Been living in the US for almost exactly 40 years, never had a dryer on the right. Mostly Chicago and Detroit. I don’t think I would like the opposite. Is this really a norm I wasn’t aware of and somehow never encountered

What Is brown collar? Wikipedia says military but I don’t think that is what you mean from context

Lol currently at Maplewood

For me it isn’t about knowing when it’s done, it’s about it continuously annoying me if I still haven’t flipped it an hour later