Our laundry room is in the basement. There’s about 10 washers and 10 dryers. Luckily, there’s windows or else we’d all die of heatstroke and dryer fumes. There’s also irons for dummies. They have buttons and switches with pictures of clothes instead of settings. There’s a picture of blue jeans, panties, Capri pants even.
So my first laundry experience on my first Sunday night at 1:00 AM went pretty much without a hitch. This week, I went down with my laundry bag, detergent and my “delicates” (laptop and textbooks). Well, apparently I wore more pants on the second week because the dry detergent that I use wouldn’t dissolve. I removed my jeans to find large white stains on them. Apparently, I overloaded the washer and the powder wouldn’t dissolve completely. I had to pony up another just $1.50 just to create a second load from what I judged to be the least washed of the initial load. I also don’t have any stain remover, which is bad news for a sauce lover like myself.
The stories proved true.
- If you don’t remove your clothes from a finished machine, someone will commandeer it and pile your clothes on top.
- The laundry room is busy during the oddest of hours.
- It sucks ass to do laundry.
It remains operating from the early hours all the way to 3 in the morning. Those fourteen hours see their share of behavior. I came down once to find two Chinese students spooning on a table. But mostly people just watch Youtube or use their Macbooks to video conference with their boyfriends. (Not that that stopped the Chinese students.)
P.S. My cameras still out of commission, so no photos of the laundry room, or the place where I work or of the exhibitionists on my floor.
Try adding the detergent first, letting the machine partially fill with water, then adding your clothes. This should allow the detergent to dissolve. You still can’t cram the machine full of clothes, but it should help.
Buy some type of stain remover. However, the longer you wait to apply it, the less likely your chances of success. These work relatively well and you can keep them in your backpack in case of a sauce accident during the day.
*I can’t believe I’m leaving another comment about laundry.*
“I removed my jeans to find large white stains on them.”
Um… Dude. That sounds wrong.
I love laundry. It requires pressing of two buttons and watching movie or doing homework. It gives me motivation. Also, I love folding newly washed, warm clothes. It’s quite odd of me, actually.
It should also be mentioned that when drying, over-filling a dryer will likely leave your clothes unable to be properly tumbled, leading to a nice semi-fractal pattern of wrinkles. Your choice as to whether or not you like that.
If yours is a relatively friendly dorm, leave your basket by/on the washer/dryer you’re using, and should someone desire to use the machine after your stuff is done but before you return (which shouldn’t be very long, mind you), they’ll put it in the basket. By convention, anyway.
And yes, people do laundry at the oddest of hours, and it’s always hot in there regardless. I have, however, not found it to be that difficult.
To commenters, respectively:
Yes, and it probably won’t be the last.
Dude, you’re almost as bad as Neal. You may be hanging in Gropey’s room too much. And your laundry enjoyment is creepy.
“I have, however, not found it to be that difficult.”
We know. It goes without saying now. We mentally add that phrase to all of your sentences. You should probably put that motto on your business cards.
Lol @ Tommy’s rebuttal on Andy’s comment.
I will always treasure the moments when I beat Andy in math. I will always remember it. I will even tell it to my children and my grandchildren. I will be like a legend that beat Andy in math.
I’m not kidding.