The Laundry Room

The Laundry Room

The remodeling project has invaded our laundry room, so today we went to the laundromat.  I think this might be the first time I have been in one in over 40 years. Things have changed a bit. This one was brand new, full of big new, high-tech machines. As you might expect, they don't take quarters, you have to buy a card and then use the card to pay the machines. The washing machines charge by the pound. You load them up, close the door and then the machine weighs your laundry and decides how much to charge you. I think it charged us around five dollars a load. They were big loads, we'd been putting off going so we had a bunch. The dryers were much cheaper.

A phalanx of washing machines, yours to command.

While we were there a van pulled up and started unloading bags of laundry. The whole back of the van was packed. It seemed to be mostly bedding. They were from a homeless shelter. They dropped off the laundry and left it for the attendant to take care of it. $1.75 a pound and they might have had 100 pounds. I'm not sure what to make of this.