The Langmore is divided into five apartments and two store fronts, with each unit responsible for the gas and electric. Each unit is not responsible for the water bill, instead Mark uses a portion of the rent each month to cover the expenses of water. Additionally, Mark installed a coin operated washer and dryer in the basement to cover the cost of doing laundry. I'm assuming that unlike gas and electric companies, the water company cannot determine how much water is used in each unit, therefore he covers the cost for the entire building.
Along with a washer and dryer, there are also two tables and a shelf for our laundry detergent and dryer sheets. The two tables are for folding laundry, however, one of my neighbors, John, has insisted that the tables are his personal dresser. He does a load of laundry, but never comes downstairs to retrieve it. The only time I've ever seen him remove anything from the dryer was on the rare occasions when he has more than one load of wash. Then he has no choice but to remove his clothes from the dryer.
Typically, he leaves his clothes in the dryer until someone else in the building needs to do laundry. When someone needs to use the dryer, they have no choice but to remove all of John's clothes and leave them on one of the tables, in hopes that he'll come downstairs and get them. Of course he never does though. Instead, they sit there, the pile slowly getting smaller as he needs things.
I've decided there is a solution to this problem. Next time I do laundry, I'm bringing a box with me downstairs. All of his clothes are going into the box and the box is going under the table. If he wants to use the basement as his personal dressing area, then he can do so through the U-Haul box I've left for him.
Golden Rule 6: When doing laundry at a public facility, remove your clothes from the dryer. Nobody wants to touch your funky underwear, even if they just came from the dryer.
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