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Laundry Abandonment Notice · two documents · 5 charges you choose + the serving script
Bureau of Textile Custody

Final Notice

In the matter of Abandonment of Laundry in a Shared Machine
File LAU-6249Issued AUGUST 22, 2026Served under youvebeenserved.shop
In the matter of
Marcus
Respondent · hereinafter “the Occupant”
v.
Upon complaint of
Sarah
Complainant · a member of the household

You are hereby notified that the above-named Respondent has been found, upon evidence gathered over a period of considerable patience, to be in breach of the following provisions:

  1. § 9.2a
    Abandonment of property. Leaving a completed cycle unattended for a period exceeding the memory of everyone in the household.
  2. § 9.2b
    Cultivation of odor. Permitting a load to sour to the point that it must be washed a second time, at cost to all.
  3. § 9.2c
    Obstruction of a shared machine. Denial of access to others who had, unlike the Respondent, planned ahead.
  4. § 9.2d
    Failure to answer notification. Disregard of three separate reminders, two of which were delivered in person and one in writing.
  5. § 9.2e
    Use of an appliance as a wardrobe. Storage of clean clothing in the dryer on the grounds that it is, at present, warm.

It is therefore ordered that the Respondent remove all laundry within one (1) hour of the cycle ending, effective immediately. This is a final notice. No further warnings will be issued. Compliance will be monitored. There is no appeals process, and there is no one to appeal to.

Response required

The Respondent is required to answer this notice. Detach the stub below and scan it; you may plead guilty, plead not guilty and appeal, or refuse to acknowledge the notice. Your answer is recorded and forwarded to the complainant.

OffenseLeaving laundry in the machineSeverityStep 2 of 3 · Final Notice
Signed, the complainant
Sarah
Witness to service
print name
This notice is a gift and carries no legal force whatsoever. It is, however, extremely accurate. Not medical advice — but do get up.
detach and keep
Redemption stub · file LAU-6249
Marcus

Scan to respond. You may plead guilty, appeal, or refuse to acknowledge this notice. Your response is recorded and forwarded to the complainant.

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Bureau of Textile Custody

Instructions

for the service of notice
File LAU-6249To be read aloudDo not smile

Service must be performed in person. Read the marked passages exactly as written. Anything in italics is direction and should not be read aloud, however tempting.

Before you begin

Serve while holding their damp laundry. Do not put it down. The weight is part of the argument.

Have a witness present if you can. It doubles the audience and gives you someone to sign the form.

Give the witness your phone and have them film it. The document is the gift; their face is the part you keep.

Hold the notice with both hands. Do not smile. The whole thing collapses if you smile.

The service

“MARCUS. Do I have your attention.”

“I am serving you with a Laundry Abandonment Notice, file number LAU-6249, issued this day under the Bureau of Textile Custody.”

“You have been found in breach of five provisions. I will read them.”

— read the charges from the notice, in order, without editorial —

The order

“It is therefore ordered that you comply, effective immediately.”

“A response is required. The code is on the stub.”

“Do you accept service?”

After they accept

Hand them the stub. Point at the code. Say nothing else — they will fill the silence themselves.

Sign the notice. Have your witness sign it. They keep it.

You may smile now.

Post the footage and tag @youvebeenserved. The best ones go on the wall, and whoever filmed it serves their next one on us.

Keep your copy. Hand over the stub. Say nothing else.