Dear Person Whose Things I Took Out Of the Dryer:
I'm really sorry I had to do that. I bet you're going to be very unhappy when you come to get your nice, warm, dry things and find them not safetly tucked away in a dryer, but scattered about on top. For all to see. Including your underwear.
I'm sorry because I know that pain. I hate it when people do that to me too. I probably hate it even more than you do, but I still know it sucks and I don't mean to inflict that sort of suffering on you.
But.
But, dear friend, was it really necessary to leave them there? Really? I know how it gets, I mean, I really do. I hate doing laundry. It puts me in the worst of moods. That's why I waited like three weeks before I went and did it. I was putting it off.
Still -- there are some things you just should not put off. You should not put off getting your laundry if there are many people waiting, and if you care about not having your underwear put on display. I didn't want to touch it, I didn't want to go through it, I didn't want to move your stuff at all. That's suspiciously like work and well, we all know, I don't like that at all.
But I had no choice. You left it there, and I really, really, really need clean underwear, and today. Well, actually, no I can make it through today with the pair I'm wearing but you get the idea. It's getting desperate, and my clothes were wet and they needed a place to get dry because someone was awaiting my washing machine. There aren't enough here I know.
I hope you know that too, I mean, I don't want to sound critical, but when there are only so many washers and dryers, it would probably be nice to put as much as you think you can in one while still getting your clothes clean. It's just not fair to monopolize like ten of them, and, well, I think you did. And I think that sort of sucks. Just, I mean, I'm sorry, maybe that's something to please think about and consider.
Also, one of your socks fell down behind the dryer and I couldn't get it back. I'm sorry about that. Really, man. But just so you know, next time and all, if you get your stuff first, I won't have to drop your socks behind the dryer.
They were not even warm anymore, by the way.
Sincerely,
Caroline.
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Replies: 2
I always felt *so* bad when I had to move someone else's laundry around in my apartment building. it's not like anyone really ever cleans off the top of a washer either, it's just cootie-fied. :(
Posted by kim @ 04/14/2001 05:02 PM EST
it's funny because it's true.
Posted by shaun @ 04/16/2001 12:04 AM EST