<human>: I live in a building that is an old mansion converted into an apartment building. The landlord has a single dryer in our basement which is used by not only this building, but the one next door as well. Doing laundry can be inconvenient, especially since most people don't measure their laundry time and can show up anywhere between immediately to several hours after the dryer has finished. For some time I have debated the etiquette of removing people's clothes from the dryer, and I chose today to make a move.

So, I took another tenant's clothes out of the dryer and moved my clothes into it. I noticed there was a damp black cloth on the floor, assumed they were my black socks or my wife's underwear, grabbed them quickly and tossed them in the dryer. On the way out, I ran into the tenant, a young woman, and explained to her that I had moved her clothes into her basket while apologizing if she thought it was rude. From her perspective, I probably looked a little awkward/weird.

40-ish minutes later I went down to grab my clothes. While putting them away I came across a  pair of women's underwear far too small to be my wife's. Realizing I had just stolen what was likely a pair of underwear from the last tenant, I took a step back asking myself, "What can I do to not look like a pervert in this situation." My solution? Dampen them with water, walk downstairs, and then throw them next to the dryer where I found them hoping that should she go looking she would assume she left them there accidentally.

While my wife laughed after I related this story, she pointed out that if the neighbor had already looked for them, and then found them later damp, it might make things look worse. vOv

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<bot>: TIFU up by stealing a neighbor's underwear accidentally after moving her clothes to her basket without her knowledge/permission. TIL to just leave well enough the fuck alone.