laundry

[sandra]

i hate doing laundry because my apartment complex is so big that it takes five minutes to walk to the laundry room. i hate the fact that i don't have a washer and dryer in my own apartment. i hate losing socks to the washer or dryer (where do those socks go???? i always check.) i hate doing laundry.

[sOKaLiBoY]

hehe i've only done the laundry once im my life. man life would suck without my mommy :P

[princess]

i hate doing it, too. mostly because i put it off till i have an enormous pile and it takes 5 times as long to do it.

[kimpossible]

I actually like it. I'm obssessed with good smelling detergent and fabric softener. Stems from good memories on my grandparents farm where they still used a washer from the 40s and hung everything on a line. Fond memories of summer in upstate New York.

[Adaon]

I just hate it when I run outta clothes. I'd prefer to do my laundry than wear stanky clothes or buying news all the time (did this a bit when I was working) :blink:

[sandra]

Originally posted by tazadar@Apr 25 2003, 09:14 AM
Doing laundry takes about 5 minutes.

liar. it can't take five minutes.

[Fireblade]

laundry is laundry. i do it because if i don't my room stinks. luckily i have a washer and dryer in the apartment i live in. otherwise i'd be mad pissed if i had to bring quarters all the time.

there are some ppl i know who live in the dorms, who don't do laundry at all. they scare me. now i know why some ppl come to school stinky-like. :gross:

[artsfartsyjanet]

i hate doing it too. I usually wait til I'm at my last underwear before I decide to drive to the laundromat. Well, i shouldn't complain because my house has a washer and dryer, but I live with my s.o. now, and I just do it there at the club house. It's not that bad once you put the clothes in the washer because there's a work out room directly next to the laundry room. So, I either work out while I wait for my laundry or I'll go upstairs and watch tv on the big screen.

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Laundry is the only time of the week I get real studying done, cuz I'll sit in the laundry room with no TV and no computer, just me and the books. Also, the laundry room (as opposed to a laundromat, unfortuantely) is a good place to meet scantily clad women. Though maybe it's just cuz almost all of our apartment building are students. :D

[537]

Originally posted by tazadar@Apr 25 2003, 09:23 AM
Originally posted by kasia@Apr 25 2003, 09:17 AM
Originally posted by tazadar@Apr 25 2003, 09:14 AM
Doing laundry takes about 5 minutes.

liar. it can't take five minutes.
Bedroom to garage: 10 sec.
Detergent in washer. Unload basket: 15 sec.
Select and turn on washer: 2 sec.
Done with washer part.
Transfer laundry to dryer: 10 sec.
Done.

That's actually like under a minute. :lol:
You're forgetting to take into account the time it takes for the washer to actually /wash/ the clothes and for the dryer to actually /dry/ the clothes.

After all that, you're 'done'?

How about when the dryer's done? Do you just leave your clothes in there? You don't take em out and fold/hang them?

For me it takes me damn near a whole afternoon. I don't know how to fold clothes the correct way, but I do try. Ironing clothes is a bitch. Are you saying you do none of these things?

:blink:

[ChinaLama]

in grad school, i sometimes did my laundry once a month. :)

[amietron]

Originally posted by princess@Apr 25 2003, 09:10 AM
i hate doing it, too. mostly because i put it off till i have an enormous pile and it takes 5 times as long to do it.
gah! me, too! it's freaking horrible. i realize that i'm running out of clothes but i don't decide to do the laundry until i'm down to sweats and nothing else.

[amietron]

i don't like when my brother steals my socks. like some sports socks. mine're white and not stretched out. my brother has huge feet. he's like a size 14 or 15? he steals my socks once he doesn't like his anymore and then i don't have any more of my favorite socks.

and i don't like when my mom picks up my socks that i sometimes leave around the house and mixes them with my brother cus she mis-pairs them.

[princess]

Originally posted by amietron@Apr 25 2003, 10:30 AM
gah! me, too! it's freaking horrible. i realize that i'm running out of clothes but i don't decide to do the laundry until i'm down to sweats and nothing else.
haha sounds familiar..

and AMY! ahhh my brother steals my socks too!!!!! argh. sometimes its on purpose, othertimes my mom accidently gives em to my bro. i do my own laundry but occasionally she finds stray pairs and off to my brothers drawers they go. if i get them back theyre dirty and hang off my feet like long tube-y noodle-y...things. lol

[tapestrybabe]

yeah, i usually let my clothes pile up...
until i HAVE to do my laundry...cuz its just a chore i dont like to do.... but i'm fickle... i'd much prefer doing my MY OWN laundry... rather than someone else do my laundry... cuz like i dont like the thoughts of having someone else touch my personal belongings...

[lethal]

I hate doing laundry. I let it pile and pile. It ends up being like 10 loads by the time I get around to it. I take up like 1/3 of the laundromat by myself. It doesn't take up any more time, but carrying the laundry to and from my car is a pain.

[ChinaLama]

oh... i don't have a lot of clothes. I just wear the same clothes over and over again and not shower. like i'd run out of fresh underwear in under 2 weeks if i showered every day and changed every day. :)

ok that was too much information...

[kimpossible]

you're kidding, right? lie to me if not.

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Apr 25 2003, 03:27 PM
you're kidding, right? lie to me if not.
hehe...
i dont shower every day also...
and i tend to wear the same clothes...
like the clothes i'm wearing now... i wore yesterday too :P

[ChinaLama]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Apr 25 2003, 07:27 PM
you're kidding, right? lie to me if not.
last day i showered was tuesday. :D

this is what happens when i don't have to go out most days. :(

btw how do you know i'm not lying just to gross you out? i love to keep women guessing!

[sOKaLiBoY]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Apr 25 2003, 12:31 PM
last day i showered was tuesday. :D

this is what happens when i don't have to go out most days. :(

btw how do you know i'm not lying just to gross you out? i love to keep women guessing!
i use to go days without taking a shower when i was unemployed and just sat at home all day. but if i go out of the house, i have to take a shower everyday.

[etcj]

Originally posted by sOKaLiBoY@Apr 25 2003, 02:55 PM
i use to go days without taking a shower when i was unemployed and just sat at home all day. but if i go out of the house, i have to take a shower everyday.
If you were unemployed, wouldn't that mean you'd have more than enough free time to take a shower? Hey, I'd live out of the shower if that's possible...I hate being sweaty.

Anyways, laundry is nice and easy for me...although two huge loads of laundry does get kinda crappy since it takes so long to wash and then dry. But hey, I don't want to re-wear dirty clothes...that's kinda gross. :rolleyes:

[Hanuman]

I hate the thought of doing laundry, but once I'm doing it, it doesn't bother me. it's a hassle only cause I have to throw it all into the truck and drive to the laundry mat.

I hate people that hog up a gazzilion machines too. Some times when they really piss me off, I wait for them to leave, then I'll open and shut one of the doors to their machine. Then when they come back, they get all mad that everything is done except for this one machine. I'm such a dick.

[lethal]

Originally posted by Tawee@Apr 25 2003, 05:49 PM
I hate the thought of doing laundry, but once I'm doing it, it doesn't bother me. it's a hassle only cause I have to throw it all into the truck and drive to the laundry mat.

I hate people that hog up a gazzilion machines too. Some times when they really piss me off, I wait for them to leave, then I'll open and shut one of the doors to their machine. Then when they come back, they get all mad that everything is done except for this one machine. I'm such a dick.
Haha...this is why I stay and guard my laundry. Not for fear of theft, but for fear of vandalism :P

[myself808]

doing the laundry is no bigee for me, but it really irks me too when people hog the machnes.

what i really hate is ironing :angry:

[Fireblade]

Originally posted by Tawee@Apr 25 2003, 01:49 PM
I hate the thought of doing laundry, but once I'm doing it, it doesn't bother me. it's a hassle only cause I have to throw it all into the truck and drive to the laundry mat.

I hate people that hog up a gazzilion machines too. Some times when they really piss me off, I wait for them to leave, then I'll open and shut one of the doors to their machine. Then when they come back, they get all mad that everything is done except for this one machine. I'm such a dick.
When my family's washer and dryer broke down, I realized how much of a bitch some people are when it comes to washing machines. They'll leave their magazine over the top of it, and then claim they reserved it or what not. And back then I was like a kid in third grade who just wanted to do the laundry and go home. Fucking out-of-town yuppies who were living in my district always told me to go somewhere else, or ask where my mom was. :angry:

So this one person got me really mad, because she supposedly "reserved" 3 dryers, I mean... she had a LOT of laundry, but you can't reserve 3 dryers. That's obscene. So I took a pen, and uncapped it and threw it in the dryer when she walked outside to go smoke. I didn't stay to watch the carnage happen, but I could imagine. She deserved it. :pissed:

[tvbdude]

I'm lucky. I still live at home with my parents. Even though we had a washer, my mom does everything for us.

[AliBabaIncorporated]

man, lazy bastards, i've had to do my own laundry since I was 10 ...

[teaz0r]

i've never really done my own laundry.
like once in 11th grade? when i stayed
with my sister over long weekend, and
i had to wash my jeans. that was the
first time.

i always use the laundry service, or find
a boyfriend who'll wash clothes for me.
or a maid.

right now i have a maid.

[Hanuman]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Apr 25 2003, 10:08 PM


So this one person got me really mad, because she supposedly "reserved" 3 dryers, I mean... she had a LOT of laundry, but you can't reserve 3 dryers. That's obscene. So I took a pen, and uncapped it and threw it in the dryer when she walked outside to go smoke. I didn't stay to watch the carnage happen, but I could imagine. She deserved it. :pissed:
Hahahaha! That's great!!!

I've never done anything that mean, but a couple of times I did notice some of my boxers were missing, and once I came home and started folding laundry and there was a pair of panties that weren't in there before. Somehow, I'd picked up a souvenier.

[Tao]

Originally posted by Tawee@Apr 26 2003, 04:44 PM
Originally posted by Fireblade@Apr 25 2003, 10:08 PM


So this one person got me really mad, because she supposedly "reserved" 3 dryers, I mean... she had a LOT of laundry, but you can't reserve 3 dryers. That's obscene. So I took a pen, and uncapped it and threw it in the dryer when she walked outside to go smoke. I didn't stay to watch the carnage happen, but I could imagine. She deserved it.  :pissed:
Hahahaha! That's great!!!

I've never done anything that mean, but a couple of times I did notice some of my boxers were missing, and once I came home and started folding laundry and there was a pair of panties that weren't in there before. Somehow, I'd picked up a souvenier.
maybe the woman had aids or herpes, and wanted to share the joy

[Hanuman]

Originally posted by Tao@Apr 26 2003, 03:48 PM
Originally posted by Tawee@Apr 26 2003, 04:44 PM
Originally posted by Fireblade@Apr 25 2003, 10:08 PM


So this one person got me really mad, because she supposedly "reserved" 3 dryers, I mean... she had a LOT of laundry, but you can't reserve 3 dryers. That's obscene. So I took a pen, and uncapped it and threw it in the dryer when she walked outside to go smoke. I didn't stay to watch the carnage happen, but I could imagine. She deserved it. :pissed:
Hahahaha! That's great!!!

I've never done anything that mean, but a couple of times I did notice some of my boxers were missing, and once I came home and started folding laundry and there was a pair of panties that weren't in there before. Somehow, I'd picked up a souvenier.
maybe the woman had aids or herpes, and wanted to share the joy
Ughhh. I hope the panties were deposited before the 'wash' cycle.

[AngryABCGirl]

I usually wait to do laundry until one morning I wake up and there's nothing in my drawers to wear, and I end up wearing my pajamas all day.

[Tao]

Originally posted by Tawee@Apr 26 2003, 04:52 PM
Originally posted by Tao@Apr 26 2003, 03:48 PM
Originally posted by Tawee@Apr 26 2003, 04:44 PM
Originally posted by Fireblade@Apr 25 2003, 10:08 PM


So this one person got me really mad, because she supposedly "reserved" 3 dryers, I mean... she had a LOT of laundry, but you can't reserve 3 dryers. That's obscene. So I took a pen, and uncapped it and threw it in the dryer when she walked outside to go smoke. I didn't stay to watch the carnage happen, but I could imagine. She deserved it. :pissed:
Hahahaha! That's great!!!

I've never done anything that mean, but a couple of times I did notice some of my boxers were missing, and once I came home and started folding laundry and there was a pair of panties that weren't in there before. Somehow, I'd picked up a souvenier.
maybe the woman had aids or herpes, and wanted to share the joy
Ughhh. I hope the panties were deposited before the 'wash' cycle.
don't worry, bleach kills all

[Napoleon Chynamite]

yea once again my attraction towards panties and bras has significantly diminished over the years after hauling and moving other people's shit from the washers into the dryers at my dorm laundry room since they are too lazy to do it themselves and they know that other people do it for them (otherwise how else am I gonna be able to wash my own?). Girls have cleaner underwear on the whole but once again it's not that much cleaner......... :unsure:

[Hanuman]

Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Apr 26 2003, 10:53 PM
yea once again my attraction towards panties and bras has significantly diminished over the years after hauling and moving other people's shit from the washers into the dryers at my dorm laundry room since they are too lazy to do it themselves and they know that other people do it for them (otherwise how else am I gonna be able to wash my own?). Girls have cleaner underwear on the whole but once again it's not that much cleaner......... :unsure:
Screw that man, just take the clothes out and leave it on top of the machine. That's what we used to do. Not your job to put it in the dryer.

[CrX3183]

i did my laundry since i was little, but now i do my laundry every damn week... Now i have to iron my shit :pissed:

[BeTheReds]

I hate laundry because i dont have a drier and my washer is from the stone age and it is tiny.

You'd think with all the Japanese technological advancement, they would hook you up with a sweet washing machine and dryer combo. But no...

Manual fill spin rinse.

[Chris]

I do the laundry once a week. I Don't really mind. hehehee

[kitty]

Can't STAND laundry. That's why my bf does all of it and I do the dishes. :) that's a fair trade....

We normally let it pile up 'til we have nothing left... then he spends all night doing it. Then we let it sit there in a clean pile until we've worn it all and it becomes a dirty pile again.
:)

[Rogmok]

werd... i feel everyone's pain.

out of all the chores... dishes, vacuuming, etc etc.. laundry is my most hated... cause it takes so freaking long..

[Faithless]

Originally posted by kasia@Apr 25 2003, 09:01 AM
i hate doing laundry because my apartment complex is so big that it takes five minutes to walk to the laundry room. i hate the fact that i don't have a washer and dryer in my own apartment. i hate losing socks to the washer or dryer (where do those socks go???? i always check.) i hate doing laundry.
Yeah, it sucks to not have your own washer and dryer. It sucks to have to do it all the time.

I have found that it can help me think about things, though. If I concentrate on it, I'l go nuts, but if I focus on what I did that day, or what I need to do in the future, then the laundry time goes faster. B)

[shy]

wait until you all have kids.

my co-worker went from once/twice a week, to 5/6 times a week since she had her baby...

[Faithless]

That's a lot. We're up to maybe three times a week.

shikata ga nai :ph34r:

[DragonKnight]

Hrm, for some reason I like doing laundry (my own, not anyone elses, hehe :P ). There's a washing machine and dryer in our apartment but I don't use it since its falling apart and it adds additional wear and tear to the clothes. So I drive up to my parents' place in Norcal every two weeks and use theirs. OMG they have the nicest washing machine and dryer. The Maytag Neptune washer and dryer set. The best part is that my parents love it when I visit them and stay over. So they cover for gas which isn't too bad since my Celica is pretty gas-efficient (one gas tank per trip). Though I'm considering getting a hybrid in the future.

[mr. x]

kasia, i know this would only "perpetuate" but you could always run a giant laundry chain squeeze out all the chinese mom and pops (who cares if they cant adapt to today's corporate fastlane!)

[sandra]

Originally posted by mr. x@May 31 2003, 06:37 PM
kasia, i know this would only "perpetuate" but you could always run a giant laundry chain squeeze out all the chinese mom and pops (who cares if they cant adapt to today's corporate fastlane!)
i hate doing laundry...and you're suggesting that i do everyone's?

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Originally posted by shy@May 31 2003, 08:48 AM
wait until you all have kids.

my co-worker went from once/twice a week, to 5/6 times a week since she had her baby...
there's just...something about your avatar that really makes me think :)

[mr. x]

Originally posted by kasia@Jun 1 2003, 01:24 AM
i hate doing laundry...and you're suggesting that i do everyone's?
nonono, you MAKE other people do it, and make money while your at it (why would an all powerful CEO need to do her own laundry)

[MellowDrama]

Wait... so no one here owns a laundromat or dry cleaning biz? :lol:

[Faithless]

Originally posted by MellowDrama@Jun 1 2003, 08:47 PM
Wait... so no one here owns a laundromat or dry cleaning biz? :lol:
I worked at one in College. WORST experience of my life. :angry:

Talk about a sweat shop.

[shy]

Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Jun 1 2003, 01:53 AM
Originally posted by shy@May 31 2003, 08:48 AM
wait until you all have kids.

my co-worker went from once/twice a week, to 5/6 times a week since she had her baby...
there's just...something about your avatar that really makes me think :)
:huh: :huh: :huh:

...

well?

shit d00d! don't leave me hanging...

what do you mean by that???

and be nice...

that's me in that photo. :unsure:

[Faithless]

Originally posted by shy@Jun 2 2003, 06:11 PM
Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Jun 1 2003, 01:53 AM
Originally posted by shy@May 31 2003, 08:48 AM
wait until you all have kids.

my co-worker went from once/twice a week, to 5/6 times a week since she had her baby...
there's just...something about your avatar that really makes me think :)
:huh: :huh: :huh:

...

well?

shit d00d! don't leave me hanging...

what do you mean by that???

and be nice...

that's me in that photo. :unsure:
It's his fantasy of how the public laundry room should be used. :ph34r:

[Chester]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Apr 25 2003, 07:08 PM
So this one person got me really mad, because she supposedly "reserved" 3 dryers, I mean... she had a LOT of laundry, but you can't reserve 3 dryers. That's obscene. So I took a pen, and uncapped it and threw it in the dryer when she walked outside to go smoke. I didn't stay to watch the carnage happen, but I could imagine. She deserved it. :pissed:
She was probably obnoxious and deserved some sort of come-uppance. But if all she did was try to insist that she had the right to reserve three dryers, what you did would be like slashing someone's tire(s) for taking up multiple parking spots -- e.g. totally out of proportion and cowardly to boot.

Watch out for that karma ricochet.

[Uncle Tat]

Do you guys wash your clothes after wearing them once or something? Gee...laundary once/twice a week? WTF?

I mean aside from underwear and socks, I think I wear my stuff a few times before washing them.

[Faithless]

Originally posted by Uncle Tat@Jun 3 2003, 09:49 PM
Do you guys wash your clothes after wearing them once or something? Gee...laundary once/twice a week? WTF?

I mean aside from underwear and socks, I think I wear my stuff a few times before washing them.
How about the workout clothes?

There are some folks at work that just put it back into the gym bag for the next day. :gross:

[DragonKnight]

Originally posted by Uncle Tat@Jun 3 2003, 09:49 PM
Do you guys wash your clothes after wearing them once or something? Gee...laundary once/twice a week? WTF?

I mean aside from underwear and socks, I think I wear my stuff a few times before washing them.
I wash my clothes once every 2 weeks. I'll use shirts/sweaters/ 3-4 times at most. Pants at least 3 times, at most 6. Last thing I want is unecessary wear and tear on my stuff. I want these things to last at least 3-4 years. Maybe more. Reason why I don't shop for clothes often. ;)

[shy]

Originally posted by Uncle Tat@Jun 3 2003, 09:49 PM
Do you guys wash your clothes after wearing them once or something? Gee...laundary once/twice a week? WTF?

I mean aside from underwear and socks, I think I wear my stuff a few times before washing them.
workout cloths. i don't have enough of them to go around. i need to do a mid-week cycle just due to my workout cloths....

[purezero]

I like doing laundry. I just don't like doing other people's laundry (like my brother because he doesn't know how to). The feeling of warm, clean laundry is comforting. And the smell of the detergent is the best. When I walk home, I pass a laundromat, and I always take a deep breath when I walk by. Ahh, laundromats. Brings back memories. My grandma used to take me and my brother to the laundromat when our washing machine wasn't working. The place had an arcade for the kiddies. I would play Street Fighter with my brother while we wait for the laundry. Sometimes we would climb into those big laundry carts and ride around. I remember wanting to climb into one of those washing machines. I would've fit back then, too. Gotta love those industrial sized washing machines. :luv: I like washing machines as you can tell by my icon. Haha.