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Laundry room etiquette by marshd1000 on 21 Nov, 2008 23:57
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I had an interesting conversation with a fellow in my apartment complex. I usually have been on good terms with this fellow. He is a kind of different, but then don't we all have quirks?
Anyway, we were witnessing a conflict over parking spaces at our complex. We agreed that life is too short to get so hot and bothered over such a thing.
I then mentioned about an incident that happened to me in the laundry room. One time, I had done my laundry and took out the washed load and put in my laundry basket and was intending to put in the dryer when I got back home. So later when I got home, I noticed that one dryer was running and the other was done. Anyway, I did not see anyone in the laundry room and the dryer that was off had dry clothes in it. So with that, I put the dry clothes on top of the dryer. Then I went back up to my unit. Then I discovered that I had dropped a wet item of clothing. So I went back downstairs and found that my dryer was open. I thought that was weird, but shut the door and pressed the button again. So about 45 minutes to an hour later, I went down to get my dry clothes...or so I thought. I found that the door was opened up again with a angry note laced with profanities saying that I should not have taken his clothes out of the dryer. And that is why my clothes are wet. I was pissed as it was now late at night and I needed the clothes for work that next day.
So I told this story to the neighbor and he said that it was probably him who did that. While it did not become heated, I personally thought that this guy was a d*&k for doing that. He said that what I should have done was go back up to my apartment for 15 minutes to wait and then take out the clothes.
If this guy had merely wrote a note saying something like that at the time and explaining why, I might have actually started doing that. I try to be considerate and really try not to piss people off. But I also feel that what he did to me was worse than my handling his clothes. It's not like I was intensely examining his clothes or looking to see if he was a crossdresser or anything like that.
My thought was that if people are not down at the time that the dryer ends, then it is fair game. I have no problem if people take my laundry out if I am remiss in being prompt.
I have never heard of rules for the laundry room. Have any of you? Was I wrong? I am willing to admit I am wrong, but I don't believe that 2 wrongs make a right, however!
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#1 by hammerdrill376 on 22 Nov, 2008 03:36
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Never heard of rules for laundry rooms but the guy definately did not use any common sense
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#2 by Brkeatr on 22 Nov, 2008 04:01
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Well, I don't know if there are any written rules about laundry, but I do know people can get very touchy over their laundry.
When we sold our home and downsized we moved to an apartment. The laundry room at the apartment complex is small so the wife decides she will just go to the local laundromat to do the laundry. Some lady was wating for a dryer to dry her clothes and all the others were full and no one around. She decided to take the persons clothes out herself when the person suddenly appeared and a cat fight ensued.
My wife talked to the manager about the incident after the fact and the manager informed my wife that if there was a dryer full of clothes but NOT running it would be best to tell her so she could remove them. She said removing or messing with someone elses clothes is a very touchy thing and can cause major quarrels / fights.
So...bottom line.....people are very touchy when it comes to other people messing with their laundry. -
#3 by Mikekoz13 on 22 Nov, 2008 06:04
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To me, this comes do to simple consideration for others. If you have your clothes in a dryer or washer then you should either stay there or be back before they stop tumbling so you get can them out when they're done.
Happened to me at a campground last Summer. Two French women took up all four dryers. Everybody had a lot of wet clothes because it rained hard the night before. When i went to walk into the laundry mat these two women were at the door, one holding it open for the other. I had a HUGE basket of clothes to dry and my hands were full.
Just as i reached the door the woman let the door go right in my face!!! Well i struggled to open it and finally got in. They were both staring at me so i very politlely said, "Thank yoou for holding that door for me". They never said a word but looked away.
So I put my clothes down, sat and waited. After a few minutes they got up and left. When the one dryer stopped i waited about 10 minutes and they nver showed. So I removed the clothes and very nicely placed them on a counter top that I first wiped off with a clean cloth.
Juat as my clothes started tumbling they walked in, saw the clothes on the counter, looked at me, and started to say something. But I quickly said, " I can't believe that whoever put those clothes in the dryer was rude enough to leave them in the dryer for ten minutes after they were done. So I took them out. Can you believe how rude some people are?"
They never said a word............ my point was made politely but firmly. -
#4 by hammerdrill376 on 22 Nov, 2008 06:07
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LOL..now my laundry etiquette is..I don't do em'!! Wife far prefers to do the laundry herself. Picky..picky.. picky
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#5 by Timmay on 22 Nov, 2008 07:18
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LOL..now my laundry etiquette is..I don't do em'!! Wife far prefers to do the laundry herself. Picky..picky.. picky
Just like your wife is the one who carries that purse that is behind you on the fridge??? lol
To be honest I have only visited a laundry room once. It was actually this summer when I took a bunch of our bed comforters to have them cleaned. So I really do not know about the do's and donts -
#6 by skiking on 22 Nov, 2008 17:15
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I have always taken other people's clothes out of the dryer if they are done, and I expect others to do the same if i forget about the laundry. It really bothers me when people leave their clothes on the dryer for a week and don't realize their clothes are in the laundry room until they do another load.
I have also learned from experience that if a hot chick leaves one of her thongs in the dryer, you get a very funny reaction if you slingshot them across the laundry room at her while she is folding her clothes. But it is a good way to spark a conversation. -
#7 by SBG Math Guy on 22 Nov, 2008 17:32
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you know once I got in the laundry room an all dryers were in use. Once the dryers
ended I still had to wait 40 minutes for a lady to finally show up and take out her clothes.
The rest of the people did not come at that time.
I look at my watch and I always make sure I show up 10 minutes before the dryer ends.
People who don't show up on time are too arrogant. They think others should live with it.
I would love to take out people's clothes once dryer is done but man I am scared if for example
I take out a woman's underwear and she shows up lol. What do I tell her at that time? Umm,
yeah I love holding this?
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#8 by Timmay on 22 Nov, 2008 19:30
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I dont think it is a problem of taking them out if you are just grabbing a handful and dumping them into a laundry cart. Now if you were picking them out one by one and you had your face up to a pair of his or her panties....thats where you got problems lol
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#9 by Alexander215 on 22 Nov, 2008 19:46
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There is a sign in our laundry room stating that you wait at least 10 minutes for the person to claim their laundry. If they don't show you can put it on top. I'm a freak about my laundry so I usually check on it every ten minutes, actually I'm just paranoid someone will do something to them or try and steal the time I put on the machine. Sometimes I'll even read a book on top of the washer/dryer...
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#10 by PE#1 on 22 Nov, 2008 22:55
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Now if you were picking them out one by one and you had your face up to a pair of his or her panties....thats where you got problems lol
Tim, you didn't have to share your laundry routine with us.
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#11 by PE#1 on 22 Nov, 2008 23:01
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The few apartment complexes and townhouses I lived in didn't really have any set "laundry rules."
Not sure on this one.
I can see your point on it being no big deal if the clothes were finished. Personally I wouldn't mind if someone removed my clothes as long as they had completed a cycle.
Never really had any issue over it though so I can't really say. The couple of complexes I lived in we rented a washer and dryer. I only used the facilities for my first couple of months. Was just too worried about someone stealing my clothes and didn't feel like hanging out there to do the laundry. -
#12 by Timmay on 23 Nov, 2008 12:55
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shhhhhhhh I only did that once.....
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#13 by SlyHigh on 24 Nov, 2008 06:46
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In college my dorm only had one washer and dryer (small dorm). It was common and acceptable to remove clothes when they were done. The worst thing was having your wet stuff out of the washer and someone beating you to the dryer. Then you had to wait until the dryer was ready.
One time I forgot about the load in the dryer... for about a week. I started to wonder why I didn't have any clean socks. My clothes were still there in the laundry room, dry.
I had a roommate in a house (a best friend), and he got onto me for moving his wet clothes into the dryer. Said he didn't want anyone else touching his underwear.
I would ask the manager to post a sign that says it's acceptable to remove clothes from a machine if the cycle is finished. There's no harm in doing so, and it frees up the machines. -
#14 by PE#1 on 25 Nov, 2008 03:16
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shhhhhhhh I only did that once.....
C'mon...I know it was more than once.