Miscellaneous: Today, I went to the laundromat for the first time. I fit all...

By esv - 01/04/2009 09:18 - United States

Today, I went to the laundromat for the first time. I fit all of my clothes into two washers. Not knowing where to put the soap in, I asked a man doing his laundry, "Excuse me, where do I put the soap in?". He replied, "Ma'am, those are the dryers." FML

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By beep_guacamole - 24/05/2009 21:49 - United States

Today, I went to the laundromat. I put a load in the dryer and walked away to check on my other load. When I came back, I saw a homeless man putting his dirty, wet underwear in the dryer with my clean clothes. FML

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By anonymous - 17/05/2016 00:29 - United States - Ashland

Today, at the laundromat. I loaded a huge load into the top dryer, put all the quarters in, and started the bottom one. I realized my mistake when I came to check on it. FML

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By Pickle - 06/07/2010 05:14 - United States

Today, I finally got around to doing laundry. The washing machines in my condominium building take about an hour to do a load. When I returned to throw my clothes in a dryer, I realized they were never washed in the first place. I used my card and detergent to pay for another person's laundry. FML

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By NewTenant - 20/06/2011 07:37 - United States

Today, while a very cute girl was explaining the apartment's laundry machines to me, I blurted out, "It's okay, my pants are used to handling huge loads". FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff

Today, I walked into my house with a couple of friends and I saw my girlfriend doing laundry. I jokingly asked her if she had time to do a load of mine as well. She scoffed and said, "Yeah babe, I'll gladly do your laundry… The same day you learn to wipe properly." FML

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By jessmess - 01/08/2012 16:44 - United States - Corpus Christi

Today, I went to do the laundry at my hotel. I had just enough money for my two loads. After getting frustrated with the washer taking two of my quarters and giving no credit, I took the clothes out. The washer then locked the door shut and started without my clothes. FML

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Money for nothing

By CollegeGirl - 01/05/2009 21:15 - United States

Today, I did my laundry in my dorm. After dragging 2 hampers down 4 flights of stairs, my ID card with money on it was rejected. After dragging it back upstairs, I scrounged up enough quarters from friends. Thirty minutes after finally starting my laundry, I realized I forgot to add detergent. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/11/2011 21:47 - United States

Today, it was laundry day. After my fifth and final load, I noticed I never added any laundry detergent. FML

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Smooth move

By nicole - 27/05/2011 20:52 - United States

Today, I saw a hot guy at the laundromat. Wanting an excuse to talk to him, I tossed a pair of my red underwear into his washer. What I didn't realize was that he was washing his whites. Thanks to me, he now has an entire load of pink shirts and boxers. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/02/2013 18:27 - United States - New Orleans

Today, after scouring my apartment for quarters to do laundry, I found the correct amount of change. The change got jammed in the washing machine. I now have no more quarters, and my clothes are caked with soap from washing them in the sink. FML

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sofarsogood 0

Wednesday 1 April 2009 20:03

god i hope you aren't older than like 12

Leftieswillrule 3

Tuesday 28 September 2010 2:16

WTF don't assume that's an industry standard, our washer is front loading

Comments

Rickya0 0

Saturday 4 April 2009 9:24

You're a woman!!! You are born with the ability to wash clothes!!!

the_poop_bandit 0

Saturday 4 April 2009 22:13

dumbest FML i will ever read. get out of here, i have no clue how this got on here

xMooMoox 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 4:05

#94 Yes as women we're also born with the ability to refuse sex with douche bags, mainly you.

Blank_fml 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 4:57

I could understand not knowing where the soap goes if you were using a washer but a dryer? It's hard for me to imagine that any normal person over age 6 doesn't know the difference between a washer and dryer.

Whitenight_fml 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 9:37

I thought women were supposed to know how to do household chores

subjective 0

Sunday 5 April 2009 14:28

to you guys calling her dumb: People in some countries don't use the dryers often. Here in Singapore not many households use dryers, we prefer to hang our stuff, and we don't have laundromats. When I moved over to Melbourne I got kinda confused sometimes between the washing machine and dryers too. So cut her some slack.

yesbutnotyou 0

Tuesday 7 April 2009 16:39

not really an FML. just take your clothes out and find the washers.

RandomFool 5

Friday 17 April 2009 3:37

This isn't really a "FML". Nothing to really be embarrassed about either.

HamatoKameko 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 6:37

I'm beginning to think none of you have ever been to a god-damned laundromat. Front-loading commercial washers look a *LOT* like the typical commercial dryer. Big steel boxes, round glass doors, blinking lights, often the same size. I can *easily* see how a first-timer could mistake the two. The FML is the embarrassment at having to be corrected, by a stranger, in a public place, over something most people don't even give a second thought.

xMooMoox 0

Sunday 26 April 2009 19:59

#102 I've been to a laundry mat and your right they can look a lot alike, but as it was (probably) her first time she should have looked around and read the instructions. From just looking around she could have gathered that "those" in that row were all soaping, instead of just going in and throwing everything in the first machine she found. Thats where her mistake lies.