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From Northern Illinois University:

You’re running late to class, and a load of laundry is all that stops you. Your work clothes are dirty, and your shift starts in two hours – the exact length of a load of laundry. You have a date soon, and your favorite jeans smell like yesterday’s French onion soup.

Legs aching, gasping for air and sweat dripping down your forehead, the run to the washer ends in a misfortune: It’s filled to the rim with drenched clothes.

Those who leave their wet or damp laundry in the washer or a load in the dryer have little respect for others…

Clothes spinning in washing machines

Clothes spinning in washing machines in Stevenson Towers laundry room. Stevenson Towers has four set laundry rooms throughout each tower. (Ryanne Sandifer | Northern Star)