Men and laundry

On Friday, after work, I went to a local laundromat to get my laundry done before the big Red Wings game. Boring right? I thought so, but it needed to be done.

I brought my Ipod and was chilling to music. To my amusement, a woman that worked at the laundromat was helping a guy in his late 40s or 50s with his laundry. I thought at first there was a problem with the machine. Nope, nada, he just had no clue.

I found out later since they moved to the dryers that this was the FIRST time he's done laundry, by himself. He makes the egotistical statement that his woman or a woman does it for him so he's never had to do it.

I was thinking "Really, whoever she is, I feel sorry for her..." He's got a huge potbelly, no manners, and a twang that was totally extreme. (And I love that Southern twang.) He was such a chauvinistic pig, it amazed me.

He continues to put himself in the hole by stating that he had worked all day and that someone else should be doing his laundry for him. UGH! The woman working in the laundromat just said "Whine whine whine" and asked the few ladies that were around there, including me, whether or not we had worked that day. And duh, we all had! He then proceeds to say all he wanted to do was go home and have someone just do his laundry for him.

He also couldn't figure out how to start the dryer, making me chuckle, since he was pressing the light and not the "START" button. And the thing that totally got to me, the guy then asks me later, while I was folding my laundry and still listening to my IPOD...

Guy: You do laundry often?
Me: Yes
Guy: Your own laundry...
Me: Uhm...yes
Guy: You want to do my laundry...
Me: Uhm...NO!
Guy: I'll pay you...
Me: Still NO, that's quite alright!
Guy:Oh well, I thought I'd offer!

*Smacks head* Uh huh, like I'm going to take that offer! From a creepy pig!

All I have to say is that my future "Mr. Right" better know how to do laundry. I'm not into the traditional gender roles bit, and definitely not into the "Me man, you woman, you cook, clean, etc, I bring home food." We better be sharing those roles somewhat even if it's a little unequal, I don't mind.

How do you feel about traditional gender roles?