Laundry room drama! (Wow, my life is exciting.)

[brightcupenny]

Yes or no: in a public laundry room (ie, in an apartment complex), if there are no empty washers/dryers available, but some loads are done and their owners have not retrieved them, is it OK to take out their finished laundry and put it on the counter or in a cart, so that you can do your own

Comments

[lyssie]

Yes. Moving it is good. And right. That woman is stupid.

[brightcupenny]

Excellent!

[padawansguide]

What a bitch! Never mind you didn't move her stuff.

It's bad form to take up 6 washers at the same time for one, and for two, you should make sure your laundry doesn't sit there doing nothing and taking up a machine that other people need.

I think if laundry has been sitting there unwatched and unmoved and its clear its owners are no where around and gone for more than a few minutes, then it's fair game.

*hugs*

[brightcupenny]

Thanks for the hugs! I am less cranky now than I was then but argh!

[brightcupenny]

I love that people have done polls on this. Laundry is serious business!

[reddheart]

I'm a mixed mind on the moving issue.

I've been the one waiting for someone to move their stuff, and I've had my stuff moved, and not only was it moved, stuff was missing after it was moved, and it was stuff I LIKED. Needless to say I was irked.

On the other hand, if you are truly paying attention to your wash, you won't let it sit long enough to aggravate someone into moving it for you, and if you do, it's really on you if something comes up missing, even if you only leave it a short time. It's why all the disclaimers are around about "not responsible for lost/stolen merchandise", etc. People do it all the time and probably blame the establishment, when it was really them not monitoring their stuff.

That doesn't give her any right to jump down your throat after she already expressed her concern about you moving her items. That's just a bit over the line. She expressed it was hers, you apologized, she didn't need to go further.

[brightcupenny]

Yeah, I've had stuff go missing, which sucks. I've also had it go missing straight from the washer though. (Person who stole my bras, you are weird and stupid.)

On the plus side, this is the first really crazy laundry encounter I've had in five years of living here, so that's a decent ratio.

[hattermercury]

Sorry about stealing your bras, but I can't help the way they feel on my skin...o0o00o0o (j/k!)
;)
Seriously though, I think the 15 minute rule applies, as well as the "is it dry?" rule. If both are good, put it on the table.
I've gone into our laundry before 5 minutes after it goes off, and they are still wet, sitting there on the table. What do you do now? Take their clothes out and put yours back in?

[brightcupenny]

I've gone into our laundry before 5 minutes after it goes off, and they are still wet, sitting there on the table. What do you do now? Take their clothes out and put yours back in?

Now see that just ain't cool. :(

[mattador]

Yeah, moving it is totally fine- some people forget and leave theirs in for hours, after all.

[brightcupenny]

I know, that drives me crazy!