All seven of the washing machines in the laundry room are busy. And they are all on the same cycle (spin) which leads me to believe that they are all washing one person's clothing.
Allow me to make something clear to you, you seven-washing-machine-using person:
There is an unwritten Law of the Laundry Room. Evidently you have never been exposed to it. It is as follows:
1. Never, at any time nor for any reason, may you use more than 2 washing machines at once. Using two in the first place is a stretch. Seven washers is far beyond insane. I am not sure what disturbs me more; your lack of consideration for others, or the fact that you actually own enough clothing to fill seven washing machines at once.
2. Clothes should be removed from the washer no more than 15 seconds after the cycle ends. It is your responsibility and duty to keep a sharp eye on the clock so you can collect your clothes as soon as they're done washing. There are hundreds of people living in this building, and we'd all (or at least the vast majority of us) like to not smell bad. Keep it moving. Same goes for the dryers. Also, you should know that while I was in the laundry room inspecting your handiwork, no less than three of the washing machines finished their cycles and you were nowhere to be seen by the time 15 seconds were up. That's three counts of a Class 2 Violation.
3. On the subject of dryers: it is also your responsibility to clean out the lint collector after drying your clothes. None of us, least of all me, want to be the one who have to take in hand the soft and hair-filled fluff of lint that you leave behind.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
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I'm not quite sure which is worse...that situation or the current one that I have. First of all...we need a key to get into the laundry room, and of course not everyone is given a key, only the Hausmeister is. Now, we are only allowed to call the Hausmeister from 7am-8am M-F. If you call at 6:59 you're out of luck and if you call at 8:01, no dice either (and I know because I've tried). Now, when you call him up, you have to designate (rather simply ask) which day you would like to do your laundry, and which time. There are three times, 8-12, 13-17, 18-22. If, and that is the magic word, "if", the laundry room is available on the day and time you would like to wash, then the key will be in your mailbox in the morning and you must return the key to a locked box down by the laundry room following your use. The key must be returned by evening of that same day. This is SIMPLY ridiculous. While the machines are taken a bit better care of here.....this system is equally ridiculous! Apologies for the rant...but your blog post brought it out :-).
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