6 Kinds of Thing You Wash and Regret

If you are the type of person who has been using the same Laundromat or washing machine for decades, you might be surprised at what some of the recent washing machines can do (Did someone say LCD touch screens?). However, no matter how much washing machines have changed over the years, it seems like we cannot help ourselves putting the wrong things in them!

Regardless of what you have accidentally washed, we all feel one thing in common. Stupidity. So let’s not talk about that particular emotion. Instead, let’s investigate what kinds of things we are always putting through the machines that make us feel stupi…furious!

1. Cash

Gollum went half-insane when he lost his precious ring. If you ever been to a cash only bar or a convenient store, you can sympathize with Gollum.

When you try to pay at the cash only places and you realize that you forgot that you have cash in your other pair of pants that are in the washing machine, you end up feeling the frustration of Gollum for not having checked the pockets before you put the laundry in; which you never do anyway. Then you have to use the bar’s or store’s ATM machine, which always require the excessive ATM fee to get YOUR money out; and your bank is always located far enough that you rather pay that fee. Here is a rule of thumb; keep the cash in your hands or wallet, not in pockets.

2. Candy

You needed and had to have that mid-morning cup of coffee and spicy garlicky lunch. But you totally forgot that you have an important meeting later on? You reach in your pockets for that mint or gum that you know should be there. But… what’s wrong? … it’s kind of… old looking! .It actually looks exactly like it went through the washing machine. Do you eat it or not? It probably soaked up all the laundry detergent, which can’t be healthy to eat.

Actually, what you should be thinking about is how lucky you are that the gum or the candy isn’t stuck to the inside of your pockets and ruined your pants. Anyway, while you are staring at the candy, the good and evil versions of you are competitively debating. Of course, with that time, you could’ve gone to the closest convenient store to get a new pack of gum, or candy, so why don’t you just go and do that?

3. USB Flash Drives      

There were times when collecting was fun; stamps, baseball cards, CDs or else. Now, we can store a whole record shop into this thing called a USB flash drive. These are pretty dependable and often used as an external drive for all our photos, videos or music. However, once those USB flash drives enter the washing machine, all your collections of photos, videos or music gets washed away with the stains and dirt! I mean you can always find new music, but photos and videos??

They are your memories! Share your memories with people, not washing machines.

4. Tissue / Toilet Papers

Have you ever pulled out your laundry from the dryer and wondered,

“Did it snow inside the dryer?”

If you found a snowball-ish object inside your pocket after you did laundry, then consider yourself lucky. However, if what you saw looked like a blizzard attacking your clothes, then you probably had to do your laundry again. I know it’s easy to forget about these lightweight tissues, but let’s just be cognizant that when we have a cold or the sniffles, that we keep our tissues in a bag, not our pockets!

5. Pens

Clipping a pen inside the pocket of your shirt can make you look intelligent or classy; especially if it’s a nice fountain pen. However, would you feel as intelligent or elegant after it goes into the washer with your shirts?

This is worse than the tissues/toilet papers, because there is a possibility that your clothes will be completely ruined. Once the ink leaks from the pen, there is a good chance that you will be wearing a Hawaiian style shirt for the next week or so, which is, of course, not a problem if you prefer that.

6. Phone Number of that Special Person

Picture this. You don’t really go out that much, when you do, you go out to have fun. It’s Saturday night, and you’re out with your friends. Then a miracle happens. You met someone really amazing. After conversing for hours, you decide that you can’t let this person get away. You are shy but you must to what is necessary; you ask for the number. and… mission accomplished! You got the number and you got it on the napkin, because you are classy like that!

You come back home all excited and trying to figure out the right time to call the person. You decide to wait couple days, because you don’t want to look too desperate. It is Tuesday; that means it is time to call. You go find the pants you wore last Saturday, but all of the sudden the world collapses. The magic pants are in the washing machine! Since you didn’t put the napkin in a protective sealed capsule, there is absolutely no chance of the napkin coming out alive. It will probably look something like a snowball (see above).

But who knows? Maybe that special person will be at the same bar next Saturday… but let the lesson be learned. Keep your valuables close to you, not to the washing machine.

Written by ASyk

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