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!

Looking forward to some sly wisdom!

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.

LOL..now my laundry etiquette is..I don't do em'!! Wife far prefers to do the laundry herself. Picky..picky.. picky

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.

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

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.   

shhhhhhhh I only did that once.....

shhhhhhhh I only did that once.....

C'mon...I know it was more than once.