<p>soozievt: After reading your posts regarding the “laundry” incident, I could have told you that it was probably a mistake either on your daughter’s part (missing a washer) or that another student inadvertently moved/took her clothes - unintentionally, of course. I have two students at nyu, and this has never happened to either one of them, (and both of them have actually lived in nyu dorms while still in high school so between the two of them, they’ve lived in quite a few of them) nor have they ever mentioned a situation like that occurring to anyone that they know. So it seemed odd to me that her clothes were actually stolen. The students, as a whole, seem to be fairly honest, sincere and mature. Anyway, I’m glad that it all got straightened out and that it was completely resolved. What a relief!</p>
<p>NYUMOM, anything was possible but I also was wondering if they were stolen but didn’t know what to think considering she had said she searched every machine. The clothes were not in her possession and then a tiny pile of them were found later, so who can say here? I only knew the one late night call. That’s all I knew and is what she believed at the time. I had some doubts and thought that there could be another explanation. However, I would not go so far as to believe it could not happen to have them stolen. Even in our rural HS and our dance studio, she has had things stolen. It is not far fetched. But having someone move your stuff is certainly in the realm of possibilities which is why she searched and she just missed the one machine and so drew a conclusion at that point. I agree that it seemed odd that soaking wet clothes were stolen but since she could not find them anywhere in that room, she assumed that was what had happened. Luckily she was wrong. She feels silly but live and learn.</p>
<p>I believe most kids are quite honest. But we all know that some are not. Computers, for instance, get stolen daily on college campuses by other students. In HS once, when my D was waiting for me to pick her up, she went into a piano practice room and left her backpack and shoes in the adjacent hallway and came back out and the shoes, BRAND new, were gone. At our dance studio, a brand new jacket was stolen from the changing room while she was dancing. So, even in our tiny neck of the world, these things happen. I believe they could happen at NYU too. Her wallet was taken from her room last year. She should not have left it out in the open the way that she did. But I do agree that the students, as a whole are honest and sincere. There are always some in every crowd, however, and I doubt NYU is immune to that. My D loves the school and believe me, we are very pleased with her experiences there. This really isn’t about NYU but just another day in the life of a college student. I rarely start a thread and this is just a silly little incident but I was online when she called very late last night and so just blabbed about it here. There are far more significant things going on in her life, lol. I just know that this likely affected her for the past day. As I said, she called today to not even mention this and more to tell me about placing out of a class and her excitement about it. I had to ask about the laundry in fact!</p>
<p>Wow, what a relief! I’m so glad to hear your D recovered her cloths. I can understand why someone might have removed her cloths from the washer and put them in the dryer: They needed the washer, and they didn’t want to leave her stuck with a pile of wet cloths. This was a common practice when I was in college. </p>
<p>So, all’s well that ends well.:)</p>
<p>When I was in college, people might take laundry out of washers, but then they’d pile it somewhere, NOT put it in a dryer, and certainly not START the dryer.</p>
<p>As I said, my sister DID get her laundry stolen while she was at an NYU dorm. I think Soozie is right though; it’s not any more of a problem at NYU than anywhere else.</p>
<p>Hooray for NY people!!</p>
<p>My D’s roommate has never done laundry–and they are starting their junior year. She brings LOTS of clothes and takes it all home at Thanksgiving for her mom to wash. Now I know she is doing it to make sure that no one steals her clothes from the laundry! (Unfortunately not the reason…)</p>
<p>Elle wow, that is amazing. And I thought my kids had a lot of clothes, LOL. So, um, how many pairs of underwear does she have that lasts three months? </p>
<p>My kid who this happened to…in the past 12 months was only home last Thanksgiving, one week in Jan., late May to early June and may not be back again until XMAS or maybe Thanksgiving. That would be some load of wash.</p>
<p>So glad to read about the happy ending! Too bad there wasn’t a happier ending for the wallet too, but glad your D is taking everything in stride.</p>
<p>When I was in college in the 70s, I had one pair of jeans I LOVED. I washed them with a load of other clothes & didn’t check the laundry room at the moment the clothes had finished their cycle (not sure whether they were in the washer or dryer). In any case, they were GONE & I never saw them again. They were very distinctive & I never saw anyone else wear them either. The odd thing was that they weren’t brand new or even clothes, but I really liked how they fit & looked on me. Never found a similar pair. 
That was the only incident I ever had in my 6 years of dorm & apartment living where any item of clothing was stolen from me or anyone I knew.</p>
<p>Do now your D is embarassed and afraid people will think she is dumb? Did you tell her you have a 4 page thread going on CC titled, College Laundry Story ?? I guess it could have been worse. Title should have been, Someone stole all of my daughter’s clothes!!! :)</p>
<p>ahhhhh kids! It almost makes sense that she wouldn’t look in a dryer that was running… which may have been full of her clothes!</p>
<p>NJres…shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I rarely start a thread and I hope I am not sorry I did this time! :eek: It was more like I was online late at night when she called and chose to share it but the thread, as they sometimes do, takes on a life of its own…so uh…please shhhhhhhhhhhh, she’d die.</p>
<p>Oh, the dryer was RUNNING??? LOL I missed that part somehow…</p>
<p>Hooray for the happy ending!!!</p>
<p>Hey, great news! When you mentioned the small pile of wet clothes that mysteriously reappeared later I had to wonder if it was something like this. I think what probably happened is that the person who unloaded your D’s stuff left a few items behind by mistake and so a few things went through the wash a second time. Later, when that person discovered the clothes mixed in with their own, they just removed the few wet items and put them aside where your D would see them. The dryer with the rest of her things was going, so they couldn’t add it in by then. Off to do my own laundry now!</p>
<p>Soozie’s laundry stories have a generational dimension to them. Could be stuff of a short story. Generation 1: How I went to do my laundry and found a spouse. Generation 2: Lost and found in the Big Apple.</p>
<p>Marite, LOL. Yeah, I should have told her to stay with the laundry and she might have found the love of her life!</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses everyone. This truly is a petty little story and I have much better ones I could have shared but this one is becoming a long thread and it is pretty funny. I can think of two other things she called about yesterday that are far more interesting. The laundry one was something I thought all your kids may want to be careful with but alas, the clothes were not even stolen so it is a non-story.</p>
<p>PS…Roshke, I also just switched a load and this reminds me…as I mentioned, I met my hubby near the start of my freshman year at Tufts when I went to do my laundry which was right down the hall from my room so I didn’t stay, but hubby, who lived off campus (he is older) was sitting in there playing guitar waiting for his laundry and had picked this dorm because it had been his freshmen dorm. We started talking and by the end of the cycle, he asked me on a date to Harvard Square for an evening. I recall going back to my room and telling roomie that I just did my laundry and got a date. So, anyway, my mother-in-law collects old prints. A long time ago, she gave us a framed historical print of the first building at Tufts. Guess where it hangs? In our laundry room as a reminder of where we met! By the way, I tell everyone that that was the last time I ever saw him do the laundry :D.</p>
<p>I love the happy ending and the p.s. about the first meeting with your husband, Sue. Bring on another story we can all chip in our two cents on!</p>
<p>S, Sometimes the little stories are the ones everyone relates to! I love the idea of the framed photo in your laundry room - it must make you smile every time you go in there!</p>
<p>Roshke, truth be told, I rarely smile when doing the laundry. I am the only laundress in this family. I forgot that picture was there until we were discussing this now! I also have pics that the kids made when younger in there. I don’t know about you guys, but we still have all this artwork the kids did on our laundry room wall, mud room walls and even a few on the fridge, lol.</p>
<p>Well, now it will make you think of this thread! :eek:</p>
<p>In my laundry room I have a decorated plate that my D (now a college senior) made in first grade as her Christmas gift to us. It’s one of those white plastic plates that you decorate with special pens and then it is fired or baked or whatever by the company to make it permanent. The plate is so cute–it shows our whole family including the dog with all their names in her dear scrawly first-grade printing. It’s one of my favorite possessions and I look at it every time I do the laundry.</p>
<p>I am liking how this thread is developing. It seems to me you have now created a thread that must not be viewed by either your daughter OR your husband! You wrote all that on the INTERNET?? </p>
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<p>What an image! Was he singing too? “I’m just sittin here waitin for my laundry, waitin for my load to finish…”</p>