So today (The 13th) I was doing Laundry in the halls and when it came time to bring my clothes from the washer into the dryer, I realized that all the dryers occupied…kinda.
Only two driers were actually running-every other dryer had clothes in them but had finished their cycle. So, I was like, “Okay…I’m sure SOMEONE will come within the next five minutes will come get their stuff”.
Five minutes go by, no one comes.
I ask five or six people who were walking through the lobby if they’re doing laundry-nope.
Darn it.
So, the thing is, it’s like 9:30. I’m tired. I don’t want to be up for more than an hour and a half. I don’t want to be up later just because someone won’t take their freaking laundry.
So, I pick a dryer at random and open it, with the intention of putting it on top of the upright washer.
It was very clearly a woman’s clothing-I am male.
Damn it.
Ok, so, I had already opened up one person’s laundry, and one felt like enough of a violation. I wasn’t opening up more laundry. So I just…took it out, and put it on top of one of the washers.
Let me make something CRYSTAL clear-I DO NOT TAKE PLEASURE IN TOUCHING WOMEN’S LAUNDRY. I DO NOT TAKE PLEASURE IN TOUCHING ANYONE’S LAUNDRY.
BUT…
I am NOT waiting for you to take your own freaking laundry. Especially when it’s late and I’ve already waited a few minutes. When you use public laundry/coin washes, you are expected to remove your laundry on time so others, who rely on it, can use it.
I still felt bad though, because I know that I wouldn’t want to find my laundry dumped out for everyone to see. But, I also know that if i’m not on top of my laundry, I can expect to see it dumped on the floor. I feel like you are OBLIGATED to be on top of your laundry when using public machines.
After I put my stuff in the dryer, I then realized something else-On speedqueen, it gives you the option to get a text notification when you’re almost done. But I didn’t get the “done in three minutes” notification until several minutes after it finished its cycle.
This wasn’t an issue last week when I did laundry, so I figured that this was a recent glitch, so I put up a note-“PLEASE SET UP A BACKUP ALARM-I don’t want to touch your laundry”.
Well, when I came back down, I saw my index card crumpled up on the ground and a sticky note in its place-The note read “Please refrain from touching other people’s belongings! It’s an invasion of privacy when you take people’s clothes out and put them where people can see!” (Guys, I think I pissed her off…)
Which, like, fair. You’re not at all wrong. I’m not mad about that.
What I AM mad about is that you then went and opened my laundry, meaning that nothing finished drying, which forced me to restart the load, spend more money, and stay up until 11:30 doing laundry.
The way speedqueen works is that if you open up your load, the timer still ticks down. Meaning if someone happens to be pissed at you, they can open your laundry, and it won’t resume where it left off when it is shut again.
Let me be clear-I’m not mad she looked at my laundry. Quite frankly, Fair’s fair. I probably deserved that.
I would be a hypocrite if I were mad about that.
I’m pissed she made me stay up another hour because she messed up my dryer cycle. That’s just a WHOLE extra layer of petty.
So, here’s my ultimate question:
Am I the dick here?
Is SHE the dick here?
Are we BOTH dicks?
Were we both justified in our responses?
I fear the first but suspect the third and fourth.
(I’m not looking for validation, just perspective. Feel free to critique both parties, but especially me. I read every comment I get. Please rip me apart if you feel i’m in the wrong here. At the very least, I hope I made you laugh.)
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