Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
Whose responsibility is it to empty pockets before pants go in the washer -- the wearer, or the laundry-doer?
The issue comes when a pen or tube of lip balm goes through the wash and ends up leaking all over the rest of the clothes. Either way, the responsibility of the person benefiting from your efforts is to demonstrate gratitude by preparing their things according to your rules. Miss Manners assumes a willing compliance -- and that dirty laundry that is suspiciously heavy can be assumed not to be ready for the current load.: My husband and I, along with another couple, had just been seated in a restaurant. We were reading the menu when a woman and her husband passed our table on their way out.
I have imagined many retorts, like, “Then you must be glad you’re leaving” and “You’re so loud that I’m surprised anybody can hear themselves think.” But I said nothing. One of my friends said something like, “Then good riddance.”
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