To be shocked 1st world problems here

[Babsexxx]

Our tumble dryer packed up so me and hubs made a dash to the launderette stuck our clothes on 45 minutes, left thinking nothing really of it we went to do some shopping that took around 50 to find someone had removed all our washing from the tumble dryer?!!

What! We wernt running massively over time and this launderette is not overly even use, It wasn’t even fully dried could of done with maybe ten more minutes! The only thing I can think of is us using “the big tumble dryer” but would you seriously remove anyones clothes at the launderette?!??

Maybe it’s been a while for me but it wouldn’t really enter my mind to touch anyone else’s stuff!

And if they have a lot of laundry to dry, why would they decide to pay £10 to use 2 small dryers when they could just remove your items and use the large dryer which saves them £2?

If there were 8 other large tumble driers available, then YANBU.

But I think you have already said that you were hogging the only large tumble drier, in which case YABU and a CF to boot.

How could they have known how long you were going to be though?

Think yourself lucky, OP. The one in New Ferry, although cheaper than the nearer one, used to nick stuff - and that's 45 years ago.

Depends on number of bigger driers but is standard practice esp if only one bigger one & someone wants to dry duvets/quilts etc

Ok so I didn’t accpect my personal washing to
be touched and I’m the asshole lol! I’d rather have divided it into 2 tumble dryers I just wouldn’t dare touch anyone else items?

I'm just gobsmacked you don't know all this. You mean you've never used a laundrette before?

Well the time on the dryer was a dead giveaway lol

'Me and hubs.' LMFAO 😆

Of COURSE YABU @Babsexxx You're in a public place. Bet you are shocked when you reserve a changing room at the swimming baths and leave all your stuff in there while you go for a swim, and people move all your shit from there too! 😜

Lol no

I think if this is going to bother you then you need to be there for when your washing finishes.

Listen to everyone who is telling you that this is normal laundrette behaviour. If you don't want people to touch your stuff then don't be late.

This reminds me of when I first left home (30+ years ago) and used the laundrette regularly. I would stay in there (where it was warm) and write letters to my mates. And chain smoke 😂😂😂 Happy days!

(YABU BTW.)

Staff in the launderette near me do this.
They run on the basis you can only use the washing machine or tumble dryer for the time you have paid for.

So, you'll know not to leave your personal washing unattended, in a public place, causing a nuisance to others, in future.
And, yes, you are. But you know that now so will hopefully learn from being told so, unanimously, and will be less inconsiderate of others, next time.

Soo strange of me to think people wouldn’t want to even handle others washing?! Christ I said there where 8 other tumble dryers available I’m not a idiot if it was rammed I’d of been like get there right in the nose but I didn’t leave anyone without use

Yes, you are.

I think by this point in the thread, you need to accept that you were unaware of laundrette etiquette and move on.

It's always been standard practice to move people's finished washing in the launderettes I've used. Thing only thing I don't like is when men take it upon themselves to fold my stuff.

I don’t get how it was a nuisance when they had other options to dry there clothing? I didn’t leave them all out of options lol

Why do people post on AIBU, unanimously get told that they ABU, and then argue back?

I don't believe for a second there were 7 other big ones given the way you first described it.

Well the washing was clean

In some laundrettes there is a manger who will remove all finished stuff even if other dryers are available

It's standard etiquette

@Babsexxx As I said the staff in my local laundrette do this. They do not care if there are other ones free. If you are not there and they are not too busy they remove the clothes from the machine. You only get to use them for the time you have paid for them.
And 5 minutes late is a lot for a laundrette.

This is quite common but at the least you know for next time. When I had to use a launderette I was always there 5 minutes before the end to get the laundry out.