Dear fellow residents.

[gridlore]

We live, as you all know, in a four-apartment building. We share one (1) clothes washer and one (1) dryer. The vast majority of us work or attend school during the week (you folks in apartment A? Ghu knows what y'all do besides play exceeding loud music) so obviously chores like laundry gets put off until the weekend.

With that in mind, please remember the following. The washer takes about 30 minutes to cycle, the dryer about 45. Be prompt about changing loads so that the rest of us can do our stuff. Also, there is in fact a coin laundry down the road. If you need to wash all your blankets and comforters one at a time it might make more sense to take them there, yes? Lint goes in the conveniently placed garbage can, not rolled up and tossed under the water heater. Same with empty detergent bottles, used dryer sheets, etc.

If I found out who spilled a full cup of detergent on the floor and just left it there, they will never find your body. Nobody bothers dredging Lake Almaden, understand?

Finally, the door has a lock for a reason. We live in a neighborhood with crappy people. I've had 2.5 bikes stolen (one was a rusted-out piece of junk that could barely roll) and we once had the washing machine stolen. Remember that? When you are done with your stuff, and nobody is there, lock the door! Trust me, I'd rather have to fiddle with my keys than find that some moron has stolen my clothes.

Thank you, fellow residents, for reminding me why gated communities are all the rage these days.

Comments

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

I would actually post this (anonymously) in the laundry room. Also, I can get you indoor security cameras stupidly cheap.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Problem is, with only four units, it would be pretty obvious who it was. I'm on good terms with the B & C units, but apartment A has always been a source of tension and visits from the SJPD.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

If you're confident it's unit A, then you can skip the note and go on with the camera, particularly if leaving the door unlocked is a lease-terminating offense.

[dalen-talas.livejournal.com]

angryletters

[johno.livejournal.com]

With both of your working, have started a search for betting housing yet?

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Sort of. We want to get past the cost of my dentures (which might entail a second set in a year or so) and then save up a couple of months of living expenses before seriously looking around.

Another problem is getting me a vehicle. I'm thinking of heading up to the Contra Costa auto auction (http://www.cccpaa.com/) and trying to find a good pick-up. Otherwise, we're stuck with Kiri driving me in in the mornings and me taking VTA home, which limits our search area.

I hate to say it, but I'm sick of living in heavily Latino neighborhoods, at least those dominated by recent immigrants.

[mikkop.livejournal.com]

Seems like that kind of asshattery is universal. We lived six years in a student apartment without our own washer, so we used the laundry room downstairs.

Stolen sheets, people using more time than they reserved (we had a system, but some people just didn't use it), lint not even cleaned out of the dryer, hijacking the washers, almost anything you can think of.

Our apartment blocks were mostly for foreign students, but I can't really blame just the foreigners - seems like the Finns were the biggest offenders there. Might be something about living in your first apartment without your mother, for some people that means you can do whatever you want.

I'm still pissed about the sheets. I hope they were very necessary as you can't really sell them for much.

Nowadays, we have our own washer (and don't live in a student flat anymore).