Strangers Touching Intimate Apparel In Shared Laundry Area
@twistedangellinda (174)
United States
March 2, 2009 11:14am CST
I live in an apartment complex where we don't have individual hookups in our apartments but share a laundry room with other tenants. It takes exactly 25 minutes to wash a load of laundry and 55 minutes to dry them. I know because I use a timer and promptly go down and take my clothes out of the machines out of consideration for the other tenants. Lately though I've been finding my clothes tossed on the folding table every time I go down to get them out of the dryer. Being that I set the timer I know there is not a huge amount of time where I'm taking up dryer space (like some other tenants do!). It makes me really angry that a stranger has been touching my intimate apparel such as underwear and etc. I don't do this to other people and I sure don't want it done to me. I feel intimate apparel is just that! Intimate! And no one should be touching it besides myself. What do you think?
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@rebprincess83 (5)
• United States
3 Mar 09
First you are absolutely right, it is 100% bothersome. However I think you may want to check your timer because it seems someone is either taking your laundry out early or you are misjudging the time. If who ever is doing this is waiting until your clothes are done then by the time you get there they have already taken your clothes out, put their clothes in and left? Seems like more than just a minute or two to me. When I lived in an apartment complex I always stayed with my laundry. I know its not inconvenient but it prevents such things from happening or worse having your items stolen. If you don't want to wait the whole time since the drying takes 55 minutes you think I would go down after 35 to 40 minutes. Just set you timer for a less amount of time and hopefully you can prevent this from continuing. Good luck.
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@twistedangellinda (174)
• United States
3 Mar 09
No my timer is accurate. And since the last time this has happened I have spoken to a few of the neighbors and they tell me this is happening to them also. One thing I didn't mention in my post is as I was going into the laundry room there were two sisters coming out. From talking to a few of the other neighbors I understand that it is specifically these two sisters who are dumping everyone's laundry out of the washers and dryers because they prefer specific washer and dryers in the laundry room. Even if I was an hour late taking my clothes out of the dryer other people should be respectful and not touch other people's things. I do however have the option of using the "Laundro Matt" in town and after discussing it with my partner we have decided that we would start using it. From getting change at the "Laundro Matt" I know that it's clean and they've got those extra huge washer and dryers. It might actually be cheaper for me to do our laundry here. Back in PA I used to use those extra huge machines and it was well worth it! I had to do laundry fewer times during the week and they seemed to come a bit cleaner. I'm also thinking that because I love to read and seem to have little time to enjoy it that maybe this would be a great time to catch up on all the reading. I am also going to lodge a complaint with the landlord.
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@thungster (156)
• United States
2 Mar 09
I completely agree! It always bothers me that some people will leave their clothes in the washer or dryer for a half an hour after their cycle has been completed, but when I leave it there for only a couple minutes too long, someone will have already taken out my clothes. And, you're right, I always feel that it's strange someone has just handled my clothes. Sometimes I feel like I want to wash my clothes over again.
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@twistedangellinda (174)
• United States
2 Mar 09
I know the feeling of wanting to wash your clothes again. I'm not sure how you feel but along with the disgust that I feel for these people there's almost a feeling there that I have been violated in some strange way. To me they might as well have come into my home and taken it out of my drawer.
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
13 Mar 09
I completely agree with you on that one, and I pretty much do the same as you do (well my husband does, since he is the one who does the laundry here). People need to keep their hands off of strangers stuff, especially the stuff you mentioned. I'm glad to know I'm not alone. When people do that, not knowing who is doing that, it makes me wonder whether or not to throw the clothes back into the "dirty laundry" pile.
@twistedangellinda (174)
• United States
13 Mar 09
I'm thinking a lot of us feel this way! Today's society seems to show very little respect for other people's belongings.
