You do understand a laundry room in an apartment building is a shared space because other people DO exist, yes? Those other apartments in the building are occupied by humans known to you as your fellow tenants…You’ve probably noticed some of them around from time to time, yes?
So… assuming you’re an adult now, it’s your responsibility to clean the lint tray, throw your dryer sheets in the garbage instead of leaving them in the machine or dropped on the floor and take care of the dried pieces of tissue you forgot in your pocket again.. Also it’d be awesome if you’d not leave your clean dry clothes in one of the few newer dryers for hours sometimes where some of your fellow tenants might be hesitant to touch them and take them out so they can use the machine, especially on a Sunday when the room is most busy.
In shared spaces the right thing to do is be cool and considerate by cleaning up after yourself, unless of course your mommy or maid or robot are coming behind you to clean up after you, IDK?
Have some fuckin’ respect and consideration, pretty, pretty please —Tired of having to touch your underwear
This article appears in Mar 9-15, 2017.
When I lived in a building with a shared laundry we were lucky to have a “common” room next to it that had 2 fridges with freezers. One person was notorious for leaving their laundry in the dryer overnight.
One Sunday evening after Desperate Housewives, while collecting my laundry, I noticed they continued to hog 2 driers from earlier that day. I took their “Monday work clothes” rolled them up, soaked them then popped them in the freezer over night.
They never left their laundry unattended after that!
OB, shared laundry rooms are always a pain in the arse. It is what it is, so it ain’t worth bitching about.
My advice is to stop trying to change things, either deal with it or start taking your laundry to a laundromat
Do what we did in the military. If you weren’t there to get your crap, you’ll find it on the floor.
I’ve had nothing but positive situations in our laundry room. Get to hang out, find out what the latest gossip is, I get a real kick out of it, get to check out the latest residents, even found what I assume were YOUR panties since we had been the only people doing laundry, we owned that room, you knew I timed my dryer and made sure your clothes were out before mine…hot stuff neighbor!
Having had shared laundry for a stretch I can certainly relate. I think you have to take control and encourage some accountability. Throwing the laundry on the floor is a great idea and I have had great results from that too. Just keep in mind, what comes around goes around so make sure to set your timer to be back in the laundry room in time to remove your own.
I must say, it certainly makes me appreciate in suite laundry although every now and then I throw my partner’s laundry on the floor for old times sake.
You’re asking too much. When I had shared laundry, my practice was to clean the lint and check for things in the dryer. It added a minute to my process. If you leave clothes in a machine longer than 5 minutes after I discover them, out they come – dry or not. If someone with (un-medicated) ADHD can track the wash/dry cycle, so can everyone. So tighten up your game or better, buy some machines.
All good points, but you come off as a passive aggressive twat. Better luck next time.
Maybe all people who share the laundry should `throw in $! and buy a few Dollar Store baskets to use instead of the floor.
Throw it all out in the hall and see if that helps.
*chemical-ladden (dryer sheets)
Game is tight TickleMeElm0
Aggressive aggressive Cranky.. this is the Bitch section ya daft twat ya, what you talkin bout!?