This kid likes clean towels and PJs for his body but the dirty/wet ones all go on the floor. I’m assuming that he’s changed his ways for college. We had “the talk” about developing tidier habits when he is living with a roommate.
@saintfan, he will change those habits very quickly because he won’t want to do laundry that often. 
The laundry is on his floor so no hiking to the basement, we’ll see though. I think he liked feeling “independent” 
@saintfan, when I first read your message at 242, I thought you meant your son put his laundry on his floor; that is my older D.
At home the dirty goes on his floor and the clean are piled on top of his dresser. At school he has a hamper in his closet and we got him those hanging fabric shelf things from Ikea so he can stack his stuff in the cubicles. He was thrilled with that plan and folded and organized it himself. He told me that he washed AND folded his clothes so I’m assuming that he stacked his pants, shorts and t-shirts back in the closet organizer. He and his roomie met at orientation, became friends and chose each other so I think he wants to be neater and a good room mate.
At any rate, the laundry cost is rolled into the housing fee so no quarters and the facilities are on the floor so no hiking.
It still takes time… Pretty soon he will be too busy to do it more than every couple of weeks, I bet.
How are these for neatnik behaviors?
Hubby’s college apartment roommate not only straightened the phone cord to lay a certain way, but he insisted his roommates also must do the same after each use.
The same guy neatly folded all of his dirty clothes and placed them in his dirty clothes laundry basket. Seriously.
That’s actually very sad.
Although, it used to infuriate me when my ex would ball up his expensive suits and deposit them in the drycleaning bin. I did think clothes destined to the dry cleaner needed to be neatly folded, not wadded up like used tissue. Is that irrational? I just assumed that’s what you are supposed to do.
^I’d agree with that - dry clean only clothes don’t get wadded up and thrown in a hamper.
For this dry clean clothes? What difference does it make. They all get pressed anyway.
Now that I have made it through the first few months of school, I’m having a similar situation and was wondering if people knew of any dorm cleaners that could help me out? I have very little time and not many cleaning supplies.
I forgot about this thread! I am happy to report that DS is doing laundry at least weekly and his floor is spotless. I have seen a couple tagged photos that were taken in their room and I can tell by the carpet! In other words . . . I bought a distinctive carpet and it is completely visible in the photos and even people sitting on the bed. Knock me over with a feather. I attribute it to the life changing power of the desire to impress girls. I cannot vouch for the cleanliness of the windows 
I would tell her roommate to take a “deep chill-out”.
Uh, vanjacks, how could someone do that unless you mentioned the name / location of the school?
Pizzagirl, I’m in Nashville! But didn’t know if there were any services offered at other schools I could look for.
Update on this: D’s roommate has withdrawn from classes and left school. Long story and I don’t want to invade her privacy, but she was having a hard time adjusting to college, was very stressed, also had health problems (frequent migraines, trouble sleeping) and I guess she just decided it wasn’t working out.
As for the room cleaning, I asked D over Thanksgiving whether the roommate ever did ask her to do that “deep cleaning” of the windows, desks, etc. She said no. In fact, roommate tended to leave her stuff lying around on the floor. D said that she faithfully made her own bed every day, so she upheld her end of the bargain.
So D has the room to herself for now, but will presumably get a new roommate assignment in January since she knows there are several people looking to switch rooms because they can’t get along with their roommates.
I hope the roommate can recover mentally and physically. Good for your daughter with going with this flow.
If the roommate is like other people I have known who left college under similar circumstances, she will probably end up going back to school in a semester or two, but this time at a commuter college. Some young people, especially those facing other issues in their lives, just don’t adjust successfully to residential college life.
If your daughter has a friend who wants to move in with her…see if they can make that happen.
“So D has the room to herself for now, but will presumably get a new roommate assignment in January since she knows there are several people looking to switch rooms because they can’t get along with their roommates.”
IMO every room should be a single. a student need not have a ritz carlton suite, just a place of privacy to rest, study or whatever. the roommate concept is very dated. I did not go to college to learn how to live with a stranger or put with unneeded drama! I went to get a degree.