Laundry hostage

Here in Switzerland most appartment buildings have a laundry room. All occupants of the building get 1 or days a week during which they can do their laundry. My layndry days are on Monday and Thursday. So, yesterday morning I put in one load of laundry before going to work. The great thing about these machines is that you can delay them ba couple of hours, so when you want to pick up your laundry at the end of the day, it hasn't been wet inside the machine all day. To pay for your laundry you get a so called 'washing card' when you move into the building. You can put mney on these cards and so you can pay. To start the machine CHF3 will be taken off your card, and you'll get that back at the end of the program (minus the amount the program cost). I knew that my card was amost empty, but I thought I still had enough money to do 3 loads of laundry. Unfortunately, by the time I came home last night, the machine had turned off, and I had to have another CHF3 taken off my card to be able to open the door, which I didn't have anymore :( So, I couldn't open the door, and could not take my laundry out, and put a new one in :( So, I went to the woman in our building who can recharge the cards, but she wasn't home. I left the money with her husband with the message that my laundry was stuck. This morning I found freshly charged cards in front of my door, so I could rescue my laundry and free the machine my neighbout whos laundry day it is today!