed, soaking the duvet and mattress protector.

Both too big for our washing machine so I popped it in the car and headed down to our local supermarket where there's a big automated washer and dryer in the car park.

Shove my stuff through the washer (it fills the 18kg drum completely) and as the timer counts down I'm getting ready to shove it in the dryer.

With the big neon timer showing just two bloody minutes of my wash cycle left, an arsehole of a woman swings her car into the spot next to mine and empties a tiny bag of washing (enough for a standard home tumble dryer or to put on a single aired) into the dryer, sets it to half an hour and waltzes off to the supermarket.

The dryer and washer are a single unit so there's no way she missed my timer showing only two minutes or the fact it was full of bulky bedding.

I have no other way of drying my duvet and mattress protector, which I need dried so I can sleep on tonight.

AIBU to think that was a total dick move on her part?

@Biancadelrioisback

Does anyone else read everyone's posts in that person's accent (if known)? OP I read all of your posts Inna Scottish accent and now I'm stuck thinking in one

There's no such thing as a "Scottish accent" in the same way as there's no such thing as a British accent.

I would have been seriously pissed off that she had queue jumped, and then after a few moments of internal seething, my rational side would have kicked in and I would have grudgingly acknowledged that she hadn't queue jumped, and its not my drier!

For those wondering about egg machines etc, they’re used to keep honesty box style selling honest, any produce can be put in them.
Look at The Egg Box (Cromarty)on FB

Yet another reason to love Scotland. Never seen a commercial washing machine and drier in a supermarket car park !!
Can see it was annoying and you felt a certain amende of being first in the queue but the reality is you weren’t. She got to the drier before you were ready. You can’t possibly have expected her to wait for your washing to be finished and to wait when your drying did it’s thing !
Annoying. But you ABVVU.

If you were really friendly, you could have shared.

I have a big washing machine, but no tumble drier, so I often use the driers at the laundrette. I must admit, I never even look at the washing machines there, so would have no idea if someone was doing a wash and waiting to use the drier in a few minutes.

I also only use single duvets. It's so much easier!

Its not it’s - obvs.

There's also a local farmers vending machine thingy, with sections for carrots, potatoes and eggs and the like

Sounds great! I wish there was something like this near me

@FairfaxAikman

Ok now she's being bloody deliberate- taking each item out individually and folding it whilst glaring at me.

Dick move. This proves it!

What I wouldn’t give for an 18kg washing machine and dryer in my local supermarket car park!!

@LadyFannyButton

Won’t it melt your mattress protector? I made the mistake of shoving ours in the TD once.

Where do you live that there is a washing machine & TD in a supermarket car park? I’ve never seen such a set up.

We have them! Morrison’s in West Yorkshire. Located next to the ATM in the car park.

Fabulous idea.

I have no other way of drying my duvet and mattress protector, which I need dried so I can sleep on tonight.

But you do have another way. It's called waiting half an hour.

Believe it or not, I would have asked "are you going to be needing the dryer?". And of I was desperate or only going to be quick "is it possible I could go ahead of you?"

Did you ask her if you could go ahead of her?

To be clear I don't think she's a CF but I do think it's a dock move - in the same way i'd consider it a dick move to have a massive trolley full of shopping at the checkout and not let the person with their single carton of milk go ahead of you.

In this situation, you were the one with the equivalent to the massive trolley.

I just put my postcode in on the Revolute website and saw have them at 3 separate locations within 6 miles of me. Who knew???

*totally misses point of thread

Someone better not tell you all about milk vending machines...

YABU. It's only half an hour. And why should she have to wait the half hour instead of you?

@itsovernowthen

I just put my postcode in on the Revolute website and saw have them at 3 separate locations within 6 miles of me. Who knew???

*totally misses point of thread

Wow, there is one 11 miles from me. Unreal!

Link for others because I couldn’t find it at first.

www.revolution-laundry.com/our-locations/

Op do you actually have shares in this & this post is just a sneaky way to advertise? I hope you had a good nights sleep under your clean duvet.

You sound mental OP

Mumsnet, you’ve disappointed me. Not one person has suggested OP leave her partner since he caused all this with his ill placed Irn Bru.

OP - I would have asked too if the person there ahead of me with obviously 2 mins left to wash was going to dry. But it appears that this may be a minority view.

Next time when you’re so close to finishing think you’ll have to take PP’s approach and put decoy in the dryer to hold your space although we’ll probably get someone posting if that was a dick move

Even though her load could have fitted in domestic dryer it does not mean she owns one? Your time isn’t more important than hers. I don’t understand why you think that was a dick move?

@Petportraits

Even though her load could have fitted in domestic dryer it does not mean she owns one? Your time isn’t more important than hers. I don’t understand why you think that was a dick move?

Exactly. Not everyone owns one. I don't

And I'm picturing @nighttrains as a salty old sea cap'n with a pipe in the corner of his mouth after this:

Nailed it.

Totally missing the point of the thread but I'm very jealous of the car park laundrette/farmers vending machine set up!!

It’s a dick move purely because she was glaring at you and taking her time to fold her laundry.

You weren't using the dryer so it's free for anyone to use

@JaJaDingDong

Either you had to wait for 30 mins, or she would have had to. You don't have any priority call for first dibs on the drier.

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