So funny story (great way to premise a conversation, right?)
A week or two ago I did some laundry. In Helaman Halls, there are washers and dryers in the basements of all the dorms, and they cost like $0.75 in Cougar Cash, the money which you can get loaded on your BYU ID, to run. Annnywaaay, I did my laundry and, like the typical mess I am, I totally forgot to take it out of the dryer when it was done. When I finally remembered a day or two later that I had left my stuff down there, it was gone. I think someone took it all to lost and found, but I've been too lazy to check. Unfortunately, however, my only towel was in that load of laundry, so I have been drip drying in the shower for the past week. Quite pleasant!
I guess the moral of the story is be smart when doing your laundry. Don't do your laundry when it's super busy: you're likely to forget that it's down there and infuriate someone else whose trying to do their laundry (@me). Tons of people do their laundry on Mondays and Saturdays, so maybe try doing your laundry at a weird time and day, like 3:45 on Wednesdays or something. Also, if you attempt to do laundry at a busy time, chances are the dryers will get backed up and you'll have to wait forever to finish your load.
Also, try and always pick up your laundry on time. Because of said above problem, desperate people will sometimes remove finished loads of laundry and stuff them in random corners for you to try and find later. Your life will be so much easier and your laundry so much cleaner if you move your laundry to the dryers promptly and remove your clothes from the dryers lickety-split fast.
Finally, have something to carry your laundry in. I really liked what my roommate used last semester. She had like this giant white mesh and wire basket with three sections. That way, she could sort her laundry be colors or store her clean and dirty laundry in different places. I, on the other hand, didn't have a laundry bag to use because I cut up my bag for use in a last-minute art project last semester (long story). So instead, I use a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket that I took on pioneer trek, and it works just fine. Just slightly hard to fit everything I have to clean into it.
I suppose, at some point I'm going to have to look in the lost and found for my laundry... I just really don't want to. *sigh*.
Also, Bonus Pro Tip! *insert jazz hands here* I really love using the washing machine pod soap. If you've never seen these things before, they're like plastic-encased balls of soap for a load of laundry. They're super easy to use and transport, and I would definitely recommend getting some. I picked up a Gain Flings 72 pack at the beginning of Freshmen Year, and I'm still using it.
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