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Post# 598055   5/21/2012 at 17:46 (4,328 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)        

Have no words to describe what I feel about this video...

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Post# 598057 , Reply# 1   5/21/2012 at 18:16 (4,328 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA)        

Man Damn, that's scary.

Post# 598060 , Reply# 2   5/21/2012 at 18:29 (4,328 days old) by dirtybuck (Springfield, MO)        

A Darwin nomination for "Father Of The Year". Apparently Dad takes his brain out regularly and plays with it.

Post# 598067 , Reply# 3   5/21/2012 at 19:13 (4,328 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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The bigger question here is why is there no emergency stop on a machine that has a door that locks?

Post# 598068 , Reply# 4   5/21/2012 at 19:15 (4,328 days old) by DirectDriveDave ()        
To Robert

Do those even exist? I cant say I have ever seen or heard of them, and I have been to many laundromats before.

Post# 598094 , Reply# 5   5/21/2012 at 21:39 (4,328 days old) by A440 ()        

Idiots!
I hope this child is taken from them for awhile to "Scare Them".
Good Point Robert! Seems like there would be a huge Red Button that you could "mash" to stop and unlock.
Brent


Post# 598098 , Reply# 6   5/21/2012 at 21:57 (4,328 days old) by michaelman2 (Lauderdale by the Sea, FL)        

This is unbelievable The sperm donor's ass needs to be kicked until his nose bleeds. Fool!

Post# 598123 , Reply# 7   5/22/2012 at 00:46 (4,328 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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Commercial washers don't "start themselves". SOMEbody put money in it to make it run. Cops and social services will be following up on this but media likely won't.

Post# 598127 , Reply# 8   5/22/2012 at 01:11 (4,328 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)        
Did the child survive?

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I ask because not only would it be very badly bruised etc but I am sure there is water in there too maybe its the angle of the cam? Also the fact the Mom seems to be pretty mad.

But there are not many laundromat machines with stop buttons they seem to be on the ones in private use.

Austin


Post# 598129 , Reply# 9   5/22/2012 at 01:49 (4,328 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)        

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Wow.......

Unbelieveable


Post# 598130 , Reply# 10   5/22/2012 at 02:00 (4,328 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

How stupid!!!It takes the act of putting the kid in the machine-and inserting coins in it to start it.Is this some sort of punishment?I think DAD should go on a trash truck tour!Put him in the Leach and pull the lever!I just don't get why ?? the child was walking in front of the machine-and Dad just puts him in it!

Post# 598131 , Reply# 11   5/22/2012 at 02:01 (4,328 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        
I don't understand how this passes code, but it does

This is not the first time,  last one of these the news covered a "good samaritan", worked on the electrical supply with a fire axe. Robert is right, these huge machines are dangerous, and inviting to small children, whether their dad's are idiots or not. alr


Post# 598133 , Reply# 12   5/22/2012 at 02:06 (4,328 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Yes,why aren't these machines equipped with an E-stop button?Hit the button drum motion stops right away-and door unlocks.The laundry attendent shouldn't had to bulldoze the tables away to get to the back of the machine.At how safety minded politicians and others are-think the EStop would be required on commercial patron operated machines.

Post# 598138 , Reply# 13   5/22/2012 at 02:49 (4,328 days old) by qualin (Canada)        

I cross posted this into "As the tub turns" without checking to see if this post was already made.

Sorry Robert.


Post# 598139 , Reply# 14   5/22/2012 at 02:58 (4,328 days old) by qualin (Canada)        

The first time I watched this, I was like, "Why would you do that? What were you thinking?"

At least the laundromat attendant was able to do something quick about it.

My guess, the only reason why Emergency Stop buttons don't exist on commercial front loaders is because people could abuse it and get free clothing. (Then again, there's always people stealing clothing out of dryers too....)

Better to have the option of a REPO (Remote Emergency Power Off) button which is activated by two terminals located on the rear of the machine, if they are shorted, the machine stops and unlocks immediately. These could be wired back to a control panel or something behind a pane of glass. Smash the glass and push the right button.

Either that or the control panel could be controlled by a laundry attendant.

Just my thoughts.. Kind of sad to see this happen.


Post# 598162 , Reply# 15   5/22/2012 at 08:09 (4,327 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)        
Shocking. That poor child.

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I'm sure child services got involved.


Post# 598165 , Reply# 16   5/22/2012 at 08:17 (4,327 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Knowingly placing a child in mortal danger is a felony in this country.   Not sure what country this video is from but I would bet this act is a serious crime there as well.   This was an act of a deranged and monumentally stupid person upon a child.  As has been true throughout history; pity the poor children to whom for centuries all manner of pain has been inflicted.


Post# 598238 , Reply# 17   5/22/2012 at 13:57 (4,327 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)        
yet another proof that front load washers are unsafe for kid

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this is my only post in this thread and i would say that this is yet another proof that front load washers can be unsafe with kids i have 2 cats and i always makes sure when i do laundry that my cats is not near the washer or inside it same go for the dryer and that locking doors are not wise to put on machines.

Post# 598250 , Reply# 18   5/22/2012 at 15:09 (4,327 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)        
<2x facepalm>

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Oy

 

 


Post# 598256 , Reply# 19   5/22/2012 at 15:35 (4,327 days old) by coldspot ()        

Here is the video not zoomed it is the usa. I think it is odd no one helps them at all look at the folks in the background





Post# 598257 , Reply# 20   5/22/2012 at 15:36 (4,327 days old) by coldspot ()        

Can not edit same link just easy to click

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Post# 598259 , Reply# 21   5/22/2012 at 15:48 (4,327 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)        
"I think it is odd no one helps them..."

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Hell I'm surprised that people weren't grabbing their phones and filming it....

 

 

-Tim


Post# 598313 , Reply# 22   5/22/2012 at 19:18 (4,327 days old) by dascot (Scotland)        
Only two facepalms?

Pierre,

I would say it is no proof at all that a front load washer is unsafe for kids. The only proof you see there is someone who does not think before acting - and that's nothing to do with FL or TL washers. You don't like them, that's fine, but don't act as though a video showing an ADULT doing something unutterably stupid proves a point to suit you.


Post# 598359 , Reply# 23   5/22/2012 at 23:51 (4,327 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        
here you go from Channel 5

 

Must of been a slow new's day here.  alr

 

Wow You Tube already yanked it.  (edit)



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Post# 598375 , Reply# 24   5/23/2012 at 05:04 (4,326 days old) by qualin (Canada)        

What Pierre also doesn't really know...

Modern Consumer front loading machines can sense if the load is shifting when the tub is stationary. If this happens, the machine will abort the cycle and unlock the door. It's a safety feature. I'm not about to try it myself though!

Commercial machines don't have this capability because it's extra electronics which could fail, resulting in less income and higher maintenance costs for the owner. It does make me wonder though if there is anything a commercial manufacturer could implement which could prevent this from happening.

I agree with Dascot, both front loaders and top loaders are as equally as dangerous in a laundromat. Both machines have their fallacies. At least they were able to get the kid out of the machine with only minor injuries, thank God.

I think that the whole "Which machine is more dangerous" thing is a topic for another thread IMHO and provides a good argument in itself, but it's not really appropriate for this thread.


Post# 598376 , Reply# 25   5/23/2012 at 05:08 (4,326 days old) by qualin (Canada)        

This suddenly reminds me of a memory... I can tell this story now...

There was an old neglected laundromat near where I used to live, since long gone...

Inside, were a bunch of older Huebsch dryers, the large kind with the large glass door that you could probably fit at least two loads in with no problem.

Anyway, on one of the dryers, the belt was broken... on a dare, a friend of mine got inside the dryer and rocked the drum as fast as he could.. Of course, eventually, the dryer started banging against the other dryers as it rocked back and forth.

We had a content to see how fast we could get the dryer spinning... being dumb kids, we didn't really realize that we could have killed ourselves, breathing in the fumes from the gas or knocking loose the gas line...

I bet the owner wondered why the heck he was blowing through bearings like crazy...


Post# 598383 , Reply# 26   5/23/2012 at 06:12 (4,326 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

"dryer riding" heard of it when I was a kid-I didn't do this-but other kids would go to a laundramat to "ride" the dryers-they would try to do that before the laundramat operator caught them.

Post# 598393 , Reply# 27   5/23/2012 at 07:13 (4,326 days old) by coldspot ()        

Why is youtube removing the video? This one still works or did.

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Post# 598401 , Reply# 28   5/23/2012 at 08:05 (4,326 days old) by DirectDriveDave ()        

people are probably flagging the video as child abuse or something along those lines.

Post# 598427 , Reply# 29   5/23/2012 at 10:48 (4,326 days old) by dave886 (united kingdom)        

This is just horrible I'm absolutely shocked that someone could do such a thing, joke or no joke these machine are design in such away, once activated they will lock until the cycle is over, but in some laundromats, machine are sometimes know to have a power shortages, where the customer has inserted coins into machine but it will not start, so they will move there laundry to another machine thinking that machine is broken until the next person comes and uses it and it works again, in this case the father must of thought the machine was offline but WRONG!! but the father of the child, honestly should be sent to prison life sentence and the child should be adopted into a loving family who are not stupid enough to do such a thing, this video really ranges me, i don't know how i would of reacted if i was at the laundromat, i would of been in total shock.

Post# 598504 , Reply# 30   5/23/2012 at 15:35 (4,326 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York)        

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Post# 598570 , Reply# 31   5/23/2012 at 23:52 (4,326 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        
New Jersey, "babysitter"

Channel 5 updated the story tonight,  the man was said to be "unidentified male",  the woman  was a "baby-sitter",  This occurred  in New Jersey.  The news did show the child, and stated the child was not seriously harmed.  The parents learned of the event through social media and news coverage.



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Post# 598583 , Reply# 32   5/24/2012 at 01:11 (4,326 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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Babysitter and her boyfriend? The link contains no reference to the story. ANYthing can happen in Joisey. And they call California and Texas the "nut states". (eyeroll)

Post# 598586 , Reply# 33   5/24/2012 at 01:23 (4,326 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        
oop

Here you go,  Sorry about that. alr



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Post# 598588 , Reply# 34   5/24/2012 at 01:52 (4,326 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

And,  another media source:



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Post# 598690 , Reply# 35   5/24/2012 at 12:20 (4,325 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)        

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Just read the NJ prosecutor declined to press charges but the mother has been outraged over this. Babysitter lied and told mother that child fell down a stairway.

Post# 598716 , Reply# 36   5/24/2012 at 15:09 (4,325 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)        
W O W

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That seems to be a degenerate community all around, similar reaction to the mother who wouldn't press charges after her 11-yo son was assaulted in the park by three girls and filmed. I would be damned if those f*ckers would get off that easy if it were my child.  "Hey I'll show you a prank and it involves 1 hand and a swift, upward swing movement of the arm". I dunno, looks like the mom is as bad as the "baby-sitters"... Maybe she don't want the fuzz hangin around longer than they need to, maybe the home conditions are more deplorable than these imbeciles are providing, a truly scary though.

 

Seriously, for the things that I've seen Child Services pursue and for this to seem to passing over so quietly, it boggles my mind.

 

 

Outraged Citizen

 

-Tim


Post# 598761 , Reply# 37   5/24/2012 at 18:29 (4,325 days old) by AutoWasherFreak ()        

I remember going to the laundromat with my mom in the early 70's and there were only two front loaders "Big Boy's" and they had an emergency shut off. I saw this on our local news too, and was shocked why would you even jokingly put a child in a washer and shut the door? He must of fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.



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