Shokan

So here is the story. I had to do laundry today, alot of it actually. My builiding only has 5 small washers available in the laundry room, so sometimes its difficult to get a machine.

I went down there with about 2 loads, and 4 out the 5 machines were in use, but their cycles had completed. The clothes were just waiting to be tranferred to the dryers. I filled up the 1 empty washer with my stuff, hoping the owner of the other washers clothes would come down and remove them. So such luck, I waited a few minutes, nothing. So I got fed up and started moving this guys clothes to the dryer so I could wash mine.

He comes down halfway through, I explained what I was doing, and he was cool with it. But the whole time I was thinking if he "caught" me, it would be a huge issue with many reprecussions.

My question is that would you be pissed off if someone was doing the same thing I was? I had a bad experience with resulted in a huge yelling match over the same issue, and have been paranoid of doing it ever since. I want to know if this is common, or would you really even give a shit, and realize the guy was helping you out by saving you the time it would have taken you to transfer the clothes.

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JStrider

nah... if you gave them a a few minutes there should be nothing wrong with putting the clothes on top of a clean cabinet or the washing machine...

its pretty standard procedure in the dorms to take someones stuff out if they dont show up in a few minutes and all the rest of the washers are full

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water_boy1999

Depends on if it was loaded with a bunch of towels or his cotton panties....

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Shokan

I didn't really notice what I was grabbing. Looks like a bunch of sports clothes, jeans.

Nothing very erotic.

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maleficent

My building has 3 washers and dryers for about 200 units. So it's usually a fight for the machines. I think it's so inconsiderate of people to drop their stuff in the washers and then not come back for an hour, they know the machines take 25 minutes, there's a sign posted. Yes, things happen, but please... especially on weekends... when there's a line.

I usually go by the 5 minute rule, they get five minutes then their stuff goes on the table, I would never throw it on the floor, I would make sure that the table was relatively clean. (I have had my stuff come out of the dryer -- which means it was an hour and 1/2 later --when the person's stuff who I pulled out fo the washer finally comes down)

Since I am forgetful, laundry day, I'll take my bag of junk mail that's been collecting by the front door, with me to the laundry room, read the junk mail and dispose of it in the laundry room, and wait until it's done.

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santafe5000

Your response is pretty normal. If you are going to use public laundry facilities, be prepared to have others view your unmentionables. If you are so busy that you can't time the wash cycles, don't get mad if someone moves your clothes.
Hopefully, the next occurrance will be, your standing there holding two handfuls of some very lacey underthings when the pretty young lady returns to move her stuff. Could lead to a very interesting disscussion.

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SiN

Nothing wrong with doing what needs to be done.
Best is when it's obvious which laundry basket goes with which stuff or whatever..but any clean surface will do.

And of course, make sure you leave your basket available just in case you're not able to take care of yours immediately.

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Shokan

I had all 5 of my laundry baskets stolen in one day. I don't leave them there anymore.

I mean really? Who steals laundry baskets?

Goddamn laundry imps.

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Key

heh, that sounds perfectly fine. in my dorms you could pretty much expect your crap to be thrown on top of the machines, not IN the dryers. it was pretty much accepted that if you didn't get your stuff, it was your own fault and you had to suffer the consequences.

sometimes i'd see a pile of clothes on top, half of them would have fallen on the floor, some fell between the space between the machines where all the dust and dirt was. heh, poor bastard would have to just wash them again.

in my house (5 college guys, 1 set of machines) then we'd go ahead and just keep the line going. if there was stuff in the washer when i wanted to use it, i'd dry it (complete with dryer sheets!) and put mine in the washer. if they still hadn't picked up their crap i'd take the clothes, pop em in my basket, and dry my own stuff. if they didn't pick their stuff up from the basket i'd dump them all on their beds and them take my basket back.

lurkette

As long as you're putting the other person's laundry on a clean surface, I see no problem with moving things along if they're not there to do it themselves. I'm sure pretty much everyone understands, most likely having been on both ends of the situation. Who wants to sit there and watch their laundry so they can jump up and move it to the dryer the moment the wash cycle is done? It's easy to lose track of time when you're doing laundry, and I imagine most people don't mind having their things moved to make room for the next person's load.

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jRuntlets

Just so long as you don't turn the dryer on, I think it's okay. If the dryer gets started and the person has clothes that don't go in the dryer that's when you can get into trouble. It wouldn't be pretty. Stick the clothes on top of a table or washer that way you don't get toasted because you put something in the dryer and someone else started it.

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Cynthetiq

if i had the $ in my pocket or smart card (we have them in our laundry room) then i would pay for the drying too... just to get it started and then wait.. since I don't want someone else moving my clothes, and ask him to kick off mine when it comes time...

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Rubyee

If you had done that with my clothes, I would have felt bad for making you do it by not being down there on time. I don't think I would have gotten mad.

However, I would be afraid to move someone elses clothes for fear of their anger.

If I ever had to use community washers, I would probably go to a laundromat.

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tropple

I would pull them out and put them in the roll around cart or on the table.

Leaving stuff in the washer and walking away is pretty inconsiderate if you aren't back when the cycle ends.

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animosity

if you leave you crap unattended in public, expect it to be stolen or tampered with. if anything the guy should have thanked you for looking after his stuff.

merkerguitars

That was a good thing you did....hell you where getting his laundry done quicker for him.
I live with 3 other people and we share a normal size washer and dryer...usually if we forget about the stuff in the washer a roomate will dry it for us....leaving wet laundry around sucks.

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When I do my laundry at school, it's rare that I don't find a full machine of clothes (after the cycle has stopped). I just move it to a table and throw my clothes in. I've never had anyone complain about that, nor have I complained when someone did it to me. As long as you put the clothes on a clean surface, most people don't mind.

I like Cynthetiq's idea of throwing it in the dryer for the person, however, if someone did that to my clothes I would just assume they stole all my clothes. I wouldn't assume someone put it in the dryer for me. Now I know to look

I might add that to my list of nice things to do for people when i have extra change..

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denim

IMHO, the problem was the asshole who yelled at you that once. What you're talking about doing is NORMAL BEHAVOIR in a machine shortage situation. If someone had yelled at me for doing something like this, I'd've yelled back at him to be glad they had been put on a nice clean place, instead of the trash can.

Some people you just can't please. Fuck 'em.

maleficent

I've sacraficed quarters for people once or twice, then thought better of it when i do my own laundry. Not everything I own goes in the dryer, not everything I own goes on the superhot drying cycle.

While the intention is good, I'd be pretty peeved if someone dropped all my clothes in the dryer and started it.

Then again, I deserve what I get for leaving my clothes.

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Cynthetiq

yes those delicate undergarments and such do require a little tact and handling.

in fact, if those appeared I'd just as soon leave them all alone on the table. I know brasseries are expensive I don't want to be responsible for ruining one.

Quadraton

I only had one real bad experience washing my clothes.

There are 8 washing machines, and 8 dryers where I live. On that day, it was pretty busy up there, so I was lucky to be able to get at least one washing machine. As I'm heading out, I notice that all the dryers are being used, except for one that has 0 minutes left on the clock, and just needs the guy/girl to come back and pick up the clothes.

Later, as soon as my clothes are done being washed, I return to toss them into the dryer. I notice that all the dryers are still in use, with the exception of that same dryer that is still just sitting there with 0 minutes. I know that no one's come to look at it, because as soon as you open the door with 0 minutes remaining, the display automatically changes back to the price for a load of laundry ($1.50). This means the clothes had been there for a long time.

So, with no alternative, I opened the door, took the guy's stuff out, put it on top of the machine, and put my stuff in.

Later, when I come back to get my stuff out of the dryer, I notice that the guy's clothes are gone, and he had left my dryer door wide open. Well, obviously my clothes weren't being dried, and the timer doesn't stop counting down just because the door's open. I was lucky because I happened to have enough change on me to restart the drying cycle.

It wasn't the end of the world, but it did piss me off a lot, mostly because I lost time and money. I can't help but think about the type of jackass that would do something so self centered as to take up a machine, on a busy day no less, for over an hour, and then get his supremely petty revenge through such an infintile method.

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Supple Cow

It's annoying to come down and see that somebody touched your clothes (and probably put them somewhere you didn't want them to go), but it's even more annoying and RUDE to leave your clothes in the machine for more than 5 or 10 minutes after the cycle is over when there are so many people who share the machines. Do what you have to do. Ignore other people if they behave like jerks because you did.

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