'I feel like I was way more patient than most people would be': Apartment resident removes neighbor's wet laundry from the communal washing machine after they left it in there for nearly 2 days

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Jun 27, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

In apartment complexes, you have to learn how to share. What does that look like? Well, aside from taking turns calling the elevator and waiting your turn for the washing machine, you must also respect your fellow neighbors' time. Not everyone is on the same routine schedule, of course, but using communal amenities in a timely manner with your neighbors in mind is integral to keeping the community spaces running smoothly and available for everyone else to use. If you don't, you risk becoming the apartment pariah who nobody trusts. Don't be like the neighbor in this next story, who leaves her laundry in a communal washing machine for nearly two days.

What would you do in this situation? What you sacrifice another person's (likely) mildew-ridden laundry for the greater good (your soiled clothes)? Or, would you let the inconsiderate neighbor pull a (slow) fast one on you and likely other tenants in the building? The choice is yours…

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