Not my fault.

While doing 7 loads of laundry this evening, there were a few casualties. As a general rule of laundry, I do not check all the pockets of things going in. Its the responsibility of the clothing owner.

Should I be held responsible for a melted credit card (easily replaceable) and a kind-of ruined passport? The passport went through the dryer before I found it in the lint trap.. the picture and info are still good and the stamps are good. The pages are just horribly curled. I figure its still good...

Of course if I see something sticking out of a pocket or if something falls out of a pile I won't put it in if it doesn't belong... but we're talking like 4 weeks of clothing for 2 people.. I can't be looking in every pocket!!

What does tdub think?

1/22/2009 11:36:26 PM

ntlb

1/22/2009 11:37:07 PM

person who'd leave their passport in a pocket = retarded.

1/22/2009 11:37:32 PM

^ ding ding ding

[Edited on January 22, 2009 at 11:38 PM. Reason : .]

1/22/2009 11:38:01 PM

Whose laundry are you doing?

1/22/2009 11:38:20 PM

I agree with you. If someone else expects you to do their laundry, and they aren't paying you to do it, they accept all damages that you accident cause to their belongings. Tell them if they want you to be responsible they should pay you for doing their laundry from now on.

If they take you to court make sure you go on judge judy, she won't put up with that shit.

1/22/2009 11:38:47 PM

Responsibility belongs to the person who wore the clothes... Like you said, if you see something sticking out of a pocket or something falls out, sure, remove it and set it aside....

1/22/2009 11:39:36 PM

if this happened to me, I would kick myself in the butt and say "It's not your fault, I was just a dumbass"

the person in this case should do the same

1/22/2009 11:40:10 PM

does the passport have the electronic reader thingy?

1/22/2009 11:40:20 PM

it's not ur fault. if they want it done right, they can do it themselves.

1/22/2009 11:40:47 PM

oh dont get me wrong, hes not mad, he blames himself but a friend disagreed and said it was my job to check pockets

if it was a small load i could see doing that... but there was an entire load of jeans and between sorting, folding and putting away AND packing to go out of town, im just not doing it

dont think it has a reader. i think he can get a replacement free anyway with his job

[Edited on January 22, 2009 at 11:44 PM. Reason : sdjfkdsf]

1/22/2009 11:43:45 PM

Thank should check pockets before throwing their clothes in the hamper.

That's how shit gets lost

So no, not your fault.

[Edited on January 22, 2009 at 11:54 PM. Reason : .]

1/22/2009 11:53:37 PM

gotta do outside pat down no matter whose clothes - going INSIDE the pockets - that's a little much!

1/23/2009 12:03:07 AM

you can do my laundry anytime you want

1/23/2009 12:04:56 AM

at least you know your place

1/23/2009 9:01:45 AM

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"Should I be held responsible"

is there a large cost of replacement associated with these items?

if not, don't sit around trying to place blame. life's too short.

[Edited on January 23, 2009 at 9:06 AM. Reason : nevermind, just saw where you said he could get one free]

1/23/2009 9:05:19 AM

as long as this person put it in the laundry, and you didn't go and get it off of their floor.

1/23/2009 9:07:45 AM

1/23/2009 9:10:13 AM

Negligence

1/23/2009 9:11:13 AM

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"Not my fault. "

i think wolfy is just attention whoring in this thread....from her e-persona i dont think she takes bullshit from anyone

1/23/2009 9:11:15 AM

of course she's attention whoring


with tits like that, you can do whatever the fuck you want.

1/23/2009 9:46:34 AM

fuck that. if you are doing his laundry, the least he could do is make sure the pockets are empty.

his fault

1/23/2009 9:48:10 AM

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"does the passport have the electronic reader thingy?"

all new passports have the mag stripe in the main page. if it's old, then no.

1/23/2009 9:54:45 AM

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"as long as this person put it in the laundry, and you didn't go and get it off of their floor."

1/23/2009 10:06:52 AM

why were you doing someone elses laundry

i wash my debit card a lot but it falls out before it makes it to the dryer

[Edited on January 23, 2009 at 10:08 AM. Reason : fdasd]

1/23/2009 10:08:15 AM

I can understand like loose papers and coins, but how do you leave a passport in a pocket?

1/23/2009 10:09:49 AM

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"person who'd leave their passport in a pocket = retarded."

1/23/2009 10:13:04 AM

if you're going so far as to do someone else laundry FOR them, its def not your job to check all their damn pockets. they should be happy youre washing their clothes and leave it at that (again, unless you were just scooping shit off the floor and chucking it in the washer, cause thats a little different)

but either way:

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"person who'd leave their passport in a pocket = retarded."

1/23/2009 10:13:14 AM

i think the question is did you offer to do the laundry or did he ask? did he know you were about to do the laundry or did you pick a time when he was unaware you were going to do it

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"dont think it has a reader. i think he can get a replacement free anyway with his job"

you can tell if it has an RFID chip in by how hard the front and back covers are - if they are easily bendable then it doesn't - the newer ones with the RFID chip in them are harder and although still bendable...much more resistant to bending and a harder material

1/23/2009 10:38:43 AM

just imagine if he left a tube of chapstick...and the lid comes off in the dryer..you would then be washing that load 3 or 4 times to get the chapstick out of all your clothes (particular bad when the clothes are dark color). THEN you would take the effort to check the pockets especially when YOUR clothes were affected also.

1/23/2009 10:55:43 AM

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"person who'd leave their passport in a pocket = retarded."

the person is responsible for their own shit

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"but a friend disagreed and said it was my job to check pockets"

ahaha, another girl?

1/23/2009 10:59:58 AM

not your fault. checking pockets is the owners repsonsibility (unless they are a small child or something)

one time i had a pair of pants tossed to me as i was starting the laundry so i just threw them right in. turns out his cell phone was in there. he wasn't mad (at me at least).


also, i have sent my credit cards through the washer/dryer. other than being a little bent they always worked fine after.

1/23/2009 11:13:45 AM

FYI: Damaged passports, even if still legible, are invalid. That particular rule discourages tampering. If it was washed you'll need to get it replaced. I say this as someone who has washed their passport.

1/23/2009 11:29:54 AM

^ Dagger. That shit takes months too.

1/23/2009 11:33:38 AM

If you picked the clothes up off the floor, and neglected to check the pockets, and then washed them. I say its the washers fault.

If you took them out of a dirty laundry basket and washed them without checking the pockets then its the wearers fault.

Regardless, I have taken to always checking the pockets, it takes me roughly 3 secs per pant and saves a lot of trouble if there happens to be any gum, chapstick, electronics, wallet etc.

1/23/2009 11:36:28 AM

you did 7 loads of laundry in one night

what are you, a mother of 4?

1/23/2009 11:37:04 AM

being an able bodied brown man who travels internationally a lot, i am extremely paranoid about keeping my passport safe...

1/23/2009 11:37:39 AM

yeah I'd say it's pants guy's fault for firstly not checking his pockets when he tosses his clothes, and secondly, for putting one's passport in their pants pocket at all

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"does the passport have the electronic reader thingy?"

It doesn't really matter whether it has an RFID, they're not required either way, just convenient and less secure

1/23/2009 11:44:59 AM

As someone mentioned earlier...is this something you volunteer or does he ask you to do this??

Its really not your fault...but you should still probably check the pants if this is something you do voluntarily.

1/23/2009 11:47:12 AM

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"^ Dagger. That shit takes months too."

not nowadays - 3-4 weeks tops to replace a damaged one - my wife just finally had her name updated on hers a few months ago and it was less than 3 weeks before she got the new one

1/23/2009 11:47:20 AM

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""but a friend disagreed and said it was my job to check pockets""

i would have said it's the owner of the clothes' responsibility to clean out the pockets beforehand

HOWEVER! after living with a man for nearly 3 years (wow) and washing 3 blue ink pens and RUINING some of MY clothes...I check his fucking pockets.

1/23/2009 11:50:21 AM

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"While doing 7 loads of laundry this evening, there were a few casualties. As a general rule of laundry, I do not check all the pockets of things going in. Its the responsibility of the clothing owner."

If you were asked to do the laundry and not asked to check the pockets, or found the laundry in the wash and dried it so that you could do some laundry, most definitely it is the responsibility of the clothing owner.

If you decided to do the laundry of your own volition you should probably check the pockets. It ceases to be a favor when you start ruining their shit

1/23/2009 11:59:41 AM

it is not that difficult to check pockets; the fact that there were seven loads makes no difference


the washer is responsible

1/23/2009 9:28:05 PM

i do this automatically after washing kids clothes, don't wish to mess up the machines/clothes more than what is in them

1/23/2009 9:37:57 PM

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"TITS LIKE THAT"

1/23/2009 9:47:13 PM

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"i think the question is did you offer to do the laundry or did he ask? did he know you were about to do the laundry or did you pick a time when he was unaware you were going to do it"

it was a mixture. his washer isn't hooked up yet because there is something up with the water line and we were going out of town so i offered to throw his in with mine since i was doing laundry anyway. so he loaded up his laundry in my car and i took it inside and washed it.

looking back, he leaves stuff in his pockets all the time so i should get in the habit of checking. im just used to not checking because i rarely use my pockets much less leave things in there.

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"you can tell if it has an RFID chip in by how hard the front and back covers are - if they are easily bendable then it doesn't "

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"FYI: Damaged passports, even if still legible, are invalid. That particular rule discourages tampering."

no rfid. but as of 2 weeks ago he cant find the passport anymore so its time for a replacement either way-- good to know that a washed passport is no good!

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"just imagine if he left a tube of chapstick"

chapstick is the only thing ive ever washed on accident.. and it was in my jeans-- luckily the cap didnt come off!

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"you did 7 loads of laundry in one night what are you, a mother of 4?"

haha no, we're just 2 busy individuals with large wardrobes so clothes tend to pile up before you realize you need to do laundry. plus like i said we were going out of town so we needed certain items for the trip

moral of the story, i'll check pockets in the future because i've learned that he forgets to empty his pockets. its just not something i was used to doing so i forgot

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"i think wolfy is just attention whoring in this thread....from her e-persona i dont think she takes bullshit from anyone"

haha this is true, sometimes to a fault but i enjoy doing laundry and he picks up other chores i dont like so it works. plus, he's not the type to freak out over something stupid like a washed passport and melted credit card. i just wanted to debate since my friend disagreed with me

[Edited on February 13, 2009 at 11:14 AM. Reason : sjdfksjf]

2/13/2009 11:11:57 AM

I thought this thread was going to be about you doing your laundry, that would have been a lot more exciting

2/13/2009 11:17:55 AM

i walk around naked

i dont have laundry

[Edited on February 13, 2009 at 11:23 AM. Reason : spell]

2/13/2009 11:23:39 AM

Don't be a tease.

Pics please.

2/13/2009 11:47:57 AM

postits

2/13/2009 11:48:21 AM