As if you needed any reminders, laundry is the worst.
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When all of your socially acceptable clothes are dirty, so you have to trek to the laundry room in your most embarrassing sweats and t-shirt combo… and then proceed to pass every person imaginable
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When you decide to do laundry on a Wednesday night to avoid the weekend madness and discover just about everyone else in your building had the same plan
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When you open the door of a seemingly empty washer and are drenched by a wave of sudsy water
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When the card reader is out of order and you have to drag your laundry all the way back to your room to scavenge for quarters (seriously, what is the point of laundry bucks?)
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When you feed the machine all of your quarters and it still refuses to work
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When you express your frustration by growling under your breath, attracting judgment from everyone in the laundry room
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When you finally get the washer to register your quarters and are so excited that you leave without pressing the start button… and your clothes just sit in a machine for an hour
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When you return to the laundry room, realize in horror that you forgot to press the start button, and have to go back to your room (probably crying) to find more quarters
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When you get to the laundry room two minutes after your cycle ends and find someone already removing your clothes—bras and all—from the washer
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When said person glares at you as if he’s the victim in this situation, and you actually feel the need to apologize (but really, you should never feel this way)
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When every dryer is occupied—the majority having been idle for hours—and you spend five minutes debating whether or not to remove someone’s clothes
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When you finally decide to take someone’s finished load out of the dryer, only for the owner of those clothes to catch you red-handed
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When said person gives you a nasty look (this time, you actually deserve it) and you hang your head in shame while slowly backing away from the dryer
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When you have to clean a lint screen that looks like it hasn’t been touched in weeks (how has the dryer not caught on fire yet?!)
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When your granny panties fall on the floor while you’re carrying your clothes from the washer to the dryer
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When your clothes are still damp after one dry cycle, so you put them in for another… and another…and another (bye bye laundry funds)
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When you realize too late that you’ve thrown your best sweaters in the dryer
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When you return to your room with your dried clothes and realize you’re missing a sock
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When it dawns on you that you forgot to wash your favorite sweatshirt
- When you realize you’ve just lost three hours of your life, and that you’ll have to wash sheets and towels next week