Ignorance Membawa Padah

Bruce Hall Packard Wing has a good laundry facility. All the four washing machines are working well and they're near to my room. Nothing to complain about.

All this while, I am well aware about the above notice. It's certainly understandable. If I were to live next door, I'd be pissed off with the idiot doing laundry during wee hours and waking me up in the process.

But I was ignorant. I constantly delayed my laundry routine to nighttime. After a day in uni and a dinner, you just don't feel like doing laundry immediately after that, you know...especially if you wash your clothes once every 3 days.

Last year, the Duty SRs (Senior Residents) were not that strict with the timing. Residents get away with doing laundry at 3am in the morning. I know that because I did it (and saw others doing it).

This year however, they pulled up their socks. Perhaps there were too many complaints flooding their mail box. At 11pm sharp, the Duty SR shows up in the Laundry Room and turns off the power supply.

"Dear Resident, I turned this machine off during lock up. This is because noise from the washing and drying machine disturbs residents in nearby rooms and so they are not to be used between 11pm and 7am. Please wait until tomorrow morning to finish your washing. Thank you for your consideration." -Duty SR-

Last night, I did my laundry at 10.55pm. I had the shock of my life later when the lids were all lift up. I peeked into the machine and watched helplessly as my clothes was still in the process of soaking.

Immediately, I felt anger. "Bastards! How can they let my clothes soaked for the whole night! How can they disrupt my night routine!"

The idea of waking up at 7am to continue doing my laundry was just absurd. Of course, I can do so later in the morning but I didn't want to hog the washing machine for a few hours just in case some early birds want to do their laundry.

I returned to my room, greatly dissatisfied, cursing the Duty SR. Then, God kicked some sense into me. Logic sank in. It served me right for ignoring the well-being of the nearby residents for the whole of 2008. I felt shameful, extremely. What kind of example am I setting? An ex-MSO President doing this?

Sometimes you really need to trip before taking the trouble to avoid the branch next time.