Laundry Day

Yes, a simple task: laundry. Simple, unless you're in another country. In Binghamton, I go to the laundry room where I am able to fit all my stuff in one industrial sized machine. I pour in some detergent, I press "colors", and forty minutes later, the clothes are washed. Then, I throw them in the industrial sized dryer. I press "tumble" and forty minutes later, they're dry. Voila! Clothes are clean!

This is not the case in the Netherlands. Here, I go to the laundry room and realize that everything is made for the seven dwarves. It is a good thing I didn't wait more than a week to do laundry because it would not have fit in one machine. Doing two cycles is not so bad in the US, figure it takes a little over an hour to do two loads of laundry. But here, the laundry machine takes an hour and forty minutes! Thus, two cycles would mean sitting around for more than three hours.

So whatever, the time is not that bad. I watch TV on my computer for two hours (four episodes of Community, anyone?) and then go to throw my clothes into the dryer. Hmm...what are my options...
- Minder droog
- Droog
- Extra droog
- 40 min droog
Okay, so I'm going to assume that "droog" means dry (which, in fact, it does). In Binghamton, I put it on dry so let's try that. An hour later, back to the laundry room. Oh look, the clothes are done! Note to self, the dryer takes one hou- wait, what? Why are my clothes still wet? Must not have put it on the right setting. Okay, let's try 40 min dry. Go back, watch TV, then to the laundry room forty minutes later. The clothes are dry! *opens door* The clothes are not dry! Ughhh why are these machines so powerless? Can't even dry a small load. Okay, this time we're gonna put it on extra dry. Back to my room, more TV, back to the laundry room an hour later. I see condensation! Could it be, are the clothes actually dry?? *opens door* Okay, why did water just come sloshing out of the dryer? Ew, why are my clothes now hot and sopping wet? Wait, are they wetter than before?? I guess I'll just hang them up in my room...

So ladies and gentleman, the moral of the story is always do your laundry on days you want your room to look like a brothel. Shirt on the chair? Underwear on the desk? Jeans on the bookcase? Perfect.

my odd and backwards laundry room (the dryers are on the top)

Tot ziens,

Flat Julia