Today, after putting a bag of dirty laundry in the laundry room to wait for an open washer, I came back to find a "free stuff" sign on all of my expensive jeans, new towels, and favorite sweatshirts. The bag was over half empty. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to pick up my laundry from the communal machines in my apartment building. When I got there, all my clothes were neatly folded on top of the dryer. I was impressed, until I realized half of the pile wasn’t mine. I'd been carrying someone else’s underwear up to my apartment. FML
Today, I went to the laundromat. I put a load in the dryer and walked away to check on my other load. When I came back, I saw a homeless man putting his dirty, wet underwear in the dryer with my clean clothes. FML
Today, I noticed some of my things in my slob of a roommate's piles of clothes. I found six pairs of my underwear that had gone missing. Turns out she hasn't done laundry recently so my underwear drawer was her own personal Victoria's Secret. I hadn't even worn a pair yet. All six were stained. FML
Today, I came home and saw my roommate had taken out the garbage for the first time in the three years we have lived in the same house. Unfortunately, the bag of laundry I had by the door was taken out with it as well. FML
Today, I did laundry for the first time in weeks. Feeling productive, I dumped everything in, including what I thought was my pile of towels. Turns out, I washed (and shrunk) my roommate’s $200 wool sweater. She found out when I proudly showed her how “clean” everything looked. FML
Today, I went to the dry-cleaner's and went to get my bag of laundry from my trunk, but I ended up dropping the bag. My dirty underwear blew around the parking lot. I had to chase it all down as a bunch of people looked on. FML
Today, I put all my clothes into two piles. One pile had clothes I usually wear, the other clothes I wanted to donate. When I was done, I put the piles into two jumbo trash bags. I came back a bit later and they both were gone. My mom donated both bags. I have no clothes. FML
Today, I went to do my laundry. Having no laundry bag, I put clothes in a suitcase and headed to the basement. When my roommate saw me, she burst into tears with happiness. FML
Today, I was washing some clothes in the laundry room at my apartment complex. I went back an hour later, passed my neighbor on the way in, and moved my clothes to the dryer. I just brought them back from the dryer, and all my underwear are missing. FML
Today, I woke up on the couch and realized I had fallen asleep while doing laundry. Ran to the laundry room, and found all my clothes gone. I really wish I hadn't been doing a load of all my pants. FML
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UmmOkThen 31
Don't leave your stuff in the laundry room, that's like rule number one. It's a hard lesson, but I bet you won't make that mistake again.
frmicolo 5
Be positive. It was also half full.
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UmmOkThen 31
Don't leave your stuff in the laundry room, that's like rule number one. It's a hard lesson, but I bet you won't make that mistake again.
Zebediabolical 45
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
I carry post-it notes when I go to yardsales now. Just so I can put a FREE sticker on the biggest teevee I can find and start carrying it off.
Roskosity 22
Who spells tv like that..?
ilovesoccer1610 31
#22 You're an asshole
bl865ood 17
22 pretty smart, but what an asshole move
laden_swallow09 35
22 just be trollin. No need to feed him.
nicievans 9
Don't take what doesn't belong to you, without speaking directly to the current owner. That *should* be rule #1. I never have understood why people will do things like this (putting the 'Free Stuff' sign on the bag of clothes) and call it a prank. That's not a prank, that's conspiracy to commit theft.
Zebediabolical 45
I don't see any sort of conspiracy here. There is no collusion, no tete-a-tete, no agreement between the two parties. Just one person putting up a sign, and another taking it at face value. Just sayin'
frmicolo 5
Be positive. It was also half full.
WOTAN1488 24
"Almost" half full.
kirbs19 37
Win!
Chibicase 19
yeah but it was also half empty and op had no intention of losing anything at all.......so is saying "its half full" really a positive? like saying "hey at least they only stole half your stuff instead of stealing nothing at all"?
nomred1 7
No, if it is full at first but someone takes a half its half empty. If someone fills it to the half its half full
thecman25 14
at least it wasn't all gone
badmandilon 19
At least they took the towels you cat gave birth on. :D
Hummmph 8
You replied to the wrong FML dude...
Clawsified 6
No, #38 was just being meta.
badmandilon 19
#87 I think you the only one who got it. #66 and all those who disliked my previous comment didn't.
exoticwaved 9
That really sucks. But on the bright side people seem to dig your taste in clothing, even if they were a bit smelly.
okaydisarray 17
Not necessarily. These days people will take anything that is free, even if they don't like it or need it...
Morning_fml 22
Whoever did that is an asshole, but you shouldn't trust in leaving your things around so much no matter how safe a place may seem. Karma will bite that little shit in the ass.
brookenicolee29 27
Hopefully no one grabbed any underwear. That'd just be weird.
PurpleKicks 22
To be fair, yeah **** your life but on the other hand, you do kinda deserve it... So it's a case of "6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other" I don't mean to offend, that's just my opinion, plus you've learnt a valuable life lesson. Don't leave your expensive stuff unattended.
photographer49 22
I think OP should stop buying expensive jeans and invest in a washer and dryer
cj1169 13
Sorry, not everyone lives in a fancy house. Some people live in dorms/apartments where they don't have laundry machines.
photographer49 22
#12 Relax, it wasn't meant to be taken seriously it was a little joke
RobinGoodfellow 47
It wasn't a particularly good joke. I'm looking at it with your second comment in mind and it still isn't even recognizable as a joke.
tbloom 5
I thought it was funny
annarcheer 19
I think he might have meant it as if your out buying expensive jeans that can be over 100$ (depends where you shop) you should be able to buy an apartment or house with a washing machine/dryer. Calm down.
russfml 31
A lot of apartment buildings don't accommodate washer/dryer and houses don't compare to a $100+ jeans lol
photographer49 22
#40 thank you, that's what I was getting at, but it was supposed to be taken light heartedly.
YepThatsMeee 23
#42 How dare you try to make a joke on FML? This site is not to be taken lightheartedly, it's for dysfunctional people sharing stories and supporting each other.
RobinGoodfellow 47
#12's response was polite and correct. There was no overreaction. Being that your "joke" looks more like a critique on OP's lifestyle than a joke and that your comment as #15 looked like a bad cover-up (how many times have we all heard "calm the hell down, it was just a joke" as a means of saving face?), it's perfectly reasonable for people to respond in seriousness to your original comment. I mean bro, crack all the jokes you want on here, but for the love of Cthulhu make it a good one. No one's saying this is a serious website, we're just casually informing you that your joke was crap.
PhoenixMartinez 30
I myself am proof that just because someone has expensive clothes, it does not mean that they have a lot of money the can use to buy a washer and dryer or rent a bigger apartment or house. I'm not rich, and i live in a tiny unit because my family can not afford a bigger place, but I have a lot of expensive clothes that I did not pay for (no, I didn't steal them, ugh) I have family friends who are rich and spoiled, and they get an entire new wardrobe for every season. Me and my sister get all the old stuff, half of it never having been worn and still having tags on them!
laden_swallow09 35
70- In my best Napoleon Dynamite impression, "Lucky!"
iwanttogotoparis 26
Hopefully you weren't needing them for the next day
yerawizardlizzy 27
Or, you know, ever.
thatsavagecat 12
That really blows but it's better to wait and watch your shit, happened to me before too, sucks.