Second: Do laundry before bag of laundry gets so heavy that you cut off circulation to your scalp when balancing the laundry on your head when transporting to/from laundry room.
Third: Check all pockets before laundering.
Fourth: Laundering one's bus pass is a step down the food chain from money laundering.
Fifth: mend other pants before you wind up going to work in the tacky navy blue shorts that are a little too short for work.