Must write down what i witnessed yesterday. Went to do laundy - always as much fun, but at least when going to a 'laundromat' it's possible to do 2 months worth of laundry at the same time... was just finishing drying the stuff that goes in the dryer, when this couple came in and waited for their washing mashine to finish its cycle. a woman came in and started to put her laundry into the only empty dryer, and the woman of the couple (let's call her crazy W) started screaming at this other woman that it was their dryer, that they had reserved it (not really possible in this place!). the her boyfriend (crazy M) added that you can't just come in and dry your stuff since the people using the washing machines have priority on the driers... (not true, do such rule, and everyone pays for everything so illogical!). the other woman protested slightly, wondering why they the crazy couple had not already taken the machine if they were waiting (answer: another 3 minutes before their washing was done.... so not even finished yet!!), but then gave up the machine and waited the one minute it took me to empty the one i just finished using.
that's when it got interesting... another man comes up and starts putting his stuff into dryer 1 - crazy W starts screaming at him, saying again that they have reserved it etc etc. he doesn't react at first but then turns around and in a bad french says that well, he also needs it (and yes, he had been washing his stuff in the place so that argument did not work...), crazy W continues to scream and argue while walking towards him and then without any reason slaps him!!!!!! just because he doesn't respect the crazy couple's "reservation". he hesitates and then slaps her back (and though i am against violence of any kind i must say i understand him, having been slapped without any reason). crazy W looks chocked as most probably not used to anyone saying no to her and for sure not standing up to her when she takes to violence. crazy M wakes up and goes up to "protect his woman" (he is a big guy, crazy M). luckily a few people intervene stating how ludicrious it is to fight, literally fight, over a dryer... a woman screams at the 'bad french' guy that he can't hit a woman, and i add that well, the woman can't hit him either... anyway, i end up leaving quite quickly as not much a fan of fights, but as it looked everything had been calmed down by another laundry-service user standing in between the men...
i must say, people are really crazy sometimes. to an extent where it really scares me!!! imagine, the whole thing could have ended in a fist fight over a dryer!!! when another one would probably have been empty within 5 minutes.
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