25 CommentsFor about the past half an hour, freshman students were marooned outside Hartley, Wallach and John Jay after a rogue washing machine in Hartley caught fire.
“I was going to do my laundry in the Hartley laundry room, and it was filled with smoke.” A few minutes later, “The entire hall was filled with smoke,” said the freshman who first encountered the flaming cleaner of clothes. Public safety is now letting students back in, though they initially said the wait would be closer to an hour. Students reentering John Jay have noticed that the stairwells smell heavily of smoke.
We were under the impression that laundromats were way more fun.
-DJB
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@Concerned JJ resident …and the John Jay fire alarm did NOT go off… in spite of the strong, suffocating smell of smoke. Someone had to actually pull it. Thank you for keeping us safe, Columbia…
@Angry Black Man “.that student government you speak of is co-sponsoring the concert and put in the money to be able to get Talib”
No. OUR POCKETS (that is Our Mamas, dads, selves, whoever) are paying for Talib to be here. And co-sponsoring something doesn’t mean shit. Only means your names get tagged on all the shirts, and you can smile and take credit.
“Actually, someone from CCSC suggested Talib Kweli.”
True. I’ll give you that. But I am damn sure that it is easier to get Talib here because HIS BROTHER IS A CU PROFESSOR. Talib has been on campus many times this year, in case you didn’t notice.
How about CCSC get one of these rappers?
T.I.
Lil Wayne
Lupe Fiasco
Nas (He is easy right? Just across the bridge)
Hell, I’ll even listen to Fat Joe.
THEY CAN’T DO THIS. Student Government is all full of people who want to increase their resumes (see Sue Yang).
@smelly can I shower yet?
@you might want to try just showering at the gym…
@And now we have no hot water. Fantastic.
@Cold Yea all the water is ice.
@... this is why you don’t put rubber, poleyester or pants with lighters in the pockets in the dryer.
as much fun as it is to blame columbia for these things (and as much as i love hating on columbia), dryers are designed with strict safety standards in mind and i’m afraid i put more faith in a manufacturer avoiding lawsuits than some 18 year old kid who just learned how to do laundry 8 months ago.
@I know the girl whose clothes it was, and I can guarantee that she didn’t do anything stupid like that. You know what they say about assuming…
Also, bwog, it was not just freshmen, the LLC is half sophomores
@... well then. so some anonymous commenter claims to know the girl involved, assuming it was a girl, and while he/she wasn’t there to see what happened, he/she knows that the girl would never accidentally put something that shouldn’t go in the dryer, in the dryer.
CASE CLOSED THEN!
@Actually I WAS there. And I’m certain it’s Columbia’s fault for not cleaning out the dryer vents as often as they are supposed to. Were you there? So what do YOU know?
@or maybe clean out the lint screen after you do your load in addition, as an act of kindness to your fellow man. If you go to use a dryer and the lint screen is clean already, you’ll know it was me.
@although you are nice person for sure. that is not the protocol. Don’t misread me though I respect and appreciate that, however it should not be expected of others.
@DEAR RETARDS CLEAN THE LINT OUT THE LINT SCREEN BEFORE YOU USE A DRYER.
@agreed if that was me i’d be so unhappy.
i’m so glad i procrastinated doing laundry today…
@Eesh I just went down there to try to get clothes… it’s not pretty.
@Laundry Does anyone else think the laundry machines are messed up? Check out Shapiro’s laundry room.
@schapiro's laundry room needs to be condemned! as well as the rest of that crapforsaken excuse of a building!
@i feel bad for the kid whose clothes are ruined
@ouch really anybody whose clothes were in the laundry room are going to smell too strongly of smoke to be able to wear again.
it’s bad enough that they had to do their laundry on a friday night, why did they need more punishment?!
@Angry Black Man Damn! Someone’s clothes got burned up! It doesn’t matter, Talib is comin’ tomorrow!
True dat Bwog for putting my gurl Nivea on dis shit! Dat ass is so tight!
Also shout out to Jojo Blake in Europe. Hope he is doing well. Again, middle finger to Columbia and the student government that does nothing but cater to them. Lastly, shout out to my neighborhood of Queensbridge where this man came from. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ePQKD9iBfU
Aight. I’m out.
@Room-tempered black man Thanks for setting us back like 3 weeks in one post.
@anybody know whether Talib or VW are performing first, so I can plan?
@hmm In case you didn’t notice…that student government you speak of is co-sponsoring the concert and put in the money to be able to get Talib. Actually, someone from CCSC suggested Talib Kweli.
@Former LLCer I knew those dryers were too unreasonably hot!
Then again, it’s pretty much like that everywhere on this campus.
@Mcbainer can we borrow some of that heat, our dryers are too cold and don’t do shit.