I share a laundry room with everyone else in my apartment building. When I go to do my laundry, I often find that there is clean laundry in the machine because people haven't come downstairs to deal with their laundry when the cycle is finished. On one hand, I really want to use that machine to wash my own clothes. On the other hand, I think it's gross to touch other people's laundry AND I'm worried that one day someone might get angry at me for moving their stuff. Normally I wait five or ten minutes before I remove their stuff from the machine. Is that the right thing to do? Can I move it out the second the washing machine cycle finishes? Should I leave it festering in the machine until the cows come home?
2006-09-16 15:46:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
It is okay to remove someones laundry. Just be respectful and handle it as if it were yours.
2006-09-16 15:47:48 · answer #1 · answered by Eldude 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
When I had to share I gave fifteen minutes before I removed the clothes from whichever machine. I always used care for other people's property, even fold stuff I took out of a dryer a few times, but it IS very inconsiderate to not stay on top of your laundry and set a timer or something to move your stuff through as quickly as possible.
I had the same concerns as you, though. People self-centered enough to think they own a machine once their stuff is in it are probably the same types who would take revenge for intruding upon their "territory." If it's a big enough problem, ask management to move it and put up a sign that states exactly how long the cycles of the machines are and they should remove their stuff promptly.
2006-09-16 15:50:50 · answer #2 · answered by misslabeled 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you go to a laundromat? Or why don't you ask your landlord to set up a schedule that way if its your day for laundry and someone else is using the machine then you have rights to do something about it. Make friends with some of your neighbors, just how many people use that machine, another set may be in order if there is more then 5 families using this one machine.
2006-09-16 15:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by Neptune2bsure 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite honestly I think it's creepy when someone else touches your laundry, if you have people who leave it in there for hours that's one thing and a complaint to take up with your landlord, they might even get more machines...I live in a building now where someone took my wet laundry, which couldn't have even finished ten minutes before I went to get it, and put it in the dryer so they could use the washing machine...a dryer that has someone else's stuff in it already. Ick. I cannot wait to have my own washer and dryer!
2006-09-16 16:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anne R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having been through this same situation in college and in my apartment building, I think you have done the right thing. If you wait for a 10 minutes then you definitely should be able to remove their clothes. If you want to be super nice you could fold their clothes for them while you wait for yours to be washed. Maybe putting up a sign that says "Please be considerate to the other residents and remove your clothes promptly from the machines." No one has to know you put the sign up.
2006-09-16 18:44:27 · answer #5 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would wait 5-10 minutes and then take it out.. most people know how long a washing machine runs and they should learn to keep up with it, b/c hello they are sharing these machines.
2006-09-16 15:48:18 · answer #6 · answered by little mama kat 23 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
as quickly as I had to proportion I gave fifteen minutes formerly I bumped off the garments from whichever gadget. I continually used look after persons's sources, even fold stuff I took out of a dryer some circumstances, in spite of the undeniable fact that that's amazingly thoughtless to not proceed to exist ultimate of your laundry and set a timer or something to circulate your stuff by way of as right now as accessible. I had the comparable concerns as you, nevertheless. human beings self-based sufficient to think of they very own a gadget as quickly as their stuff is in it are probable the comparable types who might take revenge for intruding upon their "territory." If that's a huge sufficient challenge, ask administration to circulate it and post an indication that states precisely how long the cycles of the machines are and that they ought to do away with their stuff at as quickly as.
2016-10-15 02:02:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wait 15 minutes, and if they don't come down, I take it out. I make sure to put their clothes in their basket, or spread a garbage bag on the table and put them on that. What can they say? If you're worried, leave a little apoligetic note, explaining how long you waited. People take my stuff out if I get tied up with my daughter, it's no biggie.
2006-09-16 15:55:20 · answer #8 · answered by Nikki 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take it out. I put it on the top of the next machine. I know people who will leave their washing forever in the hope that someone will put in the dryer for them. Then they leave it there waiting for someone to take it out.
2006-09-16 15:54:54 · answer #9 · answered by obenypopstar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is this a coin laundry? If it is I'd say just lay the clothes on a clean table. If there are dryers to use and they are free go ahead and put them in a dryer.
2006-09-16 17:51:20 · answer #10 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think people that leave their laundry are very inconsiderate. When this happens to me I move their laundry. I don't care what they think, but I don't particularly like emptying out a machine with dirty underwear...Yuck
2006-09-16 15:52:29 · answer #11 · answered by atzi 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋