Hands off my laundry during Coronavirus!

[DBK]

Does this mean I can stop washing my hands 30 times a day?

I'm still washing them. Theories can change.

 

[Jenka]

Just recently in Italy I had a German threaten me as I had removed the washing after waiting over 10 minutes I calmly let him rant I had mask on he didn't and when security arrived he was told to calm down or leave as he had threatened me the site offered me a lake side pitch and x4 free washes totaling €24 to say he was miffed ha ha.

 

[scotzsue]

They were not out of order at all. What was out of order was leaving the machine full of washing that had finished . There by preventing others from using it. If you think that is acceptable then you are also rude.

Wonder if you have ever esed an on site washer. I always not time for finishing on my phone and set alarm for 6 minutes before the due time, sometimes longer if it is a bit of a hike to laundry, Get there supposedly with a couple of minutes left to run washer can be showing anything up to another 15 mintes to run but can also already be finished before the 'due' time.
In the present climate I would not sit and wait, in most laundry buildings it is discouraged. But wouldn't dream of removing someone elses washing if the machine was finished, especially when Covid is about most site laundries also have notices asking you not to touch other peoples laundry. The site staff in most cases can do this, but sorry 5 minutes is nothing, if I had to wait for ages i would not be happy either, but still would not remove anyone elses washing.
They might complain to to site you had taken their waterproof rolex when taking their washing out.

 

[Jenka]

The washing machines on the French supermarkets send you a text when finished .Good idea .

 

[Langtoftlad]

The washing machines on the French supermarkets send you a text when finished .Good idea .

They need to send you a text 6 minutes before they're finished... you might be five minutes away

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[g3cwi]

If I was doing my laundry at a site I would stay inside with it. Walking around with no clothes on is not a good look at my age.

 

[glenn2926]

Wonder if you have ever esed an on site washer. I always not time for finishing on my phone and set alarm for 6 minutes before the due time, sometimes longer if it is a bit of a hike to laundry, Get there supposedly with a couple of minutes left to run washer can be showing anything up to another 15 mintes to run but can also already be finished before the 'due' time.
In the present climate I would not sit and wait, in most laundry buildings it is discouraged. But wouldn't dream of removing someone elses washing if the machine was finished, especially when Covid is about most site laundries also have notices asking you not to touch other peoples laundry. The site staff in most cases can do this, but sorry 5 minutes is nothing, if I had to wait for ages i would not be happy either, but still would not remove anyone elses washing.
They might complain to to site you had taken their waterproof rolex when taking their washing out.

I’m at a loss as to how you have come to the conclusion that moving someone’s abandoned washing is going to give them or anyone else Covid. It really is simple. When your washing is finished remove it. I have used many on and off site laundries. What is it that makes you think you have to wait inside the laundry for it to finish?

 

[SuperMike]

If I had been there when your washing had finished and you were not, then the whole lot would have been taken out and dumped on the top. No bags would have been involved.

 

[Northernraider]

The washing machines on the French supermarkets send you a text when finished .Good idea .

I never knew that

I've used a few of them too

 

[Twogirls]

Hotel workers are handling people's dirty used laundry on a daily basis, stripping beds, collecting used towels etc, ok maybe they're wearing gloves and a mask but nothing more than that.. Surely touching freshly washed washing isn't anything to worry about? If I was that worried I'd wear gloves and a mask.

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[PeteH]

The great washing conundrum. Do you take the "other guys" Smalls and bag them? do you wait (hours) whilst He/she comes to claim them. Theoretically should anything then be missing, are you potentially to be held responsible?. What happens when the German guy threatens you?. and indeed removes your washing from the Queue?. (Do I remind him of the last time his countrymen did that?, and the result?). Bugger!!. I need a large beer!. Nurse!! Screens!! He`s off again.

 

[EdwardFT]

The consensus amongst the boffins now is the risk of catching the virus by touching a surface is negligible. The main method of transmission is breathing in droplets someone else has exhaled. So if you were in the same room as these people this was a much greater risk than them touching your washing.

While it seems to me that you are probably right about the relative risks, it makes sense to minimise the contact risk while not ignoring the airborne risk either.
i see one study shows SARS-CoV-2 surviving for 9 hours on human skin, but being very susceptible to 15 seconds of alcohol gel.
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[Just smiffy]

I’ve met some of the nicest people in laundromats .....

 

[Wack]

No.I'd have had to wash it all again. .Then again I wouldn't be anywhere where there was anyone else without a mask, gloves, & sanitiser ,etc.

A mask only helps prevent you giving it to them , if they're not wearing a mask,they sneeze and it hits your mask it's coming straight through it

I was walking towards a woman yesterday , the path narrowed where we met, instead of waiting if she was that worried about CV19 she carried on but held her breath and pinched her nose as we passed

very odd

I wouldn't be worried about somebody touching my washing in this scenario, you're at much more risk touching anything where people gather, pub,supermarket,public transport than this instance.

I think wearing gloves makes you less likely to sanitise your hands as much , no different to having the virus on your hands really

 

[Glynbo]

Look just accept you were late going to collect it and move on, you were the cause of the problem.
To many people complain about things that they created Covid or not.

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[cornish boy]

Wonder if you have ever esed an on site washer. I always not time for finishing on my phone and set alarm for 6 minutes before the due time, sometimes longer if it is a bit of a hike to laundry, Get there supposedly with a couple of minutes left to run washer can be showing anything up to another 15 mintes to run but can also already be finished before the 'due' time.
In the present climate I would not sit and wait, in most laundry buildings it is discouraged. But wouldn't dream of removing someone elses washing if the machine was finished, especially when Covid is about most site laundries also have notices asking you not to touch other peoples laundry. The site staff in most cases can do this, but sorry 5 minutes is nothing, if I had to wait for ages i would not be happy either, but still would not remove anyone elses washing.
They might complain to to site you had taken their waterproof rolex when taking their washing out.

But as you describe in your own experience, it could have finished 20 minutes before they arrived back.

 

[Nasher]

Reading this thread has made me realise that I am ahead of the game regarding laundry - here's a couple of my previous posts:

I did my once every 5 weeks tasks and washed 35 pairs of shreddies - post below explains how I know there were 35 pairs and that I do it every five weeks

The reason why I limit my trips to 5 weeks maximum, is because I only have 36 pairs of pants

 

[Minxy]

Reading this thread has made me realise that I am ahead of the game regarding laundry - here's a couple of my previous posts:

I've got more knickers than you!

 

[Wack]

I've got more knickers than you!

Never was a username a better fit

 

[G-RMPS]

All the feedback is a bit harsh I feel. I get laundry duties at strange foreign campsites because I’m supposed to be clever enough to figure out how to operate the machines and know how long it will take. I’ve been at several sites where the machine gives you no clue of the run time. I’ve had a machine wash finished in 35 minutes, and also one which took over 3 hours!

As to the OP question, I’m not bothered if someone takes my washing out, Covid or otherwise. I’ve handled other folks’ washing once or twice myself, most recently last week when I waited two hours for someone to retrieve their washed clothes from the machine.

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[Hirsch]

Blimey I've seen it all now. Launderette wars

 

[Minxy]

Never was a username a better fit

You ain't seen my knickers have you ...

First a load from Ebay, well a few loads from Ebay:

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Then got some in Spain too:

THIS week I bought

After having levelling ramps fitted, and B2B charger + new steps fitted by Two on Tour. The latter by SAP. My wife has a new Smart car.

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

I don't 'do' washing on holiday if I can help it so if I can take enough knickers to last the trip I will.

 

[maison]

I must admit to being surprised at the somewhat strident tone of some of the posts criticising the OP.

OK, the OP was late getting back to the machine. How many of us have put money into a site washer/dryer, been promised 35 minutes wash time only to find that the time had been reduced in the interests of “economy” and the cycle had finished 5 or 10 minutes early? I know we have.

It is much easier for a site operator to reduce the time received for the money inserted than to alter the cost from £2 to £2.20 which may require costly alterations to the mechanism.That is one of the reasons why parking meters in France sometimes give the weird “27 minutes for 1 Euro” having previously been 30 minutes for 1 Euro.

As regards the original question as to whether or not it was fair of the person to remove the washing from the machine I think it probably was, but wouldn’t pillory the OP for being a few minutes “late”.

 

[glenn2926]

I must admit to being surprised at the somewhat strident tone of some of the posts criticising the OP.

OK, the OP was late getting back to the machine. How many of us have put money into a site washer/dryer, been promised 35 minutes wash time only to find that the time had been reduced in the interests of “economy” and the cycle had finished 5 or 10 minutes early? I know we have.

It is much easier for a site operator to reduce the time received for the money inserted than to alter the cost from £2 to £2.20 which may require costly alterations to the mechanism.That is one of the reasons why parking meters in France sometimes give the weird “27 minutes for 1 Euro” having previously been 30 minutes for 1 Euro.

As regards the original question as to whether or not it was fair of the person to remove the washing from the machine I think it probably was, but wouldn’t pillory the OP for being a few minutes “late”.

I don’t think we have pilloried the op for being late back but, they cannot be late back then moan because their washing had been removed from the machine.

 

[PeteH]

You ain't seen my knickers have you ...

Cast Iron?.

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[ManTheVan]

I'd offer them an iron too!

Irony...it’s the opposite of wrinkly.

 

[Camdoon]

Presumably if anyone was concerned about the virus being transmitted from the clothes then best to wash the items again?

 

[Zepp]

It’s easy if you don’t want anybody touching your washing get back to the machine before it finishes you need to go to some of the aires in the winter your washing would be left on the floor

 

[Gellyneck]

Cast Iron?.

Could be as they do seem to have a magnetic attraction!

 

[John and Jo]

[QUOTE="MrsMertz, post: 4130510 Am I being over sensitive?
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Yes.

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