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?

Yeah that would of be pissed me off too. Ignorant!!

Another scorching hot day rises in an Asda reserve at the heart of the European continent, and the inhabitants are, as ever, fiercely protective of their territory. One female is just getting ready to dry off her bedding at a local sunning spot, preparing for encroaching winter, when another more aggressive female approaches. Despite the menacing glares thrown her way, the new female moves swiftly, blocking the others way, and marks the territory decisively for herself. The beaten female is forced to retreat back to the outskirts of the carpark. There will be no dry bedding for her today.

Where about are you in Scotland? I'm in Fife and never heard of such things sounds wonderful . Missing point of thread I know!
She's being a sick by folding each item I'd ask her to do it in car politely

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.
It's nice to be considerate and all that.

To be honest I think you're getting a bit of a hard time OP. If I was approaching a dryer & there was someone already standing at the washer I would ALWAYS ask them if they were using it & how long they were going to be then I would come back. But maybe she didnt have time to wait after her shopping? I've no idea. I am also glaswegian so I wonder if that's why we think the same way though - maybe its us! (Although annoying I would also be glad I had an opportunity to chill for an extra half hour & leave my toddler at home!)

I must say these are rather marvelous things, I'm in Scotland too and they are great for doing duvets, mattress covers etc when your guests have left weird smells

How much juice did your toddler spill to warrant a full wash of the duvet?

If I’d gone to use it and noticed someone had only 2 minutes remaining in their wash I definitely would have asked them if they planned to use the dryer before bunging my things in to be fair.

@Justonemorecupoftea

How much juice did your toddler spill to warrant a full wash of the duvet?

Daddy left an open tin of Irn bru on his bedside table. That stuff stains if not dealt with quickly.

Ummm Daddy is being unreasonable for leaving an open tin of Irn bru on his bedside table.... who the heck drinks that stuff anyway

She wouldn't have known it was a duvet and your circumstances.

Maybe she is renting and needs baby things dried etc?

I don't think she's being unreasonable? Maybe she didn't know you wanted to tumble dry? I always air dry my duvet.

It's annoying OP. Sorry but it's not her fault.

It's a total dick move. I'm not buying that all these mumsnetters would be totally fine with it.

Daddy left an open tin of Irn bru on his bedside table

That's one of the most Scottish sentences I've ever read.

@JesusInTheCabbageVan

If you'd posted:

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

and just left it at that, you'd have all of MN agreeing with you that it was indeed a dick move

😂😂😂😂😂😂

She could have dried it at home. That’s annoying. That would have pissed me off too.

We have a washer and dryer in our local Morrison’s car park. Never seen it in use at the times I go though.

I think you’re being a bit unreasonable but I do understand how annoying it is to have to wait.

Also, where do you get a washer / dryer in the supermarket car park?

@TwistAndTout

Daddy left an open tin of Irn bru on his bedside table

That's one of the most Scottish sentences I've ever read.

If it happened to all these people saying YABU, I’m sure they would have been annoyed too.

She got to it first. Its first come, first served. I highly doubt that she had looked to see how long you had left. Also how would she know that you had a duvet and planned on using the dryer too?! You could have waited 30 minutes for your turn?

(Not in Scotland by the way!) so they’re are cropping up in various places!

@Pollypockett23

Also, where do you get a washer / dryer in the supermarket car park?

I’m in Surrey and it’s here.

Why is your time more important than hers, OP?

If it happened to all these people saying YABU, I’m sure they would have been annoyed too

Oh I'd have been annoyed. But OP didn't ask if she's BU to be annoyed. She asked if the other woman was a dick. The two are separate things. I'd have been annoyed but I don't think the other woman did anything wrong. The dryer was empty, she used it. To me, that's fair.

@RationalOne
Pipe doon hen, irn bru is a national institution and drunk by millions!!!