I manage some rentals and I have a great washer/dryer repairman. He'll come (no monitoring needed), fix it, report back to me and send me the bill, usually the same day I call him.

Probably everybody knows this and uses the little trick I figured out one day: When I am in a hurry to get my clothes dried I add a couple of clean, dry, thirsty towels to the load. It gets done in jig time.