{"id":1048,"date":"2023-07-18T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2023-07-30T18:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T18:44:35","slug":"cherubs-struggle-to-find-time-for-laundry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu\/2023\/07\/cherubs-struggle-to-find-time-for-laundry\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from the laundry room"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Brandon Kopp from Marlboro, New Jersey, started running out of clothes in the second week of the program, he decided it was time to do laundry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But he had a problem. Kopp said he was used to doing laundry at his house, where the washing machine is positioned on the left and the dryer is on the right. In the laundry room in the basement of Communications Residential College, the washing machines are on the right and the dryers are on the left.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI went to the left side of the room and I opened up the \u2018washing machine,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cI put my clothes in, threw the two Tide Pods in and turned it on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The pods exploded in what Kopp later realized was the dryer, which had to be cleaned before the machine could be used again. Kopp said, at the very least, his clothes weren\u2019t \u201ctotally ruined.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEverything ended up okay,\u201d he said. \u201cI did it right the next time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While some students are less familiar with the machines, others like Aubrey Warmke of San Antonio find it peaceful to take time for hygiene. Warmke said laundry is her favorite chore, but she struggled to find time to wash and dry during the program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time I go do laundry, everyone else has them all filled up,\u201d she said. \u201cActually finding a time to do the clothes is kind of difficult.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Warmke said the detergent, Tide Pods and dryer sheets on the Sharing Shelf made the process quicker when she forgot her supplies in her room.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shea Edwards from Atlanta said she was comfortable with using the machines, but she became stressed when she had to leave her clothes behind. On one occasion, she said she returned to the laundry room to discover that her clothes had been removed from the dryer, still wet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s a little bit of both competition and being friendly,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople will try and be efficient in getting your laundry in and out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The program\u2019s real-world experiences extend not only to the streets of Evanston for reporting, but to the \u201ccutthroat\u201d nature of the laundry room, Edwards said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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