If you use a community laundry facility (like in an apartment complex)....?

Question

should others transfer your laundry?

Maybe I'm weird, but I don't like people touching my laundry, for one reason, becuase I've had my laundry stolen before.

Answer 1

When you share anything there has to be some courtesy and common sense and compromise. People in a public setting shouldn't be so selfish they think they have a right to immediately whip someone's laundry out of the machine; but people shouldn't be so selfish they leave their stuff forever either.

It depends on the number of washers available too.

In a laundramat where there are a bunch of other washers that will free up (no wash takes more than about a half hour) people should just wait for the next machine, and get their mind off the one machine that stopped and has no person at it for the moment. Things happen. Someone can bring a child with them, go out to the car, have the child need a restroom or spill a drink or get sick - and the wash gets left longer than planned. Someone could think they're running for a quick coffee and get stuck in a construction mess. People should just be grown up and wait for the next machine at the laundramat

If there is a person for every washing machine in the laundramat and a person waiting for every washing machine; then, I suppose, the attendant should take the clothes out.

In an apartment setting, where there may only be two washers, people should be given a half hour from the time the new washing person first shows up and discovers there's clothes in the machine. In that half hour either the full machine will be emptied out or else the machine that's still running will have finished and will be emptied. (What are the odds of two people leaving their wash for too long.)

In a shared laundry setting I think there should pretty much be the assumption that one may have to wait a half hour from the time he first starts to do laundry; and there should be a kind of "half hour" rule about how long someone has to get his stuff out of the machine.

Note: Another laundry situation is when more than one person shares a house together. In this situation, too, there should be the half hour rule or at least the second person should call the first person and say, "Your laundry is done. I'd like to use the machine now."

Answer 2

I can understand why you wouldn't want people transfering your laundry. But here's the thing: If your wash is done and someone is waiting to use that washer, I feel they have the right to take it out and place it on top of the dryer. I've done that. I would rather not have had to do that, but I don't have time to be standing around waiting for my neighbor to remove his clothes from the washer. I make sure that when that spin cycle is done that I'm there to remove my laundry myself. That's my story and I'm stickin to it.

Answer 3

I agree, I HATE when anyone touches my laundry (don't use the laundromats anymore, thank God, but I did for years). I think you are just forced to hang out near your laundry so you can grab it and transfer it and make sure no one steals your stuff. Good question! This used to tick me off to no end!

Answer 4

I would not like it either, but then again, if you are one of those people who does not check on your laundry often and end up hogging the washer or dryer, then I probably would transfer your stuff too.

Answer 5

community laundry facilities are such a drag!!
....no-one wants other people messing with their stuff.....but if you are leaving your laundry unattended then it will happen....you have to be very prompt with removing your laundry from the machines because other people need to use them too.....if you are not there to take care of your business then some-one else is likely to do it....it's rude to move some-one else's stuff, but it's also rude to tie up the machines

Answer 6

I don't like others messing with my laundry, either. That's why I don't walk away from it. Stay there until it is done, then others won't have to take it out of the machine when it is done, and you are not there to remove it.

Answer 7

They should definitely not touch your laundry, unless they pay to wash and dry it but you should also not leave it there for hours on end clogging up the machines.

Answer 8

No, people shouldn't touch your stuff. I've had mine stolen also. I can see how they would get frustrated if you leave it in, though.

The way I avoid that is that I set the stopwatch on my cellphone for a few minutes before it will be done so I can walk down there and it won't sit there where someone can take it. (and if I did see them taking it, I would use my cagefighter bowstaff skills on them)

Answer 9

If you are not there to rotate your laundry, they should be allowed to do it. It's not fair for everyone to sit around waiting for a machine because you left and weren't there to take it out.

Answer 10

I just wait there until it's finished washing and then i put my clothes in the dryer and wait. I don't like other people (than my family) touching my clothes (or anything else)

It's not that bad waiting for clothes to wash though, good time to read a book.