I'll be here, ita. I don't leave until about 10 tomorrow.

Cool.

I just got dressed down for moving the woman's laundry from inside the washer to on top of the washer. Apparently her etiquette is that it's okay to leave the wet stuff in the washer until a dryer's available. Which strikes me as a little insane. And what I should have done was move her stuff into an empty dryer, which is still not sensical in my book.

Which is why I leave my laundry basket on top of the unit I'm using, should anyone need to empty it to keep on working. She didn't.

She asked how I'd feel if she'd done that to me -- I told her I wouldn't have minded, and she was a bit huffy when she said "I mind ... don't do it to me." I should have memorised her laundry when I had the chance.

I still think my way makes more sense. Not enough more sense to run around antagonising my new neighbours, but -- too late.

Maybe they should post rules.

If my laundry is taking up space in a machine (washer or dryer) that someone else could be using, I think my laundry is being inconsiderate and should not complain about being moved. I also don't think it gets to dictate where to be moved, though if there were a basket there, that'd be nice. People need to tend to their laundry. Otherwise, don't complain about other people having to.

That's how I feel. And it's not just because I like ita better than the huffy lady. Possibly I also have unresolved issues from the college laundry room.

People get weird about laundry.

she was a bit huffy when she said "I mind ... don't do it to me.

If she's such a freak about her laundry, mayhap she should park her ass in the laundry room until it's finished. IJS.

This is what I'm saying.

I'll generally leave about five minutes after a machine is done, but if the laundry owner doesn't collect it by then, I see no problem with moving it. I wouldn't mind if someone moved mine.

While we're on the subject of laundry...chocolate frosting comes out of clothes--even in cold water. There was a moment when I was worried about the amount of actual cake going into the washer.

Huh. I did laundry tonight, too, and I let my clothes sit too long in the dryer after they were done, and someone took them out and set them on top. That never bothers me. I always feel apologetic for being late to retrieve them. Once, someone even folded my laundry, which was nice ONLY because it was my whites, which is just workout t-shirts and gym socks. No undies, nothing else. I couldn't care less if Attila the Hun folds my workout laundry. But strangers touching my undies? Shit, I'd have to wash them all over again.

Reminds me of the News of the Weird guy who tried to crucify himself - and only figured out the flaw in his plan once he'd nailed down the first hand.

Call me callous, but that never fails to make me laugh.

It's a beautiful mental image. I just picture the guy lying there, getting the second hand into position and then "Hey, wait just a....dang it all to hell."

If the washers are all full with finished laundry, I'll usually wait about ten or fifteen minutes and come back. If it's still there, I'll take it out.

I've folded people's stuff before, cause I sure don't care, but from earlier iterations of this conversation I've learned that it skeeves some people, so I don't anymore.