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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/YolaGod on 2025-05-22 18:00:15+00:00.
So I (34M) recently moved into a small condo building. One of those places with shared laundry in the basement and a building WhatsApp group that only exists so people can passive-aggressively shame each other about dryer lint.
A couple weeks after moving in, I get a message from the downstairs neighbor:
“Just FYI: building rules say no laundry after 9PM. The machines are noisy.”
The rules were printed in Comic Sans and taped above the dryer, so clearly serious business.
I replied politely:
“Got it. I’ll stick to daytime washes.”
Cut to a few nights later. I get home from a work trip at 8:30PM with a bag full of gym clothes that had been marinating in airport funk. I toss a load in immediately, thinking, no problem, it’ll be done by 9:15, maybe she won’t even notice.
At 9:02PM I get a text:
“Please don’t do laundry after 9. We all have to follow the rules.”
Okay then.
So for the next few weeks, I followed her rule perfectly. Any load of laundry that wasn’t done by 9PM , I just left it. Wet. Sitting in the machine. Or in the hamper. Didn’t matter if it smelled. Didn’t matter if it was towels. If it was 8:59 and I hadn’t started? See ya tomorrow.
I even stopped short once with 3 minutes left on the spin cycle. Rules are rules.
Eventually, someone (guess who) complained that “someone” was leaving wet clothes in the machine and the smell was bothering people. And of course, just imagine the smell this could have when it’s dirty and wet.
I just responded:
“Totally understand! But as per the rules, I don’t run the washer after 9PM.”
No response.
Last week the Comic Sans sign disappeared. Still no one running laundry at 2AM… but now everyone seems a lot more relaxed about finishing a load at 9:10.