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When my FH and I were looking for an apartment, one of my requirements was our own washer and dryer. That kind of stuff is so rude and really makes me mad! So incredibly passive aggressive of her. She could have at least asked if you would mind if she did that before you left!
Honestly, I don't think this is something to get upset about. Is it annoying? Yes, but that is pretty standard for sharing a washer and dryer. Even though you had clothes in the dryer how was she supposed to know if you were going to come back immediately? I see where you are coming from, but with only one to share, that is kind of par for the course.
it really grosses me out to stack wet clothes anywhere...
i totally understand why you're frustrated. i would kill for my own washer and dryer, but it's just not the norm with the area i'm in (mostly older buildings). thankfully, fi does all of our laundry. if and when we get our own machines, i'll do laundry all the time!
Yeah, I hate it more when my dry clothes get placed on top of the machines or on the grody table in our laundry room. When they're wet, I can just throw them in the dryer and hopefully kill any germs that were accumulated while they sat out. I think what weirded me out the most is when someone took my dry stuff out of the laundry machine and FOLDED IT then put it on the table. I mean, they were just trying to be nice, but I don't want a stranger handling my laundry like that! Ew! I ended up throwing them back in for another cycle.
The thing that gets me the MOST, though, is people who are uncareful with bleach. They just pour it in by the bucketfuls to our thirty year old washers which never drain properly, and lo and behold I often find myself pulling out a load with BLEACH STAINS all over it. I even wrote an angry sign advising people to watch how much bleach they put in and where they put it, because the VERY FIRST time I washed our expensive, brand new plum colored sheets, they came out ruined from bleach. My god was I angry. I don't understand people's obsession with bleach. I worked at an OLIVE GARDEN and was one of the messiest servers, yet I had two white shirts and they lasted me years. They looked cleaner than everyone else's. I NEVER used bleach. Just hot water and biodegradable detergent, maybe some stain remover if I spilled wine on myself. I think maybe everyone should try to use less bleach in their laundry...they might be surprised with results! All it does is make your fabric break down and get really crispy, plus it always at least faintly leaves that noxious smell...and worst of all, it ruins the load of anyone who puts in laundry after you! Especially if you don't take care not to spill it on the edge of the machine and stuff. :(
Honestly, I used to do this all the time when we had shared washers/dryers. How am I suppose to know when you're coming back down? I have seen people leave their stuff in the washer/dryer for HOURS and not come down to claim it, why should I wait? Sadly it is just a part of living with shared laundry facilities.
The absolute worst laundry experience? One woman took up all 3 washers in our laundry room. There were about 10 minutes left, so I sat downstairs with my laundry and waited. She came down, emptied all 3 washers and then FILLED ALL 3 UP AGAIN! WTF?!?! I didn't even know what to say, it was obvious why I was there... Sitting on a chair with my laundry basket. Are you kidding me???? I half wanted to stop the washer, take her clothes out and put mine in. ;)
SO happy to have my own washer/dryer in this apartment!!
@veganglam: OMG, that would make so angry that I would actually want/need to move over that. Or haul my stuff to a landromat. Ugh!!!!
@bpcmarj: I understand your frustration. The very first apartment I ever rented had shared washer and dryers. I hated when people would touch my laundry (I also set timers for myself as to not slow anyone else down), but no matter, it happened almost every time I did my laundry. Once my laundry was pulled from the dryer still wet, before it was even finished the cycle! I started using the laundromat after a couple weeks of that.
The other thing I hated about sharing the washers and dryers was the smell of my laundry after I used them. It didn't matter how much detergent or fabric softener I used, it always smelled slightly musty.
It's not to say that I haven't thought about taking someones stuff out of the dryer if it's been there for a while, but there was nothing for her to gain by taking my wet laundry out of the washing machine since I still had a load in the dryer...I guess my frustration was that I was trying to be courteous and get all my stuff out right when it was done...Oh well! :)
In another apartment I lived in, the dryers didn't work for CRAP, and I found that out the hard way when it took hours (and all the quarters I could scrape up) to even get my clothes so that they would hang dry without dripping!
@TinyTina: OMG, I don't know what I would have done if I were you. That's one of those things where you kind of shake your head in disbelief and then get pissed about it a few minutes later!
I HATED sharing a washer and dryer with the 10+ other apartments in my building when we lived in Portland! When we moved here, I made sure to get our own washer and dryer. I understand why you are frustrated! I hate when people touch my cloths!
Vent away because I totally understand!
When we were living in an apartment with shared laundry, I came downstairs right as a lady was taking my soaking wet laundry out before the cycle was over. The kicker? She didn't notice me and dumped them ON THE FLOOR in a corner. The dirty basement floor. Sick.
Do you live in the same building I did? LOL. I had the same thing happen to me last year in my old building. A girl put my wet clothes on top of the washer & left a note saying she would put them in the dryer. I go back in the morning and she didn't do it!!! UGHH!!!
@jam: Eff that I would have taken her clothes out and straight dumped them in the trash with a nice little note on top. I would be so mad!
There's no way to know if someone is coming back for their laundry or not. When I go in the laundry room if all the machines are taken I wait for 5 minutes. If no one comes to remove their things, I take someone's laundry out. The only reason to be mad is when people are rude and take your clothes out before the cycle is done or if they dump them somewhere dirty. Most people in my complex leave their basket on top of their machine though, so I usually put their clothes back in their basket.
I live in a complex with 124 apartments. We have 2 laundry rooms and between the 2 there are 12 washers and dryers total. 12! For 124 apartments! And 99% of the time there are 2 washers not working. I am always waiting for someone to finish their laundry and it sucks. I hate it. I can't wait until we get a place and have our own washer and dryer.
@hzleys100 and @missfireslayer: I totally flipped out then immediately realized she didn't speak much English. I sucked it up & rewashed...and started babysitting my laundry just in case she tried to pull that again. UGH.
This happens all the time in my building. 16 washers/dryers for 250 units. I do get upset when someone takes mine out, especially when someone else is doing 5 loads that have been sitting there for hours and they decide to take out my 1 load. I can never bring myself to take someone else's out, I'm too nice. I'll make 5 trips from the 25th floor sometimes until I can find one open, or I'll just sit there and read. Like veganglam, someone actually took the time to fold mine once. I asked around and found her and was actually appreciative of that. She looked like a nice clean lady and had done a much neater job of folding than I normally do. At least it was more thoughtful than just dumping them out.
@jam: i would have flipped at her like u then left then went down and ripped all her wet clothes out and put them outside!!!!!
I would rather have that happen than what happened to me. I was working second shift at the time so I would do laundry before work on a week day when most people were gone. One day I was transferring my clothes from the washer to the dryer and the load seemed small. Well, when the dryer was done, I realized that someone had stolen ALL my bras and underwear. Nice.
The only thing I think is really stupid about that is that she's going to have to wait for you to be done with the dryer anyways, and since it takes longer than the washer, it doesn't actually give her any benefit to dump your clothes and start early. All it does is piss you off - something she shouldn't want to do to her tenants!
Apartment laundry rooms are the WORST. A few weeks ago I went downstairs a few minutes before the timer went off to take my clothes out of the dryer only to find them in a sopping wet pile on top off the dryer. Someone else took my clothes out and put their clothes in!! I couldn't believe they had the nerve to use the dryer time I paid for!!
@veganglam: I sometimes run an empty wash cycle if I know i'm washing stuff that will be damaged by bleach. Can never be too careful. I was doing laundry the other day, and this guy ran an empty load after his bleach cycle! I was SO IMPRESSED - how thoughtful!! After this apartment, I will never live somewhere that doesn't have in-unit washer/dryers!
All these horror stories make me want to go to the laundry mat with my clothes. Or my parents house.
Luckily SO has Monday's off so he does the laundry when everyone is at work.
I would definitely remove your clothes from the washer if your load was done and you weren't there. Everyone has to make the best use of their time and getting her wash started was important to her. Maybe, like me, she has clothes that she doesn't put in the dryer so getting started on the wash makes perfect sense.
She has no way of knowing when you would come back.
Well our shared washer and dryer is in the basement of our 1835 brownstone which has never been refinished or updated so you can imagine how scary, dirty and vermin infested it is. There are constantly new dead cockroaches all around the place, sometimes even ON the machines. So you better believe I make a point to at least leave my laundry basket on top of the dryer, just in case someone feels like taking out my stuff. They are always nice enough to put it in my basket, but oh boy how awful it would be if they dumped it on the floor!
@crayfish: exactly this!
@julies1949: I never thought that she might have clothes that she hangs...that's a good point.
Totally over it now, it's just one of the joys of living in an apartment building:)
One time in college I took out a girl's wet laundry that had been sitting in the washer for about 2 hours. About three hours after that when my laundry was done she came and yelled at me for doing it. Apparently she thought her we clothes would mildew sitting in the brightly lit room on top of the washer...but not in the cold, wet, dark washing machine? I would never have done that after a couple minutes or even half an hour, but two hours? On a Saturday? You better believe I'm going to do what I have to do my laundry!
The other day, I did my best to scrounge up enough quarters and even went to the grocery store to get a couple dollars worth so I could wash and dry my clothes.
Someone opened the dryer mid-cycle! AND didn't close it back! When I came downstairs all of my stuff was still wet! And my whole $1 wasted! I was pissed, but lucikly found another dollar in quarters without having to treck back out in the snow!
I can't wait to have my own washer and dryer someday :)
i understand your venting, this happened all the time when i lived in the barracks! you'd always have to hunt for your clothes. people would take your clothes out of the washer (they usally put them in a dryer, though). or just take it out of the dryer and set it on top. now DH and i have our own washer/dryer. (wedding gift from DH's father, very generous) yay!
I have a real adversion to people touching my clothes, The idea of someone's hands on my wet clothes would make me want to wash them all over again. That's my only really weird phobia.
When I was in college, we had laundry times. A girl went over her time for the third week in a row so another chick poured BLEACH all over clothes. I would not recommend that since they ended up settling it in court.
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In my small apartment building (6 units), we have 1 washer and dryer that is shared. While I was doing my laundry today, my neighbor came up right when I was about to switch my was (I had one load in the dryer, one in the washer, and one in my hands waiting to go in). She said she would just wait until mine was done to wash hers.
So, I go back into my apartment and have a timer set to let me know when the dryer is done (since it runs for about 10-15 minutes longer than the wash). When I go to get those out, and put the wet clothes in the dryer, she had taken my wet laundry out of the washing machine and placed it on top of the dryer so that she could start her wash.
The part that is frustrating me is that she couldn't wait the 10 minutes until I switched mine out, when she will have to wait to put hers into the dryer until mine are done anyway.
Now, this is not the biggest deal in the world...but slightly frustrating since it's not the first time that it's happened! I try to be courteous to the other people in my building and I find it rude to handle someone else's clean clothes.
I don't think this is something worth complaining to management about, but thanks for letting me vent