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May 24, 2005
Thieves!
Yesterday I did a pretty stupid thing: before work, I threw all my towels except one into the washing machine in my house. I jaunted off to work, came back 9 hours later to see the towels still in there, and then threw them into the dryer.
I forgot all about them last night, so I went to get them this morning. They're gone. My towels are *gone*! I have only one towel, which unless I get them back, will soon become ratty and gross. I live in a three-flat, so there's only about six other people living in the whole building. It's pretty customary to just kind of leave your laundry in there, so I really thought nothing of it.
I am not one to cry foul and suggest a conspiracy against me by my neighbors. It's probably a simple case of mistaken identity, for one set of towels looks quite a bit like any other set of towels. Somebody came in there, saw a bunch of towels, and figured they were theirs.
I left the nicest possible note, on legal paper, on the dryer:
Mon. 5/23 PLEASE can I have my towels back? (4 yellow + 1 green + 1 white.)
Thanks,
Tim
Just to take some collateral, I snatched out of the dryer a handful of my neighbors' bras and thongs, which likewise had been left overnight. Okay, I really didn't do that, but I'm thinking if you can leave your unmentionables in the dryer overnight, you can do the same with towels.
Do you think I'll get my towels back?
Posted by oz115 at May 24, 2005 09:01 AM
Comments
Let this be a lesson to you, kiddo--never assume that your stuff is so crappy that nobody else would bother stealing it.
Posted by: Pete at May 25, 2005 08:46 AM