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Petty Battle #9 - Blinded sided by long time friends Vs Washing Machine Revenge · Petty and Unbothered

• Robin Axline: So, do have time for a petty battle? I think we do. Tita Lors: Yeah, Yeah, or I could since you've been talking this whole time. Okay. Yeah, let's do that. Robin Axline: Okay, yeah, give me a break. Tita Lors: Okay. So this is Reddit r slash. Am I overreacting from four months ago by gigabytes 1024? I feel like this one's Robin Axline: Not as exciting. Tita Lors: this one is they they were assigned to this. Let's see. I 26 female have been friends with this person 26 female since we were about 13 or 14. We don't talk daily anymore. But whenever she's in the city, we usually meet up, get drinks and catch up. About a week before this happened, we hung out and everything felt normal. No obvious tension or unresolved issues. Recently, I noticed that she removed me from her followers and stopped interacting with my post, which felt off. I messaged her to ask about it and that's when the conversation escalated. She brought up a recent hangout where I asked if her sister was planning on having another child. She said the question was highly inappropriate and intrusive and later told me that this was her last straw. She explained that she felt recurring judgment from me over time. This surprised me because I don't recall judging her personally. While we've definitely had conversations in the past where we discussed or judged other people, she was always an active participant in those conversations. She also said that questions about her sister, including her age and the baby question, and about her family felt intrusive. Though I don't remember asking much about her family. During the conversation, she said that throughout our friendship, she often felt uncomfortable, less than, and not as cool around me. Yeah, okay, cool. Robin Axline: sure. Sounds like a you thing, but anyway. Tita Lors: Exactly, exactly. What confused me was that despite feeling this way, she continued to maintain the friendship, initiate meetups when she was in the city and act friendly and engaged. When I mentioned this, she said this was something she was only now realizing. She ultimately decided to end the friendship entirely, removed me from social media and said she's afraid I'll talk about her personal life. She framed this as us having already drifted apart and said this is just how relationships work, ending by saying there were no hard feelings. I understand that people can have boundaries and that something can feel inappropriate to someone even if no harm was intended. What I'm struggling with is that in a friendship of over 10 years, None of this was communicated to me. And their friendship ended without any real chance to talk through what she says had been building up. Am I overreacting for feeling like this was escalated suddenly and that her perspective became the only one valid without space for mine? you Robin Axline: It sounds like the other person is just like a control person also. Like wants to call the shots. Yeah, that too. Yeah. Tita Lors: Yeah. And that there's been a lot of unresolved stuff and feelings there that they've been struggling with, but never said anything about. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Because what do you mean you felt less than in our relationship and never said anything? Like, why are we still friends then? The hell? Robin Axline: Yeah, yeah, like, yeah, if you're friends, like what kind of friends is that? Tita Lors: Yeah, why would I ever want my friends to feel that way? Yeah, like, if I ever knew that a friend felt that way, I'd be like, what's up? Because there's... I would hate for that to happen. I... The way I... A lot of my friends have really big egos, so I don't usually have that problem. Robin Axline: Perfect. Tita Lors: Yeah, I'm usually the one who's like, do I belong here? But like, I wouldn't want, I'm always gassing my friends up. I never want them to feel that way. So if you've been feeling that way, why don't you say something or give us the opportunity to do something about it, to fix this relationship. Yeah, wild. So the petty person that I'm going to put up is actually not the OP. I'm going to put up, Robin Axline: Okay, the original poster. Tita Lors: yeah, the person, the friend. That's who I think I want to have as the petty in the petty battle. Because it's a little in my eyes, it's a little petty to kind of. keep that to yourself and not communicate with the other person and then not give them the opportunity to do anything or to have like their counter, not counter argument, but like to improve in some way, shape or form or to to fix things. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. We don't have the other person's side, but it doesn't sound like they necessarily actually did anything wrong as far as I can tell. Robin Axline: You Tita Lors: I don't know, but there's a whole other side of the story that we don't have, so. Robin Axline: Yeah, true, but I agree with your picking this person who's up for the petty. Tita Lors: give. Okay, let's hear your story Robin Axline: Okay. Let's see. So mine is two years ago under petty revenge and the poster's name is Suzy Smiles with two S's at the end. Suzy Smiles. The title is She was my shoulder to cry on but also going up with X. I made friends with the girl. We were both in our late twenties who lived in the apartment above me. We'll call her Stacey. Stacey and I instantly clicked and became best friends over the year and a half. Most nights she was hanging out with me at my place, eating dinner together and just being great girlfriends. I was super excited about our friendship. I was such a loner in high school and very introverted afterwards. I never really had a super close friend. During our friendship, I started dating someone we all became pretty good friends including with a few of his friends after about six months me and the guy broke up I Was heartbroken over several months Stacey was such an attentive friend. She would call or pop over to check on me daily She'd bring ice cream or cocktails and just be there for me I was so thankful to have her as my friend a few months after the breakup me and the guy kind of started communicating again. Not a lot, but enough to give me hope. Whenever he called, I instantly would tell her so giddy about it. Then he disappeared for a bit. A lot of back and forth like that. One day all my friends, including her, was busy. When I pushed. Yes. Tita Lors: Are you getting thrown by the grammar? Robin Axline: When I pushed, another mutual friend of ours admitted they all made plans for Sunday Fun Day, but I was purposefully excluded because my ex was going to be there. Since it was his friends that had planned it, I tried my best to understand, but was hurt Stacey didn't tell me or would agree to go without me. The next day I chatted with the mutual friend, opening up at how my feelings were hurt that I was excluded. She eventually broke down and told me Stacey and my ex were seeing each other. It was her idea to do a group outing without me. I can't describe the amount of sadness I felt. Turns out, whenever I was crying on her shoulder, she would use whatever I would tell her about my ex to manipulate him. That's why whenever we had a good talk, I didn't hear from him again. She totally cock blocked us from reconciling, which in hindsight was a gift. Now to the petty revenge part. Stacey didn't have a washer and dryer in her apartment. She had to use the community laundry room that was in the same hall as my apartment. One day, I was walking my dog saw her leaving the laundry room and had upstairs to her place. I checked the laundry room, noticed there were two dryers going that just started. I ran into my place and grabbed the brightest red lipstick I could find and several black eyeliner pencils. Ooooo. The two loads were whites and lights. I threw the red lipstick into one, the black eyeliner into the other. It felt so good when I left that laundry room. After that, I noticed she would stay in the laundry room and read a book the whole time whenever she did her laundry. It always gave me a smile. Tita Lors: You win. Robin Axline: That's pretty bonkers. Tita Lors: That is wow. Yeah, you totally would. We don't have to do it. We should rate yours so that we can know if it beat the other one. You totally would. You beat We don't have to rate mine. It's fine. That's crazy. Wow. Robin Axline: Yeah, that's such a crazy twist and turns. Tita Lors: All right, okay. So we have to rate, we're gonna rate yours, because you definitely beat mine. I think that we've decided the OP is not overreacting. Robin Axline: Yeah, definitely. Tita Lors: Yeah, like, that super sucks. And also, like, it's probably better for you if this person didn't. They're obviously not going to communicate with you how they're feeling in the moment. There's a lot of unspoken resentment, I think, there. So it's probably best to just say goodbye to that relationship. Yeah. Robin Axline: leave it. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I definitely wouldn't try to salvage anything. And I don't know how she came to that conclusion that she was manipulating her to get information about her boy, but... I... I don't know. Tita Lors: Wait, she's what? She was manipulating to get information? Robin Axline: Well, like when she was saying, like when she was crying to the friend. Are we talking about yours or mine? Oh. Tita Lors: Mine! You Robin Axline: I was like, yeah, don't you? Okay. Tita Lors: I think mine is like, did not qualify or whatever. Robin Axline: come on, we can still rate your. Tita Lors: It's going to be low. You're the clear winner here. It's totally fine. Okay, so am I overreacting and blindsided by friendship ending and then yours was called what? Robin Axline: well, mine was called, She Was My Shoulder to Cry On, but also Going Up with X. I don't know if I like that. I think I like, like, washing machine or something. Laundry. No, maybe that's too abstract. Tita Lors: Yeah, now let's do it. Robin Axline: because that was like the ultimate. Tita Lors: I washing machine revenge. Robin Axline: Yeah, that's yeah, yeah, that's a good one. Tita Lors: Okay. So let's read it. Your washing machine revenge. So the petty behavior is putting lipstick and eyeliner in the dryer. Robin Axline: in the bright whites too which is mess yikes so Tita Lors: Yes, the brights and the whites. Yes. my goodness. Okay. How trivial is this? This is not trivial. Do you know how much it cost to do laundry? Robin Axline: Yeah, yeah, it costs a lot of money to do laundry at a place, but also your clothes are what cost you money initially. And Tita Lors: Yeah. Robin Axline: like, I think it would cause like a mess too in the washing machine. Tita Lors: for sure. In the dryer, like, are you even going to be able to use the dryer again? Excuse me, like how stained are the clothes? So already it's what, like five to six, probably quarters, right? Per washer. So that's what, like a dollar 50 maybe. How much is it for you? Really? How much is it for you? my gosh. Robin Axline: Well, I don't know where you're doing laundry. Mine is way more expensive. It depends. The laundromat's like almost like seven dollars a load or something. Yeah. Tita Lors: Seven dollars a load? What? Robin Axline: Yeah. Tita Lors: No, like from start to finish Robin Axline: Yes. Tita Lors: or just for like to wash. Robin Axline: Just the wash and then the dryers like a few dollars or something like that. Give or take. Tita Lors: Stop. Robin Axline: Cause I have to make the dryer go for like an hour sometimes. Tita Lors: That's insane. Robin Axline: Ha Tita Lors: Never have I ever paid $7 just to wash my clothes. Not even dry it. Robin Axline: Well, don't come to my neighborhood. Tita Lors: Holy crap. They're like. I don't know the place that I used to do my laundry was like the basement of my apartment and the coins. know, there was only space, enough space for like five for like six. Maybe I don't even think it would get to eight. So I don't see how they could charge you for that much. Robin Axline: well this isn't like an old school. This is like you put money on a card and then you put the card on the machine and then it takes the money off. This doesn't have to do with coins. Most of the places around me. Tita Lors: That's how they get you. Robin Axline: Most of the places around me don't have coins anymore. Tita Lors: Yeah, because they're limited on how much that they could charge you and how much that little machine can hold coins. Damn, seven dollars? No. Robin Axline: And then if you want to add like an extra rinse or something, it's like 50 Tita Lors: No. Robin Axline: or 60 cents or something. I don't know. Tita Lors: No, Robin Axline: you Tita Lors: my mind is blown. Stop. Robin Axline: And that's not even the biggest washer, so. Tita Lors: I thought that that would be the heavy duty washer. That's like, if it's $7 and that's like the three loads of laundry washer. It has to be. Oh God, $7, jeez. Robin Axline: No, I think that one is like almost maybe $9 or something. I don't know what it is. It's crazy. Yes. Tita Lors: I was gonna be like, max $5 start to finish per load. Do they include the soap? Are they giving you the soap in the $7? Is Robin Axline: No! Tita Lors: somebody massaging your feet? This is insane. Robin Axline: They actually took out some seats so they don't want people just loitering around. that's even worse now. Tita Lors: Listen, here's our new business thing. We need to open a laundromat. It is. I saw a video somewhere where it's very lucrative to own a laundromat and you literally don't have to do anything except for upkeep and maintain all of the machines. So like the upfront cost is potentially high, but you get it back relatively quickly and it's just money. Robin Axline: I mean that makes sense. It's a good investment. We should, here, move to Brooklyn and then we'll Tita Lors: Yeah. Robin Axline: have like this cafe washing laundry mat. That would be sick. Yeah. Tita Lors: Uh, yes, exactly. Right? Yeah. That'd be dope. $7 for the- why? For like the wa- for water? For electricity? Like what are you paying for? That's $7. Robin Axline: Yeah, I'm not quite sure. You think about it because it's like, know, Tita Lors: You're so stu- Robin Axline: there's nothing like special about it. You just put your clothes in there, Tita Lors: Nothing. nothing. Robin Axline: put your own soap in there and then go. That's it. Tita Lors: Yeah, it's self-service. You're doing all the work yourself. Nobody is helping you. Literally the only thing there is to pay for is the water and the electricity. Robin Axline: Yeah, that's true. And then I've had them do my laundry and it's like for I think it's like 10 or 11 pounds. It's like 20 something bucks or Tita Lors: That's almost cheaper. How Robin Axline: you Tita Lors: many loads of laundry is... my god. Robin Axline: I don't know, that's another math thing we're gonna have to talk about someday. Tita Lors: My mind is blown. I cannot no longer know. That's insane. I need a friend who has a washer and dryer in unit. I'll pay you seven dollars. That's insane, Robin Axline: Yeah, I wish I had that. I know, I wish I had that. Tita Lors: insane. Okay, I'm gonna look up what the average cost of doing your laundry. So typical laundromat cost, the average cost of doing one load of laundry at a laundromat in 2026 typically ranges from five to $10 for washing and drying combined. A single wash generally costs between $2.50 and $6, while drying adds another $1.50 to $5, depending on machine size, location, and load size. A small standard washer, which is about 20 pounds, is $3 to $6 per wash, while the large mega washer 40 to 80 pounds is 7 to 15 per wash. And a dryer generally goes from $1.50 to $3 per cycle. So that's about 25 to 30 minutes. So in total, $5 to $10-ish. Sounds like you were paying well above that. Robin Axline: you Tita Lors: You need a new laundromat. That's insane. Robin Axline: This one is so convenient and the other one I went to was maybe like a dollar or less. And it was like, I had to walk like way further down the block. Tita Lors: at least a large mic because seven dollars would make sense if it was the large one. That's so crazy. Robin Axline: It's not the large one. It's like the second to it's like the middle, the medium one. Next time I go there, I'm gonna take a picture just so you believe me. Tita Lors: Yeah, you're gonna have to. My flabbers are gassed in. There's no freaking way. I would pay maybe three dollars for the small standard. No, like that even just seems like so much money. How many quarters is that? Robin Axline: I mean I am okay granted granted Tita Lors: That's 12 quarters. Robin Axline: I am rounding it up it's 675 but K- Tita Lors: Oh my, like, I thought it was funny, ha ha, he, he, she put, you know, this inside your laundry, laundry, everything, blah, blah, blah. That's two loads. So you're gonna, in my mind, I'm like, okay, if it's like $2 per load to four. and then 150 to dry it. Two, four, five, six, so $7 max to have to redo everything. That's funny. But if I have to spend almost $20 to redo this whole shebang, I'm pissed. Oh, no. Robin Axline: you Tita Lors: I'm not even on OP's side anymore. That is uncalled for. Robin Axline: you Tita Lors: There's way too much money to be fucking around with. Robin Axline: That is kind of messed up, yeah. Tita Lors: I'm switching sides. Robin Axline: No, like they probably Tita Lors: You have gone way too far, ma'am. Robin Axline: have like a pretty cheap one since it's like at their apartment. Tita Lors: I hope so. I hope it's like how my apartment was when it was like... three, four fifty max. Five max to do start to finish. If it's that max, it's like hee ha ha. But like. my God. Robin Axline: If it wasn't my laundromat, well first of all, you'd probably get in big trouble because it would ruin the machine. Tita Lors: Yeah. huh. It's- I mean, it's destruction of property. Not just the clothes, but like, the machine itself. Robin Axline: Right. Yeah, not even about being petty at the... petty person or whatever. Tita Lors: You have completely altered what I believe about this story now. I was not expecting you to say that. Robin Axline: This is hilarious. I didn't realize it was gonna be such a twist with this new knowledge of pricing. Tita Lors: I didn't know that either. Holy crap. Robin Axline: gosh. Tita Lors: my gosh, okay, I'm just gonna disqualify myself here. There's nothing petty about... There's nothing Robin Axline: There's nothing petty about this. Tita Lors: petty about my story. We're done. That's fine. Holy crap. Robin Axline: You Tita Lors: It is not at all trivial. I'm giving that a 10. Robin Axline: Wait a minute. Tita Lors: you Robin Axline: I mean it's not. But now Tita Lors: Yeah. Robin Axline: you're doing it from the perspective of the... Suzie or whatever? you Tita Lors: I'm doing it from the perspective of like the results. The results are that this person had to spend it, let's say at like the top, even not even the top, like mid range. Right? So what is that like? Seven per load, maybe? That's $14. Robin Axline: Funny how caught up you are on this. if you're gonna do two loads of laundry. Yeah. Tita Lors: Yeah, exactly. And they've already spent $14. That's $28! On two loads of laundry? No. That is not Robin Axline: Yeah. Tita Lors: trivial. That's not okay. I can't. In this economy? No! He draw the line. Did she... Is that a really effed up thing for her to do? Hell yes, but $30 worth of effed up? Robin Axline: This was two years ago, so maybe inflation... Tita Lors: $20 even. Robin Axline: Okay, okay. Tita Lors: You Robin Axline: Alright, so in that case... Tita Lors: my gosh. Feel free. We'll average out my rating and your rating, but I am maxed out here. Robin Axline: Maxed out. Tita Lors: Ha you Robin Axline: Okay, so what are we gonna do? Tita Lors: I'm at a 10. Is it true? This is the most not trivial result ever. This is a lot. That's. I it's OK, it's 20 to 30 dollars and it's not a lot of money, but it is also like if you're living in an apartment. That's a good amount of money, depending on what city you live in. I don't know if it's at what city or it gives you an idea. But like. Robin Axline: Mm hmm. Yeah. And then also time is money because now she just has to sit there and read a book. She can't just go back to work or whatever she does. Tita Lors: Yeah, exactly. Right? And from like now until forever, has to keep an eye on her. I mean, she should have been keeping an eye on her stuff anyways, but like. No. Robin Axline: You Tita Lors: The way I would be so pissed. Robin Axline: Yeah, okay, I'm gonna go with you and just go like a full 10. Tita Lors: Okay, I'm at a full ten. There's nothing trivial. So I've worked myself up. Robin Axline: Now we've talked ourselves into it. Tita Lors: spiteful is this behavior? Girlfriend. Robin Axline: Hahaha Tita Lors: Okay, you're gonna have to be the voice of reason because I am like... Robin Axline: I know, I'm like, alright, no. Think about what she did. Tita Lors: Okay, yes, you're correct. Think about what she did. She basically used you in your moment of pain to gather information to swoop in and steal your man. Fucked up. And what the hell kind of friend is that? Who does that? Robin Axline: No clue. That is so wack. Like, way Tita Lors: Yeah! Robin Axline: out there. That's not a friend if you're crying to them and then they're doing that. It's like, no. Tita Lors: Yeah, exactly, that's not a friend. Who needs enemies when you have friends like that? Damn. Like... And also, is he worth it? Seriously? Robin Axline: Yeah, who is this dude? Tita Lors: What's so great about this guy? Robin Axline: Yeah. And then she turned around and planned an outing and lied to her and said, it's because he's going to be there that you shouldn't be there. But she planned it. So. Tita Lors: Oh yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, oh, I care about you and I don't want you to get hurt, so that's why you're not invited, but really it was that I want to be with my man without you here. Robin Axline: Yeah, oh, and it said she was the one. Yes, she was the one that said she shouldn't be invited also. Tita Lors: Mm-hmm. Yeah. She's leaving her out. Well, duh, she's gonna leave her out because then, like, she's gonna find out. Robin Axline: yeah. Tita Lors: Ugh. And the rest, for the rest of her friends to just keep that a secret? No. What kind of friends do you have? Robin Axline: No. Yeah, what do you call a friend? Tita Lors: Right? Robin Axline: All those people she should just write off. Tita Lors: Every single one of them, like, would you stay friends with that friend group? They clearly picked a side. Yeah, like, you know, not my business. Yeah. Even if you don't say exactly what's happening, I might be like, listen, not my business. Exactly. But maybe you might want to start putting some things together here. Exactly. Do you ever notice how? Isn't that odd? That's so weird. Robin Axline: Yeah, get your murder board ready. Yeah, like when she finally figured out like why the silence and then yeah. Tita Lors: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Didn't you just tell me that you were talking to What's-her-face? And then you and him were like getting to, like things were good and then all of a sudden he just falls off the earth. That's so weird. Why do you think that's happening? God, Robin Axline: Weird. Tita Lors: that's so odd. Hmm. Interesting. So coincidental. That's happening at the same time. Why do you think that's, Robin Axline: Hmm. Yeah, wild. Tita Lors: that's it? obviously doesn't have anything to do with each other, right? Right? Robin Axline: Yeah. I mean, really, yeah, that's so messed up. How could you even think something like that? Tita Lors: No! Geez Louise, like my friend is over here complaining to me about how horrible this guy is and I'm like, yeah, he sucks. Meanwhile, I'm gonna go sleep with him now. Robin Axline: Yuck. And then the guy to like, well, he probably just loved the attention. Tita Lors: And yeah, he probably had no idea what was going on. Oblivious. As most men are. No offense. Robin Axline: Yeah. Tita Lors: Unless the shoe fits. Robin Axline: Yes. That will always be a good one. But yeah, I guess what's confusing to me is like, did he think he was dating two girls then? Or like, what's... Tita Lors: No, I don't think so. I think that like he was talking to the original girl and like, you know, they were sorting things out and then the other one swooped in and because she had all the background info of how to be a better girlfriend, she was just the better option. And since the relationship ended, well, that relationship has ended. There's nothing more to say there. Robin Axline: Yeah, no, and he picked the path of least resistance or whatever it is. Tita Lors: I would cut that person off so fast. Robin Axline: Me too. I'd be like, Suzy who? Tita Lors: Yeah, he picked the one that was more desperate for him. no, what's happening? Robin Axline: The Brandy Cinderella or Tita Lors: I wish, no. Robin Axline: the cartoon. Tita Lors: No, the CGI way Cinderella. Yeah, the live action Cinderella that came out in like 2000, whatever. Robin Axline: is. Tita Lors: Yeah, it's it's the newer, the newest Cinderella that just came out. Yeah, I mean, I like how they go more into a little bit of the mom story, but still lame. Yeah. Okay. So anyways. How spiteful is it that she put lipstick? I still need you to be the voice of reason because I'm not gonna get over that for all that money there. Yes. Robin Axline: Okay, okay, okay. It's pretty damn spiteful. I'm gonna say a seven. Meet you in the middle. Tita Lors: Okay, that's sure. I can go with a seven because she was able to correct it, hopefully, fix it. It was like not irreparable or anything. So, okay, was it an overreaction? god. Robin Axline: overreaction really I mean I don't like the damage part Tita Lors: I'm thinking... Robin Axline: Another cost. Tita Lors: I don't even care that the clothes got messed up. I care that it's $30. Robin Axline: I hope she didn't put her like good stuff in the washer. Tita Lors: my gosh! No, because the good clothes, you're supposed to hang dry. Exactly. So if she's smart and if takes care of her clothes, those are hang drying in her bathroom somewhere. I didn't even have this much of an issue when it came, you know, like, was it like Angry Black Woman who, what was the name? It was, was like Angry Black Woman, right? Where he's like, rip it, rip it. I was Robin Axline: yeah. Tita Lors: like, fuck you, rip it. Lying, cheating bastard deserves it. gosh. Did she deserve to have to spend that much money? Robin Axline: my gosh. I think she did because like what was she trying? I don't know. just doesn't... Like under the guise of friendship to do that Tita Lors: Yeah, I think... Yes. Robin Axline: is really messed up. Tita Lors: Yes, you're right. You're so right. That's the cost of being... so slimy. Robin Axline: Yeah, slimy is the word. I just, Tita Lors: Yeah. Robin Axline: like I said, I just, those revenge things that are kind of like a physical thing are kind of hard to rate sometimes like that. Tita Lors: If I just think about Robin Axline: you Tita Lors: what the friend did and not how much it cost, you totally deserved it. Robin Axline: Sure. Yeah, I think so. I mean, we don't have to go extremely to the other side now, but... Tita Lors: Yeah, so I definitely think it's above a five. It's not in the middle. Robin Axline: Yeah, yeah, it's above a five. Tita Lors: She could have done worse. She could have put like paint or dye or something that she knew would not come out. Ooh, yeah, Sharpies. Mm hmm. If that would have been an overreaction. To buy a whole new wardrobe. That's way more than $30. Robin Axline: Yeah, that's true. That's true. That's what I was trying to say. Maybe she had some nicer stuff in there, but then that's her fault. She didn't hand wash it. Tita Lors: It is. Yeah, that is. That's your- Dude, if you don't know how to wash your clothes, that's your bad. Yeah. Okay. So it's not- It's not a Robin Axline: Okay, so. Tita Lors: 10, because she doesn't have to replace everything. but it's still pretty high. It's still safe. Robin Axline: I just thought I was going to say six and a half, but maybe that's not high enough. Alright. Tita Lors: We're not gonna do 6.75. Robin Axline: It crossed my mind. Yeah, I'll agree. I'll go with seven. Tita Lors: Okay. I don't have my glasses on. Let me get my glasses on so I can actually see. This was, I was like, it's so funny, ha ha, until I did the math. Until you said that Robin Axline: You Tita Lors: thing that blew my mind. My flappers are gasted. Oh my gosh. Robin Axline: And you know what? Also the original poster had terrible grammar, so they deserve it. Just like, Tita Lors: Yeah, they did. That was horrific. That's crazy. Robin Axline: he and me or whatever it was. was like, chills. Tita Lors: They- my goodness. Okay. Robin Axline: Or me and he. Yeah, that's what it was. Tita Lors: For the win. For all the cookies. Our new winner at 24 points is washing machine revenge. my god. Robin Axline: washing machine revenge Tita Lors: plus how much to dry? That's $10 a Robin Axline: I'm going to, I can't. It's. Tita Lors: load? At that point, everything's getting just line dried. I'm not fucking around. Robin Axline: Yeah, sometimes I do just give up and I'm like, all right, I'll take these home. Tita Lors: Yeah, everything's line-dried. I don't care. We're good. It's fine. Robin Axline: Yeah. Tita Lors: might even... I might even invest in like one of those. And I thought about this for a time when I was in my apartment. They have these small, not like a washing machine, but kind of like a portable washing machine that you can put inside your bathroom. yeah, and then you can like wash and dry your clothes. They're like really, really small loads, obviously, but wash and dry in your bathroom and not have to leave your apartment. And I thought about that because there were stairs to get to my laundry room. And Robin Axline: my gosh. Tita Lors: like multiple times up and down because the way that I do my laundry, I have a lot of clothes and I wait forever for them, for that pile to get worth doing. So just, I was like, maybe I should consider. Robin Axline: Well lot of people during the panini bought those ones, especially in New York. Like these Tita Lors: huh. Robin Axline: like mini things that'll kind of like do a swirl around kind of. Tita Lors: Yeah. Look, Robin Axline: That was a big thing. Tita Lors: Target, it's $88 at Target. You can get one. A little mini one at Target. You can get at Home Depot. There's a washer and dryer unit. How much is that right now? It's on sale. $137. You could probably find it at Lowe's if you're not a fan of Home Depot. Yo, like. Seven dollars? Robin Axline: This is a new little segment we like to call Laundry Talk and we'll keep you up to date on all the prices. Tita Lors: Gosh, are like Laura's flabbers being casted. This is insane. Robin Axline: you Tita Lors: cannot. I am not like. Listen, I'm not a cheap person. I enjoy the finer things in life to my dismay and the dismay of Ryan. But. Robin Axline: Yeah. Fair. Tita Lors: That is so much more than I've ever spent on a single load of laundry. Robin Axline: Now I'm gonna be like thinking about it Tita Lors: I think you should get a portable. I know I don't know where it's gonna fit for you. I don't I Robin Axline: That's what I was just gonna say. Where do you think it's gonna be? Where is it gonna live in this apartment? Tita Lors: listen I don't know but how often do you do laundry let's do math Okay, ready? How often do you do laundry? Once or twice Robin Axline: I can't- it depends. Maybe... Tita Lors: a month? Robin Axline: I'd say... this might sound kind of crazy, maybe once a month. Sometimes twice, but... Tita Lors: Okay, cool, no. Okay, so one to two times, how many loads do you do? Robin Axline: Hmm. I, well, depends on how much is accumulated. I'm going to say. on average one if I can get everything into the medium one but if not then I'll do two sizes or yeah I'll do like a medium and a small Tita Lors: Okay. So, so then do you, would you spend like, what, like eight or nine dollars per like total? Robin Axline: Oh, I would spend like, let's see, yeah, like eight or $9, give or take. Oh, and then with the dryer. Tita Lors: Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Like, added with the dryer total, that's like $8 or $9. Yeah, exactly. Robin Axline: That's if I do one laundry load. Yeah. Tita Lors: So that's per load. Robin Axline: Yeah, because I charge up the card and I put $20 on it. Yeah, I usually have leftover, so I don't spend $20. Tita Lors: Okay, okay. Yo. This is not me judging you. I'm just trying to see what the value, like the return on investment on this like washer and dryer thing would be. No, I'm not the new business. If you bought the washer and dryer, yeah. Robin Axline: This is insane. our new business. if I bought a... yeah. Tita Lors: Okay, so let's say 8.5, 8.5 times 2. So that's like $17. Let's say if you do, that's $17 if you go one time a month times 2 or $34 per month. if you buy. Let's see. If you buy the one at Target, which is only a washer and not a dryer. Robin Axline: Hey. Tita Lors: Let's round up to 90 because you know, taxes divided by 34. So after like doing 2.6, let's say like round down two and a half loads at home, it will have already paid itself off. It will have already been worth it from that point forward. Okay, hold on. Let's do the one that has a dryer on it. So let's just say 140. That's rounding up for taxes. That's a lot of taxes, but whatever. Divided by 34. Four loads. And it's paid itself off. I'm just saying. Robin Axline: And I don't pay for water, so... There you go. It's not even gonna make my water bill go crazy. The landlord Tita Lors: Exactly. Robin Axline: might wonder, but... She's like, hmm. Yeah. Tita Lors: happening here. I mean, you might have to do like smaller loads over time and not like do it once a month and maybe like smaller loads once a week. But at least you're not spending 34 times. Robin Axline: Thank you very much. Tita Lors: 34 times 12. That's $408 a year on laundry alone. you Robin Axline: shaking my head. god, that's a lot. Tita Lors: Yeah, that seems like a lot. Robin Axline: And then, then I, if I'm being lazy or whatever, I'll take like about 12 pounds of laundry to have them do and then that's about like 23 or 24 dollars or give or take. And that's not getting the organic treatment. Tita Lors: mylanta. Robin Axline: They're like, do you want regular organic? And I'm like, regular, please. Listen here. Tita Lors: Listen. We don't have money. Robin Axline: Yeah, because one time I was like, well, how much would it be with the organic? And then they're all like calculating. And I was like, I can't remember how much more, but it was like way more. And so I was just like, never mind, just plain. Tita Lors: It's fine. You're taking a long time doing that math. It's plain. Plain is fine. Robin Axline: Just plain. Yeah, once they whipped out, was all, they're like, no. And I was like, no, it's gonna be bad. Tita Lors: No. No, if you need a calculator, the answer is plain. Robin Axline: Yeah, exactly. No organic. Whoa, we, man, this could be a whole other TikTok avenue for us is just figuring it out like this. How much do things cost? What can you do about it? Tita Lors: Oh my goodness, listen, don't listen to me. For some people, $408 a year is not a lot and totally worth it. I could not. Robin Axline: I have to carry it all the way there. It's a whole thing. Tita Lors: Yeah, exactly! Like, I was already considering having an in-home portable thing, and all I had to do was go up and down the stairs. You have to actually leave. You also have to go up and down the stairs, walk down the streets. Robin Axline: Yeah, with my laundry like this. Tita Lors: You had to actually leave the building! Robin Axline: Yes. Tita Lors: No! The way I would already own. Robin Axline: my gosh. Tita Lors: Leave the building. What do you mean leave the building? No. And it's cold. How often do you do laundry when it's snowing? Because I wouldn't. Ever. Robin Axline: I mean if I need to, I need to. It's a, you know, I mean you gotta keep it clean. Tita Lors: Yeah, I mean, not that I wouldn't ever, but it would take every fiber of my being to drag my ass out of the apartment. Robin Axline: kicking and screaming. Tita Lors: Yeah, like at what like how much that commando can I just buy new underwear? Robin Axline: you Yeah, buy new clothes. Tita Lors: other clothes. Feels like if I didn't have a thing where I worked in retail and I knew how people treated clothes and I get icked out if I didn't get icked out by that I would just... $35 how much of an outfit could I get for that much money? at Walmart. Robin Axline: Yeah, I was going to say, yeah, you'd have to go to like a big box place like that. Tita Lors: Yeah, because. No. leave my house? Robin Axline: buy like a big packet tube socks and like I don't know fruit of the loom or something Tita Lors: I know, like, I work from home. How many clothes do I really have to wear? If I never leave the house. Ugh, like the things that I would be trying to consider in the wintertime. Yeah, wow. Okay, sorry. I'm not... Mm-hmm. I'm just gonna shut up now. Robin Axline: Don't even... No! I just like had no idea. It was gonna be this topic. Tita Lors: I didn't either when you were like, how much do you think it costs to do laundry? I'm like, am I that out of touch? Robin Axline: Well yeah, I was like, what do mean quarters? I haven't played with quarters in a long time. Tita Lors: been since I had to do laundry in a laundromat. It's only been like five maybe six years. Is that enough time to be out of touch? Robin Axline: I don't know, like I said, maybe it has to do with like where you were. Tita Lors: I was in Long Beach! Robin Axline: I mean, like, I mean, like in the building versus like going to a place maybe. Tita Lors: I guess, yeah, like an actual laundromat, because I cannot imagine living in Long Beach and then thinking that it's perfectly normal for someone in Long Beach to spend $7 just to wash your clothes. Robin Axline: Yeah. Interesting. Tita Lors: That is wild to me. Okay, let's move on from this. Robin Axline: so funny. Fine. Tita Lors: Speechless. Speechless. Geez. Okay. Any hoosers. Like what even is a call to action? Robin Axline: What a ride. How much does it cost to do laundry in your town? Tita Lors: How much indeed. Robin Axline: Like, first of all, if you- have to include information like, can you still pay with quarters? Tita Lors: Yeah. Robin Axline: Is it a card situation? Is it a laundromat that you go to or is it something in your building? Tita Lors: Yeah, I feel like that's very relevant information. Yeah, maybe that's the difference. Like, because if it's in your building, it's got to be cheaper. You're already paying for water and stuff, right? So. It's got to be cheaper if it's in your... There's got to be other overhead cost if it's at a laundromat because at laundromat you're like renting the building and there's the upkeep. How many employees do you actually need at a laundromat? Please, please. Exactly my point. Minimum wage, probably. Robin Axline: Employees. Usually there's like one person there. Probably. Tita Lors: Yeah, versus like if it's in your building, it's probably way more, way less expensive because the rent is already getting paid. the building is already getting paid for. So how much more do you actually need to... Mm-hmm. Something. Suck. Cause it- Anyways. Robin Axline: Anyways, guys, you guys, tell us that info. Now we need like a median across the nation to fight. Even if you're in a different country, I'm curious as well. Tita Lors: Yeah, I really... That's... Yeah. But then we're gonna need conversion rates. For that. Robin Axline: Lora you're gonna have to get out your handy-dandy notebook for that one. Tita Lors: I know my little Post-it pad. Yeah, Robin Axline: A post-it pad, yeah. Tita Lors: for me, I don't have a handy-dandy notebook of my Post-it pad, like... Robin Axline: We're analog here. Tita Lors: very much so. Robin Axline: then, like, we can even expand on other things and ask you guys how much you spend at things. Tita Lors: Yeah. Like how much do you think? Somebody told me. So they were in like they were traveling somewhere and it was a landlocked country. And the cost of. Milk was in the double digits. Yeah. Yeah. Robin Axline: No way. Whoa, that's hard to swallow. Tita Lors: Yeah, for real. Double digits. Yeah, I was like, well, I will not be visiting you there. Sorry. That sounds horrible. Robin Axline: digits pretty bad Tita Lors: Yeah, I'm not that I drink that much milk, but still. Robin Axline: Yes, we both would love to know. yes, so laundry prices Tita Lors: Okie dokie. Let's close this out. We've been here forever. Robin Axline: and parasocial relationships. Tell us all about it. Tita Lors: my gosh. Please. So can crash out about how much it costs, apparently. lol Robin Axline: Just like major glitch out time. So yes, if you liked this episode, then subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, submit us your stories, your petty situations, or your friendship drama to us. And with all that being said, we have one more thing to say to you, Lora Stay petty.