Technology has helped college laundry, and I’m not talking about hi-efficiency washers! 

My recollections of doing laundry in college was almost guerilla warfare.  When you put your laundry in the washer you either had to be right there when it finished or you’d find your wet laundry piled in a corner.  Same thing happened with the dryer as well.  On the other hand, it was discouraging to bring all your laundry to the laundry room to find all the washers taken.  This did not promote dorm unity to say the least!

The situation has improved dramatically on college campus today, at least at Whitman College.  To use the laundry, you must put your cel number on a whiteboard by the washer you are using.  NO ONE can touch your laundry without calling you!  So much more civil than my era.  Cel phones creating dorm harmony.  Now that’s a Nowcasion!

Are you seeing the same systems at other colleges?  Let me know!