I don't know if I'm reacting to this wrong or what......
By trisha27
@trisha27 (3494)
United States
January 3, 2013 11:07pm CST
But we have the worst neighbors ever and inconsiderate ever. Why do these people always have to break something that our landlord gives us. Someone broke our dryers in our washeteria. There was this lady who washed 3 loads of clothes and has to dry all of them. There is only one dryer that is working. She saw us come in with our load of clothes to wash. I don't know if she knew that the dryers where broken or what, but you would think she would give us a heads up that she has 3 loads and only one dryer is working. It takes 30 minutes to wash the clothes, one hour. She was like its going to take 2 hours for her stuff to be done. I'm so upset because I had to wait 2 hours I don't want to wait for 2 hours while my wet clothes are sitting by waiting for them to be dried. My clothes will smell. You would think that since she had so many clothes that she would let us dry our one load first. But she offered to to put our clothes in the dryer.
I told my husband she's probably lying and that he should check to see if the dryers are working. My husband goes over there and checks out the dryers to make sure that they were plugged in and he even called the landlord to let him know that the dryer isn't working and sure enough my husband comes back and tells me that the dryers are working. The lady lied or had it on the wrong setting or something. Cause they turned on and its heating up. So what the heck. Ugh....
I'm starting to get annoyed and tired of our neighbors. 
I thought neighbors are supposed to look out for one another and not act the way mine do.
I'm starting to get annoyed and tired of our neighbors. I thought neighbors are supposed to look out for one another and not act the way mine do.3 people like this
10 responses
@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
4 Jan 13
That's really sad that some neighbors are so inconsiderate.
I also have inconsiderate neighbors but thanks, just a few of them.
Most of my neighbors are good people and are willing to lend a hand as always.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
4 Jan 13
Is a dryer your only option? I prefer to hang my clothes on the line.
I guess when you have to share facilities like that there will always be someone who is inconsiderate and think that their needs should come before everyone else's. Sad but true.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
5 Jan 13
I put chairs back to back, spread them apart and use broom/mop handles between them to hang stuff. Shirts go on hangers and other stuff gets draped around the place on any non fabric surface. There has to be a bit of airflow in the room too.
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
5 Jan 13
It'll help if you have some kind of clothes line. Otherwise they will definitely smell like mildew.
Found some tips here http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/5-tips-on-living-life-without-136785
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
4 Jan 13
I think your husband did the right thing and plugged in the dryers. I sort of think the landlord probably unplugged them to save on electricity and forgot to replug them in in the morning. In fact, it should become a habit to check the plugs in the morning. If the dryers were out of order, the landlord has to put on a sign.
As for the neighbors, they are probably looking out for themselves and thinking they have to get their clothes dry because they have to be at work, etc.
So you can ask her if you could dry your clothes first because you have such a small load.
I do have a suggestion. Why not ask the landlord if he could put in a drying rack.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
5 Jan 13
I gather the landlord owns other buildings and lives somewhere else. So he may not know . It would then be a good idea to put sign saying, "If one of the machines is broken or not working, please call 555-5555 or whatever his number is." That way he will soon get the message. The drying racks would work because there are somethings that must not be dried in a dryer.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
4 Jan 13
Yeah I think that now when we wash clothes we are just going to have to start checking to make sure that they are plugged in. I think that maybe the reason the landlord didn't put a sign on the dryer is because he didn't know. Hopefully he was able to make sure that they are running properly today and get them fixed. Right now he is here. So now maybe before he leaves he'll do some double checking. That may be a good idea for him to put in some drying racks. I'll have to discuss it with him.
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
5 Jan 13
Our current neighbors are fairly quiet and keep to themselves. I don't really have any communication with them since I'm all shy and antisocial. Except the one on the left of us because he knows my dad and sometimes stops by to speak to him.
My old neighbors were some mosey people. Always in someones business. I was going through a divorce that time and they were friends of my ex so they felt like they had to report every little aspect of my life to him. It was more than a bit creepy.
@jenny1015 (13359)
• Philippines
4 Jan 13
Unfortunately, some neighbors just care less. It's sad and at the same time irritating coz we expect people around us to be of help to us when we need a hand and yet, there are those who just don't care about others.
@ZoeJoy (1392)
• United States
4 Jan 13
Sounds like it is time for you to find a new place. A place where all the washers and dryers work. Nope, neighbors are not always considerate of each other.
Now that you know that the washers and dryers don't work and that you have inconsiderate neighbors, then you just have to work around that. Get up early to do your laundry or do it late at night, etc. When I lived in an apartment with a laundry room, I did my laundry during the week, rather on the weekends. I knew those times were less busy.
So, all I can suggest is to live your life avoiding those neighbors who are inconsiderate and finding the best in your situation.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
4 Jan 13
Yeah I think we are going to have to start figuring out when other people wash their clothes. Which looks like mainly on the weekends and looks like late at night. So may have to do it in the middle of the week and like early in the morning. I would like to move and the landlord is possibly going to have a house up for rent but not sure when. And its just possibly. We really like this landlord and I guess that is why we stuck around for so long. He really is a good landlord and is understanding of all our concerns and stuff.
I was telling my husband maybe we should just buy us a washer and a dryer, we have a washer and dryer connection. But the thing is our rent will go up. And that is because right now our landlord pays the water, so...getting a washer will make the water bill go up. Or we could just buy a dryer and dry our clothes at home. I don't know I will have to look into some options. Plus I really may want to find another place. We've been too looking into buying a house trying to move up from renting. Right now we are renting a 2 bedroom duplex.
@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
5 Jan 13
Well that was rude of the lady not only for lying about the dryers not working but not letting you dry your one load before her 3. My sister had situations like this when she lived in an apartment complex and whenever she would go down to do laundry she would leave nasty notes after finding out what neighbor did this to her. So needless to say she did end up moving and is happy she doesn't have to deal with it anymore. But there is always pay back for that lady, karma will come back to her that's for sure.
@joliefille (3690)
• Philippines
4 Jan 13
I can understand your frustration. I had moved to 3 apartments during my stint in Manila and I always consider the facilities and how many would be sharing them. For the laundry, I would just send them to the laundromat because it was hopeless to use the washing machine where I was staying.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
5 Jan 13
I have the same thing next to me here. Maybe they are related to yours there. Keep me up all the time.
