<p>I would like my laundry done for free. Maybe just one time in my life would be good…</p>
<p>I still can’t convince my kids they need to wash their whites separately from the colors. You would think at some point they would realize the whites are now browns, and however did that happen?</p>
<p>Rhodes College also does laundry for free. My D wondered what kind of students might be attracted because of the laundry policy (she’s very independent) and thought it was weird. </p>
<p>I’d be surprised if any student chose a college specifically for its laundry policy. On the other hand, who wouldn’t enjoy not having to worry about it? I would LOVE having someone to do mine!</p>
<p>", I think you’d be surprised at some of the things college kids do. I went to a college with a lot of wealthy, coddled kids who were helpless at a lot of things. One girl I knew had never made a haircut appointment, as Mummy had always had the hairdresser come to her house."</p>
<p>I don’t think I ever made a haircut appt til I went off to school. My mom just made them for the two of us. But no big deal, it’s one of those just-in-time things. Not a marker of self sufficiency. </p>
<p>I hadn’t done a lot of things before I went off to school and later got my first apartment. I had never cooked for myself, but I figured out pretty quickly how to go grocery shopping and make simple meals once I had to fend for myself. And this was before we had YouTube videos to show us how to do everything. How did we manage? :)</p>
<p>So all those bright, talented google employees who will get free meals, and free haircuts and free laundry service and a free gym with personal trainer or a free rental car to run a quick errand because they dont have a car since they ride the free google bus to work, how will they learn to live independently? </p>
<p>So whats wrong with a school or a company offering a perk, if they can afford to?</p>
<p>This is off topic, but here’s a list of a lot of company’s perks. My oh my how will their employees ever learn to function independently? <a href=“The Most Popular Employee Perks Of 2014”>http://www.forbes.com/sites/kateharrison/2014/02/19/the-most-popular-employee-perks-of-2014/</a></p>
<p>"^^ I assume that was directed at me. I certainly wasn’t expecting everyone to share my views on this. We’ll agree to disagree as to how charming the practice is/was, although I would gather Ms. Lula Bell had some great stories to tell. "</p>
<p>I bet the workers who got paid to do this appreciated it. I agree with SOG - I bet some enterprising person will step in and create a business, and more power to them. I didn’t buy a laundry service for my kids, they’re stuck doing their own, but it’s not something moral - it’s just not how I wanted to spend my money. </p>
<p>This thread’s comments reminds me of when my HS Senior was 3 and I let him sleep with me at night. (I was a single mom and had to work very early) Everyone kept telling me I was going to be so sorry, he was going to never learn to sleep alone, etc. etc. Well, guess what! He’s 18 and he’s been sleeping by himself for many, many years. Doing your own laundry does not make you an independent grown-up. It’s a simple skill and most everyone can do it. A LOT of independent well-rounded adults I know pay for their laundry to be done; for all sorts of reasons. I work with two very successful psychiatrists for instance; one has a wife who works. They have a housekeeper to do laundry. Another one is single and he takes his to a laundry service. Doesn’t make them lazy bums by any means.
I do my own for financial reasons mostly!</p>
<p>Laundry is a community activity in my house. I see no reason to waste water, electricity and gas to have us each do it separately. If there’s one full load of whites with all three together, then why do three loads? I never quite understood the logic. It is done on Saturday or Sunday and I initiate it, usually, after they have sorted it into the “light” and “dark” hampers I have in my room. Both bags from the hamper go to the basement and I usually start the first load but when it is time to change loads, anybody could be tagged to do it. </p>
<p>Yeah, if they want something washed out of the typical cycle, they do it themselves, but I do discourage that. Since D went away to college, S14 and I usually have one load of lights and one of darks with towels washed every 3 to 4 weeks. When D is home, that goes up to two loads of darks and towels every week, but she’s a towel hog and changes clothes ridiculously often!</p>
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way, but laundry does take at least some time away from studying.</p>
<p>Seriously, it’s just laundry. What’s the big deal?</p>
<p>My kids have done their own laundry since around age 12. No one enjoys housework, and that includes laundry, but it has to get done and I am surely not doing it all myself. I make them wash dishes and vacuum too, oh the horror. </p>
<p>Kids in dorms aren’t doing too many dishes, and from what I’ve seen they aren’t vacuuming either. Hopefully they’re changing their sheets :)</p>
<p>I can tell you for a fact that at least some are not (they’ve told me as much). :)</p>
<p>A friend put some cash on the mattress and made his bed when her s moved in freshman year. She never heard that he ever ran across the money.</p>
<p>Perhaps we should remind our kids to at least change their sheets before inviting a guest to their room?</p>
<p>I would consider that their problem. Learn some common sense!! </p>
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<p>There are actual real-world laundry services that provide this. The difference is that they charge, but not doing your own laundry isn’t a sign of immaturity or anything. It’s actually a pretty booming business in New York; someone will pick up your laundry, launder it, and return it to your front door folded. All you have to do is put it away.</p>
<p>But I don’t think Google is a good example, jym626. One of the jokes about Google’s employees is that they actually are overgrown children, lol. (Also, free rental cars and personal trainers =/= free laundry service…)</p>
<p>duplicate post. see below</p>
<p>Juliet,
Do you know google employees or are you going by hearsay? If the latter, you are mistaken. They are bright, hardworking individuals. They do have places to have fun at the googleplex, but they are hardly overgrown children. They take good care of their employees because they hire only 2% of applicants and they want to keep them. </p>
<p>This is the 21st century. DO YOUR OWN LAUNDRY!D: Gawsh Darm</p>