| “ | Hey, hey, hey! | ” |
—The woman's recurring phrase | ||
The Horrible Woman is a nasty New York lady who appears in the episode "The One With The East German Laundry Detergent", portrayed by Camille Saviola.
The actual name of the character is not revealed in the episode, the credits list her as "The Horrible Woman". At some point Rachel calls her "Missy", "Minsy", or "Mintzy", or "Mitzy", but it is unclear if any of these is her name, or how Rachel would know it.
The woman is a bully to Rachel and the second female antagonist to appear in the series. The first one is Nurse Sizemore.
She first meets Rachel in a laundromat when she steals the latter's machine and loads her own clothing into it, using the excuse that there weren't any clothes in it in order to win the argument with her. Rachel is unable to stand up to her at first, but Ross Geller, who is with her, does. He wins the argument and the woman withdraws her clothes from the machine.
Ross confronting the woman
Later, all of Rachel's white clothes have turned pink because of a red sock. The woman walks past, peeking into the washing machine. She smirks wickedly at her. Sniggering with vain happiness, she walks on.
The woman is finally seen when Rachel leaves her cart nearby and the big bully attempts to steal it from her, using the excuse that there wasn't any clothes in it, again. Rachel wins the argument this time by jumping into the cart. Outsmarted, the woman slinks away.