I'd give him credit for trying. In know with my hubby if I say too much about something being not quite right...it will be a long long time before he will try again. The only solution I could come up with at my house was I would leave the bottle of stain remover right on top of the washer. That ment he wasn't aloud to dry the clothes. Oh wait, yours is actually throwing the laundry in..well that won't work. But wow way to go. Could he please come over & hang out with my husband? Actually mine will try, but he joke that if it's something he truley doesn't want to do he will screw it up so bad he will never be asked again. I guess have a special basket that is off limits to him.