'Sounds like a you problem now': Woman denies neighbor access to building's washing machine after neighbor throws all her clothes out on basement floor

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    "You messed up...' ""
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    This is the way we wash our clothes...
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    My son had to go on a business trip and I apartment-sat for him. There was a single washing machine and a dryer in the basement, and I put a load in the washer one morning. It said it would take an hour, and I went back down to put the wash in the
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    dryer about an hour later. When I walked into the laundry room, a woman was putting clothes in the washing machine, and my wet clothes were in a heap on the floor. I asked her why, and was told that the wash was done, she had an appointment that afternoon, and couldn't waste
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    time. When I pointed out that she could have simply put the wet clothes on top of the empty dryer or on the folding table, she said that I needed to take it out when the machine is done. End of discussion. I was putting the wet clothes in the dryer when she left the room,
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    after starting the washing machine. The washing machine said there were 55 minutes left to run. I pondered this for a minute or so, and realized that she didn't know who I was. So I didn't start the dryer. I returned about 50 minutes later, with a book to read, and
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    waited until there were about two minutes left on the washing machine timer before starting the dryer. The woman came in, saw how much time was left on the dryer, and started whining about a nail appointment that she was going to have to
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    reschedule. I showed no sympathy. She took out her clothes, put them in a clothes basket, and left. She probably thought I was going to mess with them. I paused the dryer, read my book for about half an hour, then restarted the dryer. A few
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    minutes later she came in with her clothes, saw there was still over half an hour on the dryer timer, and stood there, not saying a word. I never looked up from my book. She stayed there until the dryer was finished, and
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    had to watch me fold my clothes on the table, taking them out one by one, until the dryer was empty and she could load it. When my son returned, I told him the story. He laughed and said he knew exactly who she was.
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    BaltimoreBadger23. 22 hr. ago That is Petty AF. You're the Petty Queen/King.
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    vanessa8172. 21 hr. ago I share two washers with 24 apartments so I definitely know how frustrating it can be if someone doesn't swap their load right away. But I'd never put someone's clothes on the floor. That's just _!
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    Patient-Evening-8226. 21 hr. ago I know exactly what you mean. When I was in college, in the apartment building I lived in we had 2 washers and 2 dryers on each floor. Most of us would try to be considerate of each
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    other with time (aka making sure we were down there to empty the washer or dryer we were using so the next person could use it) but if it seemed like someone wasn't coming back to get their clothes in a timely
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    manner we would put them on the washer or dryer (aka if I wanted to wash clothes in one washer and the other one was occupied with time on it, I would take the other person's clothes out of the washer that wasn't being run, place it on
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    top and then load my clothes in the washer and start them) We didn't really have problems with each other which was a relief because there were some kids in the building that were just plain
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    wortcrafter 19 hr. ago My husband thinks I crazy, but whenever we have washing in a commercial machine (holidays, our machine broke down etc) I take a book and sit near the machine. A few years back our machine completely died and so I
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    accumulated close to 2 weeks washing. This meant a number of loads which we took down to a laundromat early one Saturday. We loaded up about 4 or 5 machines and I sat down on a bench to read my book (he left to find coffee).
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    A few people came in after me and loaded machines so that all the washers were in use. Whilst I was sitting there a woman came in and tried to open one of the washers I was using. When I told her those were my clothes
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    and to leave the machine alone she tried to claim that the washer was close to finished so it wouldn't matter if my clothes were taken out now.
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    Mettiin your Snoringdragon 21 hr. ago Next visit bring a new red sock. Just in case you meet again, you can 'brighten' her load. Only one sock, though- don't be giving her the pair, now. XD

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