Okay, so this note is really more of a rant/vent. Don't say I didn't warn you.
The topic is washing your clothes in a public place, and in my case, the setting is in a dorm. Now, I don't know about other people, but I follow a set of unwritten "laundry laws," that are as follows:
* If a load of clothes is washing/drying, DON'T MESS WITH IT!
* Only after the wash/dry cycle is complete, are you permitted to do anything:
* First off, if you are waiting to use the washer/dryer, and you are there when the cycle completes, give the person a 5-minute buffer to return, claim, and remove their clothes.
* After that, that washer/dryer is free game. You may proceed to remove their clothes, but treat them with respect as you remove them. Where you put their clothes depends on what machine you want:
* If you want their washer, place their clothes either on top of the washer or into a nearby dryer (if available).
* If you want their dryer, you may only place their clothes on top of the dryer - nowhere else!
I don't know if anyone else has their own "laundry laws," or if they act in a similar, respectful manner, but I do know that there is a person living in my dorm that apparently has no respect for the clothes of others. So begins my story:
So as to save time, I consolidate all my laundry into two loads, which I wash/dry at the same time. It started off as a regular laundry day, as I put my two loads into their separate washers, right next to each other. 35 minutes later, I return, and transfer my clothes into two dryers right next to each other. Having pressed the start time on both machines essentially at the same time, I leave expecting my two loads of laundry to both be dry an hour later when I return.
An hour passes, and I return to the laundry room. I arrive as 1 minute is remaining on both dryers. After waiting for them to finish the drying cycle, I open the first dryer, and empty out my first load of clothes. I open the second dryer, and WTF? It's stuffed full with a pink comforter. Puzzled at first, I look around for my missing second load of clothes and find them on a nearby table, still wet.
Now this is what really pissed me off: someone had entered the room shortly after I had left, took my second load of clothes out of the dryer (as the door doesn't lock during the cycle), and put in their load of wet clothes. So I had paid for them to dry this pink comforter. Not only that, for some odd reason they took the effort to move my clothes to a nearby (and dirty) table, instead of simply moving them to the top of the dryer. I was pissed.
So, I did the only thing I could do: I put my first load (now dry) into the laundry basket I brought, and moved my second load (still wet) from the table into the now empty dryer, and firmly planted myself on top of the dryer containing the pink comforter that I paid to dry. About 5 minutes later, the owner of the contents of the dryer upon which I sat returned. Surprisingly, she acted like I was just "hanging out" in the laundry room, and asked if I could move. I confronted her with what she did - her despicable act of laundry charades. She expressed no remorse, just an unconcerned, "Oh. Okay." There wasn't much I could demand from her for reparations for her act, but I did get her to pay for the cost of drying my second load of clothes. She presented the money almost as if she was expecting to have to pay me. I took the cash, started the dryer, and left the room. I returned a few minutes later after she had left, making sure that my clothes were where I had put them, which they were.
So that concludes my rant/vent. Sure, you might think, "Wow, you sure got excited over a load of laundry." But if this girl has such a carelessness about her, I'd hate to see what dirty deeds should could accomplish at a grander scale. And to think: this could have all been prevented if the dryer had a lock on it. As I type this final sentence, my load of clothes has finished drying, and so I must go and fetch it.
Any comments?
The topic is washing your clothes in a public place, and in my case, the setting is in a dorm. Now, I don't know about other people, but I follow a set of unwritten "laundry laws," that are as follows:
* If a load of clothes is washing/drying, DON'T MESS WITH IT!
* Only after the wash/dry cycle is complete, are you permitted to do anything:
* First off, if you are waiting to use the washer/dryer, and you are there when the cycle completes, give the person a 5-minute buffer to return, claim, and remove their clothes.
* After that, that washer/dryer is free game. You may proceed to remove their clothes, but treat them with respect as you remove them. Where you put their clothes depends on what machine you want:
* If you want their washer, place their clothes either on top of the washer or into a nearby dryer (if available).
* If you want their dryer, you may only place their clothes on top of the dryer - nowhere else!
I don't know if anyone else has their own "laundry laws," or if they act in a similar, respectful manner, but I do know that there is a person living in my dorm that apparently has no respect for the clothes of others. So begins my story:
So as to save time, I consolidate all my laundry into two loads, which I wash/dry at the same time. It started off as a regular laundry day, as I put my two loads into their separate washers, right next to each other. 35 minutes later, I return, and transfer my clothes into two dryers right next to each other. Having pressed the start time on both machines essentially at the same time, I leave expecting my two loads of laundry to both be dry an hour later when I return.
An hour passes, and I return to the laundry room. I arrive as 1 minute is remaining on both dryers. After waiting for them to finish the drying cycle, I open the first dryer, and empty out my first load of clothes. I open the second dryer, and WTF? It's stuffed full with a pink comforter. Puzzled at first, I look around for my missing second load of clothes and find them on a nearby table, still wet.
Now this is what really pissed me off: someone had entered the room shortly after I had left, took my second load of clothes out of the dryer (as the door doesn't lock during the cycle), and put in their load of wet clothes. So I had paid for them to dry this pink comforter. Not only that, for some odd reason they took the effort to move my clothes to a nearby (and dirty) table, instead of simply moving them to the top of the dryer. I was pissed.
So, I did the only thing I could do: I put my first load (now dry) into the laundry basket I brought, and moved my second load (still wet) from the table into the now empty dryer, and firmly planted myself on top of the dryer containing the pink comforter that I paid to dry. About 5 minutes later, the owner of the contents of the dryer upon which I sat returned. Surprisingly, she acted like I was just "hanging out" in the laundry room, and asked if I could move. I confronted her with what she did - her despicable act of laundry charades. She expressed no remorse, just an unconcerned, "Oh. Okay." There wasn't much I could demand from her for reparations for her act, but I did get her to pay for the cost of drying my second load of clothes. She presented the money almost as if she was expecting to have to pay me. I took the cash, started the dryer, and left the room. I returned a few minutes later after she had left, making sure that my clothes were where I had put them, which they were.
So that concludes my rant/vent. Sure, you might think, "Wow, you sure got excited over a load of laundry." But if this girl has such a carelessness about her, I'd hate to see what dirty deeds should could accomplish at a grander scale. And to think: this could have all been prevented if the dryer had a lock on it. As I type this final sentence, my load of clothes has finished drying, and so I must go and fetch it.
Any comments?
