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?

Doubtful the woman was a mind reader. YABU

YABU, I can see why it's annoying though!

Normal etiquette round here is that washing and drying is treated as a single service, so you finish your wash, move it to dryer and the next person puts a wash on and then takes their turn at the dryer after you finish - it's rare that people only dry and every other person I have encountered would wait if the wash machine had just a couple of minutes to go as that's how long the unlock sequence takes. Or at the very least they would ask to go first.

The site is almost exclusively used by people doing duvets and the like.

Maybe I was BU to assume the same etiquette is observed everywhere.

YABVVVVVU

@Ingridla

Doubtful the woman was a mind reader. YABU

Maybe not a mind reader, but I'm sure she could read the massive neon countdown timer above the washer.

@FairfaxAikman

Normal etiquette round here is that washing and drying is treated as a single service, so you finish your wash, move it to dryer and the next person puts a wash on and then takes their turn at the dryer after you finish - it's rare that people only dry and every other person I have encountered would wait if the wash machine had just a couple of minutes to go as that's how long the unlock sequence takes. Or at the very least they would ask to go first. The site is almost exclusively used by people doing duvets and the like.

Maybe I was BU to assume the same etiquette is observed everywhere.

I highly doubt you've used this service often enough for there to be a separate etiquette outside of the general rules of regard - which is "first come, first served".

You sound entitled and YABU.

@FairfaxAikman

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

So you've been giving her the evil eye? Is there only one unit?

A vegetable and egg vending machine?

@Ginger1982 nah, I'm sitting in my car reading a book. I glanced up when she arrived back and then looked at the machine to see if hers was finished.

Normal etiquette round here is that washing and drying is treated as a single service, so you finish your wash, move it to dryer and the next person puts a wash on

That's madness, that means if you have just put a wash on and someone else needs the dryer, the dryer sits empty for 30 minutes or whatever it is, and the other person has to wait an hour.

@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.

Obviously doesn't live where you live then!

Here's a picture to prove they're real.

YABU, you don’t own it.

Maybe don’t let your kid drink juice on your bed!

These are becoming a common sight across Glasgow garages.

For the people who have never seen them before!

Personally If I had seen you with a duvet in the washing I would probably have asked if you needed the dryer!

We Glaswegians are friendly like that though

Why on Earth do you think she should wait for you, but you shouldn't wait for her?

She's been & hit her bits from the supermarket while her washing dried and now she can go home. Not sure why you think you're more entitled to do that, than she is.

Plus of course she's finding her washing. SVes it looking a complete state!

You're bonkers!

@FairfaxAikman

I should say the cycle was basically done, the last two minutes are basically a safety feature and you are essentially just waiting for the washer door to unlock.

And to answer a PP by "single unit" I mean the drums are side by side but they are all controlled by one computer panel.

Can you provide a diagram please?

Hit - got.

SVes - saves

Bloody fat fingers & iphone

Maybe not a mind reader, but I'm sure she could read the massive neon countdown timer above the washer.

Yes, but she wasn't interested in what the washer said. I tend to be a bit single-minded, so if I went somewhere to dry my laundry, I would lock in on the available dryer and probably not even register what the washers were doing.

And why on earth should she wait for you to dry yours if the dryer wasn't occupied? There's being considerate and there's being a bit of a mug.

@MaxNormal

Normal etiquette round here is that washing and drying is treated as a single service, so you finish your wash, move it to dryer and the next person puts a wash on

That's madness, that means if you have just put a wash on and someone else needs the dryer, the dryer sits empty for 30 minutes or whatever it is, and the other person has to wait an hour.

In those cases folk would ask to go first as the wash cycle is 38 mins.

Basically, the n the spirit of a parking thread, you must post a pic so we can truly understand

Don't you have a spare duvet? If I were you I'd pop into the supermarket and pick one up. Sainsbury's double start at £10. Then just take wet duvet home and hang out to dry

I’ve seen this set up in supermarket car parks in France and Ireland. It’s an excellent idea.

But YABU OP. She got to the dryer first. You having a load of washing on doesn’t give you first dibs on the dryer.

Yeah I'd be fuming but it's just sods law.

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

Guess she's just spent the last half hour reading this thread!

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