<p>I was thinking... since I haven't been at college very long and my friends and I have been living in the college dorms and we are thinking of moving out because the dorms are only like one or two rooms. So we had to get one with more than one room.</p>
<p>Anyways, I was wondering since we haven't done any laundry in the college dorm rooms yet since I usually go to the laundry mat but it's kinda far away. So anyways is it safe to use the washer and dryers at the laundry places at the college dorms?? I know not all college dorms have a laundry place so sometimes people go to the laundry mat and either do their own laundry or have someone else wash their clothes for them, but I know that some washers are really rough on some clothes leaving tares or what so ever and some dryers really do shrink your clothes because some dryers have stronger heat than other dryers for some unknown reason. </p>
<p>So is it good to use the washers and dryers at the college dorm places?? or just hand wash them (which I doubt many college people do) </p>
<p>Oh, and is it good to leave your clothes unattended? </p>
<p>Why wouldn’t they be safe, what do you think they’re going to do, eat you? I’ve never had a problem at my school or at boyfriend’s school doing laundry. Though nothing except t shirts and jeans go in the dryer, I hang up most things to dry just to be on the safe side. I do that at home too, though.</p>
<p>At my school most people do leave their clothes unattended, I choose not to. The washers lock once they started so it’d be okay to leave for that but the dryers do not lock here. So I just bring some homework or a book and chill for the hour-hour and a half that it takes to do laundry.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t assume that the washers/dryers at college would be any less safe than the washers/dryers you have at home. The college might not have bought the highest quality washing machine available but that doesn’t mean it’s absolute junk.</p>
<p>As for leaving your clothes unattended, I’ve found that it’s really not that big of a deal. At my school the washers lock once started. I’m not sure about the dryers but I don’t really care that much. I figure the chances of someone skulking around the laundry room looking to steal my cheap department store clothes aren’t that high.</p>
<p>I can understand the concern though. It’s not like the high school locker room though where people would ruin/steal your stuff just to be jackasses.</p>
<p>I think the washers and dryers at my school are actually better than what I have at home. They’re certainly more water-efficient. And the dryers are definitely stronger, but I’m used to line-drying a lot of stuff anyway. </p>
<p>The norm here is to leave laundry unattended. If it’s a busy laundry day, then someone might take your stuff out of the washer or dryer and leave it in a heap. I’ve never had anything stolen. Don’t bother going to the laundromat if you have a laundry room in your dorm.</p>
<p>Well, the washers here are top loaders and the front loading ones are usually always taken. So I usually used the front loaders at the laundry mat, and they were much more gentler than the top loaders. Also, I’ve started hand washing my clothes too when I got tired to driving to the laundry mat with like 3 basket full of dirty clothes.</p>
<p>Someone put an open container of mustard in someones dryer at boyfriends school, which is why I don’t leave my clothes alone.</p>
<p>ETA: There is something wrong with top loading washers? My one at home is a top loader and it has never been a problem, and I wash all sorts of things in it that I am not supposed to. XD</p>