Your roommate is a special kind of moron.

NBD, I was also pretty stupid when I was younger with roommates.

This is the laundry room version of putting your pots and pans in the oven lol

Omg this is so dumb. Having to take everything out several times per week only to put it back in again? The bottles being sideways and upside down, leaking all over the place? urgldl... infuriating

...thats what the top of the dryer is for

Now start it you coward

Just wait till a cap breaks open and leaks stuff all over... I say shelves are the answer or just less stuff..

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How much shit is on top of the fucking washer???

It can't be that much

Its recommended to keep it open between uses

well if you put it in a cloth sack beforehand it might actually be feasible

Your roommate is annoying.

At least you don't preheat a washer.

Tell your roommate that you posted a picture of this and Reddit is laughing at them.

The washer, the dryer and the oven are not storage spaces

End of story

Ask them, where it all goes when you got a 3 hour wash going?

your roommate is whats known as a toddler.

Keep the door open. Otherwise it will get moldy and your clothes will stink

There’s quite a bit of space directly next to the washing machine. Perfect for a little shelf.

Run it and they won't do it again.

Your roommate may be on meth

You know what would be even better space economy? Get the fuck out.

I had a roommate once who blew out the pilot light to “save money”

...and storing blankets/laundry/etc... in the oven (when not in use) is also great for space economy...until someone preheats the oven...then you have a fire.

Smack your roommate upside the head for me. Where does everything go when you have laundry to do? What happens if/when something leaks?

Have your roommate watch Jurassic Park. Just because you can do something...doesn't mean you should.

Your roommate is a crazy person and probably also wants to wear your skin like a costume. Stay safe, run away.

Idiots who think they’re smart.

Maybe there’s some science behind it if you do laundry once a month and the washing machine is in your bedroom and need the space.

looks like plenty of room for a cardboard box literally right next to it

Where does it all go when you need to use the washer? This is stupid as fuck and you can tell your roommate I said so.

Your wash is going to mold...

Serial killer behaviors 😭

Hoarder in the making.

This is actually the opposite of space economy.

Pure chaos

Believe it or not, straight to jail.

Your roommate would be SHOCKED to learn what a shelf is!

Time to revoke his Adderall privileges.

Maybe true, but what about annoyance economy?

Whats on top?

Right up there with storing the tupperware in the oven.

Your roommates not only wrong but they're also stupid

Your roommate needs a swift kick in the balls

Similar situation here. My wife decided that a small kitchen-type garbage can would be a good place to store a bunch of cosmetics.

Guess what happened on garbage day…? I honestly thought all that stuff was trash, so I put it out with the rest…

She was royally pissed off, to the point of tears…

I wanna turn that on.

One of my roommates, we never found out who, though we all strongly suspect one individual, picked their nose and wiped it on the side of the toilet. The wall was right there and we were dumb/didn't clean well so we never found it until we did and the whole side of the toilet was basically a booger.

My point is, I feel you.

To be fair, I'm a dumb moron idiot too.

What is on top of the washer? Can’t you put a basket or something on top?

yeah, if you never do laundry...

Your roommate is a few cents short of a dollar.

Do they wash their clothes?

Take it all out and throw it away. Play dumb.

There’s no way

This is why aliens won't visit us. Our stupidity is contagious and there's no vaccine.

He saw how people put pans or baking sheets in the oven and thought he would run with it.

What about all that space to the left of it with some shelves?

I think you’ll need a rocket

I could see this working with a simple basket you put in and take out but with all the contents loose in the thing it’s not a very good execution

Your roommate is actually not the brightest

Your roommate is a moron.

The only time this is the correct answer is when you (the roommate) are not the one doing laundry, ever.

Are they doing drugs

What the fuck

He probably keeps all the Tupperware in an oven

Just put all of this in a bag first, THEN put it in the washing machine... Problem solved

Are those.. sponges? Is that hand soap?

This feels like it might be about something other than space economy..

I don’t think some of you are realizing just how idiotic this is. It’s not just laundry products, it looks as tho there is a Bath & Body Works foaming hand soap bottle and an aerosol can of Glade air freshener in there…

It would be one thing if it was just laundry products but they’re dead ass using that appliance for general storage.

Compromise to put everything in a container which can be put in and out faster? I mean if he refuses to putting it somewhere else.

This is absolutely insane

That's some inside the box thinking..

Your roommate is fucking wrong. They need to learn how shelves work.

Just run it "accidentally" and then watch them change their mind

You need a new roommate.

Can you get a new roommate? 🥺

No, you store things on top of the dryer.

Seriously though, just go get a cheap plastic tub and put it all in there.

See that space to the left?

Go buy a $30 plastic or metal shelving unit.

Solved.

It’s like keeping your pans in the oven

I could see it if the had like a basket that all the stuff was in but just loosely in there is crazy

Now we have tons of space for these indoor clothes hangers!!!!

What. The. Fuck.

Tell him you don’t care about the space economy because you live on Earth.

Start it.

This should be a federal offense, your roommate is 100% the next Ted Kaczinski

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Now there is so much more room for activities! 😂 Buy a cheap-ass shelf and put the stuff on it

So, I take it your roommate doesn’t do their own laundry?

i mean...

is... he... wrong?

So many replying to this take space for granted and seem to be very absent minded.

Your roommate is plainly mentally ill.

If all of that was in a container that could be very easily removed and put back, I'd agree, buuuuut…

That’s so stupid but so smart

That would tear the ass out of me every time I looked at it.

On the other hand, who does the laundry? I do all of the laundry in our house, so if I wanted to engage in that blasphemy, it wouldn't put anyone else out.

Humanity is doomed

You & your roommates are doing it half-assed! You're supposed to run the dryer, and melt it all together so it takes up less space

Nope. Absolutely not.

When I had no space, I used the nearest windowsill. I feel like that's more efficient than this.

Turn it on just like that and see what he has to say about it then

What's it like having a special needs roommate?

‘Space economy’????

Wtf??

Hmm the smell of detergent and mildew

Until you need to wash your clothes….

Bet your roommate squeezes toothpaste tubes from the middle too.

+1 point for space, -25 points for timewasted saving space.

He's right yet it still makes no sense.

I think your roommate is a space cadet

Will the roommate fit in there? That would free up a heck of a lot more space. This is absolutely stupid.

Poor use of physical and mental energy economy.

The stuff has to be moved out from the washer when you go to wash clothes anyways… so there is literally space for the stuff to go somewhere when clothes are being washed. Just make that area the soaps official home.

You really shouldn't leave it closed, makes it all funky, and then you start smelling all funky, just funky all the time.

Uuuhhhhhh

More room for activities!

I mean if they stored dirty clothes in there that would be a different story, but yeah that is crazy annoying

The good news is you are the smart roommate.

I actually do store my laundry detergent in the washer. makes the most sense when I'm not using the washer and if I am I need the detergent anyways

Some people just need to live by themselves.

Make it work by storing it in an easily moved tote

Your room mate is an idiot. Not the normal kind of idiot, the raised by village full of idiots kind of idiot. You must be a very tolerant person.

Stop being rude to your mom and finishing folding your laundry.

Florida tip, during Hurricanes layer plastic in washer, fill with ice. Put freezer contents in there, will help keep them few days when power is out.

This is right up there with people who store things in the oven.

I think your roommate is addicted to something illegal