Hello all...Let me spin you my tale
Between Christmas and New Year's Day, my washer broke down. Yes...just when I had a ton of towels and sheets from company...ker plink...it stopped. First reaction was to call a repairman to come out. Well, that in itself is no easy task during the holidays. And the service charge was $70.00. So we weighed the fact that the washer was twenty two years old and the repair bill could be considerable and decided the best course of action was to purchase a new machine. Which we did.
The laundry piled up for ten more days so when the new washer arrived, I was up early Friday morning and ready to WASH. On the very first load, I decided to add my fleece bathrobe. Mistake! After putting it in the washer, I went off to get dressed and discovered my glasses were missing. Not unusual except what if they were in the pocket of my fleece bathrobe merrily agitating away. I raced into the laundry room to open the washer. No way. Locked. Then I remembered the delivery guy telling me about that feature. He said there was a button to release the lock but without my glasses...well you get the picture. I was growing desparate while the washer churned away. Frantically, I dug my spare reading glasses out of my purse and found the pause button on the washer. It took forever it seemed. Finally a click and I opened the lid. No glasses. Whew! Then I spied the glasses sitting under a fold of the newspaper on the kitchen table. Maybe I can get a beeper installed on my glasses.
Exactly why is there a lock on the machine? I don't see the point. And what's more, the washer has not improved one drop over the twenty-two year old one. Hmmm, such is progress. I'm sure I'm not alone when it comes to new appliance stories. Tell me yours.
So glad I am not the only one who has these experiences. But not glad you had to go through that! We love our (fairly) new washers but they do take longer. Saving grace, they use a lot less water! Also, they are the new type, no agitater and are up on storage 'boxes' which puts them essentially at eye level!
ReplyDeleteWe too had to get a new washer (note: dryer could go on for 50 years!) It is much pickier than our old faithful washer and the sales guy said we would get 5 years, not 22, from this one. Progress?? But yes it does use less water and is more environmentally friendly, except for that early obsolescence feature. Not sure why they lock??
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