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Thread Number: 58489
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| Post# 810131 2/19/2015 at 19:56 (3,343 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit) | ||
We have all seen the people who put their detergent in the fabric softener dispenser but what is the stupidest thing you have seen a person do while operating a washer.
Yesterday at the local laundromat I saw a lady filling the bleach dispenser of a new Maytag commercial 20 pound HE front loader with Clorox toilet bowl cleaner. I cannot imagine what the hoses look like in that washer. What ridiculous things have you seen people do to with their washers? | ||
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| Post# 810151 , Reply# 3 2/19/2015 at 21:22 (3,343 days old) by dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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..... And I thought it was nasty when the odd piece of food got washed with the kitchen rags at work! Occasionally find the odd piece of lettuce from the salad bar or similar, once found a handful of cheerios floating in the washer, but nothing like that! YUCK! | ||
Post# 810152 , Reply# 4 2/19/2015 at 21:41 (3,343 days old) by friscosudz  (Portland OR) |
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Once, while living in San Francisco, I was doing laundry at a laundromat about a block from my apartment. It was brand new, and the whole place was outfitted with Dexter stacked washer/dryer units. They had a 30b washer on the bottom, and a large dryer stacked on top. The girl apparently couldn't tell the washers from the dryers. She put her dirty clothes in the dryer, and then proceeded to pour a cap full of detergent into the dispenser that was attached to the washer underneath. The washer was already in use and in it's final spin. As soon as the detergent hit the spinning drum, it burst into a big cloud of foam and oversized back out of the dispenser. The man who was using the washer was clearly not impressed, but he didn't say anything to her. She then fiddled about with the controls for several minutes, trying to figure out how to use the card pay system, and still not understanding why nothing was happening. She finally took her dirty clothes back out of the dryer and left. The guy had to rewash his load to get all of the soap out of it. LOL.
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| Post# 810176 , Reply# 5 2/20/2015 at 03:23 (3,343 days old) by Wringingwet (Walterboro South Carolina) | ||
only in SC
I was doing laundry during a house renovation and a man came in looked around and thru his clothes in a Bosch extractor, pour detergent all over it and put in the 50 cents ... well when it stopped he was so disgusted he took the clothes out and complained about the washing ability out loud cussing the whole time. I was clear the man could not read at all.
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| Post# 810207 , Reply# 6 2/20/2015 at 07:24 (3,343 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
I pulled a stupid recently
Now I have had my machine for five years so am familiar with it's operation. Around Christmas I was washing a load of whites. I wasn't paying attention and put a cap full of Tide Free & Clear in the fabric softener dispenser by accident.
Had to remove the drawer and flush everything out. *********** I was at the laundry and saw a woman put her child up in the washer to stomp the clothes down so she could get more in the top load Speed Queen. I swear some of the clothes didn't even get wet. I heard the owner tell her not to do that again or she couldn't come back. | ||
| Post# 810209 , Reply# 7 2/20/2015 at 07:38 (3,343 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 810242 , Reply# 8 2/20/2015 at 12:03 (3,342 days old) by gmmcnair (Portland, OR) | ||
In my younger years as a laundromat user, I have seen:
A woman put unflushed poopy cloth diapers in a washer and not clean it out after she was done. Sad thing is, the washing machine afterwards smelled better than her and her family. People put 1 1/2 cups of Tide into a single load Philco Bendix front loader and stand by looking vacant as suds boiled out of the dispenser at the top. A young woman walk into the laundromat....pack three loads into a solid tub Speed Queen, glug in detergent on top, glug in softener on top, set the machine to Cold and start it, and then complain that the ancient washers were crap and never got anything clean. At home, the stupidest thing I have done to date is mix up the detergent and softener bottles while on narcotic pain killers. I had the Purex Natural Elements products, and they looked a little too much alike for someone semi-whacked on Vicodin. | ||
| Post# 810246 , Reply# 9 2/20/2015 at 12:35 (3,342 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Detergent and Softener | ||
| Post# 810268 , Reply# 10 2/20/2015 at 15:13 (3,342 days old) by toploader1984 () | ||
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Not toilet cleaner Clorox has a new bleach for he washers small dispensers, it is similar to the toilet cleaner bottole, it is splashless and has an ez pour spout. | ||
| Post# 810271 , Reply# 11 2/20/2015 at 15:19 (3,342 days old) by toploader1984 () | ||
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Bottle Specially made for he washers
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Post# 810275 , Reply# 12 2/20/2015 at 15:49 (3,342 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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Where do I start?
During many trips to the Laundromat this is just some of what I've seen.
1/2 bottle of Tide poured into a 40# Ipso. The poor machine could not even spin properly. 20# of laundry put in a 60# SQ and the guy wondered why washing his clothes was so F---ing expensive. A load big enough to fill a 40# machine in a TL SQ. The machine did break from this. A woman using a WHOLE BOTTLE of Tide and Suavitel for 2 40# and 1 60# load. A throw up blanket that had not been de-chunked thrown in a washer. Cell phone in the Wascomat. Washing everything together and of course on cold. Exploding pillows, feathers everywhere. WK78 | ||
| Post# 810276 , Reply# 13 2/20/2015 at 15:55 (3,342 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit) | ||
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Gel Bleach | ||
| Post# 810365 , Reply# 14 2/20/2015 at 22:44 (3,342 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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People who didn't believe the signs at the Norge Village telling you not to dry foam rubber items in the dryer. And then they'd put it on High, which was only good for linens, and even then sometimes it would scorch them. Needless to say, foam rubber pillows went up in flames very quickly. | ||
| Post# 810375 , Reply# 16 2/20/2015 at 23:40 (3,342 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia) | ||
20 year old F&P Washer 111, the amazing part of that story is how the F&P has lasted so long!, maybe F&P should recruit him to use in their next advertising campaign. The worst situation I ever came across was my neighbour's then 16 year old daughter doing the family wash for the first and then the last time. She quite merrily went along and stuffed 15 bath towels into their then already old Simpson 6 or so kg top loader, needless to say you can imagine what happened, the agitator could not even move and about halfway through the torture of the machine, it had a mechanical heart attack and went to washer heaven. She was never allowed to do the laundry again. | ||
| Post# 810395 , Reply# 18 2/21/2015 at 05:45 (3,342 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
In this building full of pathetic geezers, a PAID housekeeper stuffed a coinop Maytag TL so full the lid wouldn't close and when it tried to spin the burning belt set off the fire alarm. Multiple instances of putting so much soap into the FL that it hurled all over the floor.
Gawd knows what bodily blowby gets stuffed into those machines. I used them only once, with an empty hot/bleach cycle first. Then spent a week on the internet and bought a Chinese twinny I could smuggle in and disguise as a stack of boxes. (Personal laundry eqpt is forbidden and staff regularly overturns our subsistence cubicles like Law & Order with a warrant looking for contraband. And bedbugs.) | ||
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Post# 810405 , Reply# 19 2/21/2015 at 08:09 (3,342 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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And I thought my wife loading up our Hotpoint at our apartment made me yell "Hey!"... And she'd never operated another inter-active appliance like a washer, dryer, dishwasher--and later, our range--ever again!
Somehow the skit on THE ELECTRIC COMPANY of these men loading--OVERloading, actually--"Six Washers, in all their '70's Avocado splendor", seems less funny... -- Dave | ||
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Post# 811437 , Reply# 22 2/27/2015 at 10:12 (3,336 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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 If you pay for a washer at our local laundromat, you will immediately be given a premeasured dose of detergent. I don't think (hope) anyone turns down using pro detergent that's already been paid for, thus oversudsing isn't much of an issue a this laundromat. Dryers can only be run for 30 minutes at a time.
Still... that doesn't stop people from overloading, kicking doors shut or drying shoes alongs with other laundry. | ||
| Post# 811445 , Reply# 23 2/27/2015 at 11:06 (3,336 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
Some of these stories
have made me lose faith in a lot of humanity. This is why I'm the only one that does laundry. I haven't really experienced anything crazy because I rarely have ever had to go to a laundromat, but my cousin would always overload the wash and when you were visiting and took a shower, you could smell the towels were not clean. I HATED drying off on one of those towels so I brought my own.
1/2 gallon of bleach for a load of clothes? I'd die if I saw that.....and the poop. UGH, that's just nasty nasty nasty. | ||
| Post# 811470 , Reply# 24 2/27/2015 at 14:06 (3,335 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Personally, I think a lot of this strange behavior is the result of people being either too cheap or too lazy to do things the proper way. They figure why should I spend the money for 6 loads when I can squeeze everything into two! And then they think, well it's been washed in the washer so it must be clean! | ||
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Post# 811528 , Reply# 25 2/28/2015 at 00:24 (3,335 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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I sort of remember a video shown on here a few years ago where someone at a laundromat was trying to wash hard side suitcases in a SQ washer!Other folks in the laundry were amused by the washers lid bobbing up and down-and the trampy girls thought to have been running that load. | ||
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Post# 1084337 , Reply# 29 8/8/2020 at 08:57 (1,347 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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besides I do what most appliance fans do. Check and recheck just to make sure everything's up to par and watch the machine through the windows. Everything must go according to the fabric type, color and soil contents. That's how it works. | ||
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Post# 1084339 , Reply# 30 8/8/2020 at 09:07 (1,347 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1084357 , Reply# 32 8/8/2020 at 11:22 (1,347 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 I never wash anything in cold except a some black, navy, and red t-shirts that have DTG (direct to garment) printed designs. TeeFury | ||
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Post# 1084401 , Reply# 35 8/8/2020 at 21:46 (1,346 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac (Canberra ACT) |
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Which one Is worse? Washing everything on cold or washing everything in hot? | ||
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Post# 1084409 , Reply# 37 8/8/2020 at 23:03 (1,346 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 1084417 , Reply# 39 8/9/2020 at 00:14 (1,346 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
"Which one Is worse? Washing everything on cold or washing everything in hot?"
Different answers on this one. After installing a temper valve about 12 years ago, I'd say anyone washing material requiring cold temps under 85F should walk the plank. I have my water heater set at 162F so washing anything but 100% white material designed for hot water is guaranteed to lose some color and possibly shrink. | ||
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Post# 1084677 , Reply# 41 8/11/2020 at 03:07 (1,344 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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How about pushing a button and walking away and kicking the machine without reading the manual? Again they'll blame the machine. as seen on the link in reply 33. | ||
| Post# 1086942 , Reply# 42 8/28/2020 at 10:29 (1,327 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
Speaking of laundromats
I walked into this last night in all 6 of my toploads. On these 3, I put them in diagnostic mode, got them drained, flipped the circuit breaker off, put “BROKEN FROM OVERLOADING” on them. Waiting to see when the culprit shows up.
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Post# 1087319 , Reply# 43 8/30/2020 at 17:58 (1,324 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac (Canberra ACT) |
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Oh my god, that’s horrible That’s absolutely Frigidaire horrible, do you have any front loading machines? Or is the only top loaders | ||
| Post# 1087340 , Reply# 44 8/30/2020 at 23:41 (1,324 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
I’ve heard of people stuffing their washer with so many clothes to the point where you couldn’t stuff any more clothes in and that’s definitely overloading. I usually tend to ever so slightly under load my machines and since I am in charge of the machines I have around my house overloading won’t ever happen.
I am sure people have overloaded dryers before and that will simply cause the clothes to not dry or have ridiculously long dry times along with wrinkled laundry as well. | ||
| Post# 1099404 , Reply# 47 12/5/2020 at 14:56 (1,227 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1099407 , Reply# 48 12/5/2020 at 15:04 (1,227 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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I've had better performance using machines properly, top and front load alike. I'm currently using front loading laundry and I've never had issues. | ||
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Post# 1099415 , Reply# 49 12/5/2020 at 16:09 (1,227 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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honestly....WHO CARES?
if I see someone overstuffing a machine, using the wrong temp/cycle/selection....what do I care? as long as its not one of my personal machines.....who gives a rats ass, and why is it any of your business?.... its NOT your machine, NOT your clothing, NOT your money.... I am sure you probably do stuff improper that annoys the hell out of others....do you learn?..... the only time I would recommend an opinion, is if its Singles night at the Laundromat....and a handsome guy needs help while his clothes are washing! | ||
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Post# 1099419 , Reply# 50 12/5/2020 at 16:24 (1,227 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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Besides... I'd tell them once, and something happens to them... Too Bad! They got what they deserved! | ||
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Post# 1099499 , Reply# 51 12/5/2020 at 23:26 (1,227 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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I know this will make some cringe!!
Until I joined this group, I never would have known there was a proper way to load a washing machine. I think I was smart enough not to overload as was seen in some of these pictures, but I wouldn't have known I needed to worry about anything more than good sorting, the correct cycle and what I thought was the correct amount of detergent. I suspect I am not alone.
But I have to agree, if it's not my machine(s) I really couldn't care less. | ||
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Post# 1099517 , Reply# 53 12/6/2020 at 03:38 (1,227 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Love that story..
#52 - I love that story. I'm not sure why I take a little delight in knowing the guy got his. I'm normally not like that, but some people are so selfish. Yeah, I'd like to know how his clothes comes out.
I suspect I learned from my Mom and then as I've gone through the years I've made adjustments to meet my needs. One thing is different, is she always had a suds saver in her machine and I can remember pulling the water back in the machine. I've never owned one, I guess I thought that was a little gross.
I know I am a little over the edge when it comes to how I do laundry, but I just see it as one of those pleasures I have in life. Hubby just shakes his head that I don't throw stuff in the washer until it will hold no more and then in the dryer on high. I dry at different temperatures, hang some things, etc. Sometimes you walk into our laundry room and have to duck to avoid the stuff hanging here and there. LOL. Here it is this morning as I type this with the jeans I have hang drying instead of machine drying. Ha. Oh well, this virus makes it worse because I need to find more of life's little pressures in the house vs. the mall.
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Post# 1099959 , Reply# 58 12/9/2020 at 11:26 (1,224 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 1100055 , Reply# 60 12/10/2020 at 06:10 (1,223 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Dustin, now the as you call "tyrant" governor has had to cancell house sessions in Lansing because Guiliani was there last week and now they have an outbreak. | ||
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Post# 1100078 , Reply# 61 12/10/2020 at 10:41 (1,223 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1100131 , Reply# 64 12/10/2020 at 18:53 (1,222 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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Dishwasher Version:
I walked into the kitchen at the VFW where that Hobart AM-9-T2 dish machine was located that I did a video about. Someone immediately said "Nick, I'm glad you are here something is wrong with the dishwasher. It smells funny and is not cleaning. I went back to the dishroom and found the drain open and heaters turned on!. I called the people over that were trying to use the Hobart and explained that you have to shut the drain and fill the tank with water for the dishwasher to work and not burn up.
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