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During the was cycle I come up a dozen floors and watch TV. But I stay during the dry cycles becasue I want my shirts out the second they are dry...and they go right onto hangers. If you miss the end of a dry cycle and the clothes sit, you get a wrinklend mess.
Nobody steals clothes. Even the poorest of the poor have more than enough to last a lifetime. And WHO washes a Dolce and Gabana or a Vivien Westwood?
In many decades the most I have lost are 3 dozen odd socks...but I'm convinced the machines EAT them.
During the was cycle I come up a dozen floors and watch TV. But I stay during the dry cycles becasue I want my shirts out the second they are dry...and they go right onto hangers. If you miss the end of a dry cycle and the clothes sit, you get a wrinklend mess.
Nobody steals clothes. Even the poorest of the poor have more than enough to last a lifetime. And WHO washes a Dolce and Gabana or a Vivien Westwood?
In many decades the most I have lost are 3 dozen odd socks...but I'm convinced the machines EAT them.
Yes, people steal clothes. And laundromat employees steal clothes. I once came back to the laundromat after going to do an errand while my clothes were in the dryer, and realized my favorite cotton sweater was missing. I looked and looked, but didn't find it. Grr...
This was in an apartment building. I didn't live there but the entrance was on the street so I used it because it was open 'til 10pm. It was self-service only and had a staff that would come in only periodically throughout the day. Anyway, can't find my sweater, so I go home and come back just before closing time when I knew someone would be there. The guy looks behind the row of dryers and found it back there. Someone else who worked there had stashed it (what customer would know that a person could even fit back there behind the dryers?). Of course, this guy knew where to look, so I imagined they did it quite a bit.
A friend of mine who grew up in my neighborhood told me she and all her friends used to get jobs in laundromats as teens just because they knew they could steal the clothes. Oh, this is on the upper east side, so it doesn't just happen in crappy neighborhoods.
That being said, if I do go and do my wash myself (rarely, because now I use pick-up/delivery service), I'm not afraid to go and do some errands, take a walk, grab a bite. But I always make sure I come back before the machines finish! Some people get grabby and take the stuff out too quickly.
Yes, people steal clothes. And laundromat employees steal clothes. I once came back to the laundromat after going to do an errand while my clothes were in the dryer, and realized my favorite cotton sweater was missing. I looked and looked, but didn't find it. Grr...
This was in an apartment building. I didn't live there but the entrance was on the street so I used it because it was open 'til 10pm. It was self-service only and had a staff that would come in only periodically throughout the day. Anyway, can't find my sweater, so I go home and come back just before closing time when I knew someone would be there. The guy looks behind the row of dryers and found it back there. Someone else who worked there had stashed it (what customer would know that a person could even fit back there behind the dryers?). Of course, this guy knew where to look, so I imagined they did it quite a bit.
A friend of mine who grew up in my neighborhood told me she and all her friends used to get jobs in laundromats as teens just because they knew they could steal the clothes. Oh, this is on the upper east side, so it doesn't just happen in crappy neighborhoods.
That being said, if I do go and do my wash myself (rarely, because now I use pick-up/delivery service), I'm not afraid to go and do some errands, take a walk, grab a bite. But I always make sure I come back before the machines finish! Some people get grabby and take the stuff out too quickly.
Are you saying you illegally used the apartment building's private laundry room because it was convenient for you, a non-resident? And that you're pissed off a sweater went missing? Seems like what goes around comes around. IMHO, of course.
Are you saying you illegally used the apartment building's private laundry room because it was convenient for you, a non-resident? And that you're pissed off a sweater went missing? Seems like what goes around comes around. IMHO, of course.
It wasn't illegal - there's no law against me walking into a laundromat. The entrance is on the street, you don't have to access it from inside the building, and it is not limited to tenants. Judgmental much?
It wasn't illegal - there's no law against me walking into a laundromat. The entrance is on the street, you don't have to access it from inside the building, and it is not limited to tenants. Judgmental much?
Then what difference did it make that the laundromat was in an apartment building if it was actually a public laundromat? Your story was confusing. And yes, I am judgmental much.
The reason I brought it up was to state why there wasn't a staff on duty all day long and it was not a full-service laundromat. Which factored into why I had to go back when I knew someone would be there closing up.
Well it all depends. Some apartment buildings, co-ops, and condo's have laundry rooms inside of their building. If that is the case and the residents of the building are cool, then yes I would leave then for a short period. However to go laundromat on the outside...absolutely not. Yes, I have heard of stories of folks having their clothing stolen or bleach poured on them. Either way, be careful.
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