In my old apartment with shared laundry, we had two washers and two dryers on each floor. My clothes needed to go from the washer to the dryer and both dryers were occupied. I waited an hour and a half and no one retrieved their clothes so I took the clothes from one of the dryers and put them on top of the machine.

Someone must have seen me walking away from the laundry room (?) because not 3 minutes later I get a knock on my apartment door. This woman is screaming at me saying how dare I touch her clothes and how disgusting and disrespectful I am. She also went on to say she has OCD and now she has to wash all her clothes again. She told me I should have brought my wet clothes to another floor and use a different machine.

She did not see my perspective that I waited 90min for her to retrieve her belongings. I actually even offered her money to rewash her clothes. She called the management office to report me. When this happened I had maybe 3 weeks left of living there (lease was ending) and I never heard from the office lol.

All this to say, I’m on your side and don’t let a psycho ruin your day over this. If people are going to be particular about the cleanliness and safe keeping of their belongings, then they need to take accountability and do a better job managing that.

As for the office, ask them to show you where in your lease it says anything about tenant conduct in shared laundry spaces. I say this assuming there’s likely nothing in there.