Sometimes those conversations were pretty interesting. The place I went also had a few TVs, and there was always a group of older women there who would watch soap operas and make comments about the episodes during commercials.
Then, they would spend the whole time walking around to each machine and watching the clothes spin for a couple minutes. I remember one couple always seemed to be there when I was, and they would scatter their laundry in different washers all around the building instead of putting them in machines next to each other. For some reason, those places seem to attract strange characters. When I was younger and lived in apartments, one of the places I stayed didn't have a washer or dryer, so you had to go to the laundromat. I don't even have enough clothes to fill up 4 washers! I doubt it was the strangest site anyone had seen at the laundromat. I still go to the laundry mat to wash big things like blankets and bath mats, though. I usually don't sleep with a comforter, but when I was growing up, I remember my mom always loading up all the comforters from the house and taking them up to be washed. The one time I think laundry mats are really good is if you're washing big stuff. Plus, you don't really have anything to do while you're waiting. It would be a real pain to have to load up all of your clothes and take them there.
Luckily, I never had to go to a laundry mat to do my regular washing. I think a lot of landlords don't keep up the maintenance on their equipment, and sometimes I think the laundry mat prices are just cheaper. I have found that most apartments have their own washers and driers for residents, but sometimes people still go to the laundry mats. There were tons of coin-op laundry mats in the town where I went to college. It's amazing what people will do when it's not their stuff. I have seen a lot of people kick machines and beat them up for no apparent reason. I think that is pretty tame compared to some people, though. Instead we took them to the laundromat every couple of weeks to wash all the really nasty towels. We had our own washer and drier, but didn't like washing the greasy towels, because it would clog up the washer. When I used to work at a restaurant, we went through a lot of towels cleaning up messes and grease and stuff. I know I have been guilty of it a couple of times. I think it is really nice having laundromats around for people to use, but I also think that a lot of people abuse the facilities. I always wondered where the "mat" part of the word laundromat came from. I guess those people are just part of doing business, though. There is even one of someone sticking a kid in a washer and then the thing locking him in for a couple minutes. I have seen tons of videos of people spinning around in driers. I'm sure the electric and water bills are through the roof!Īlong with keeping the machines working, you have to deal with insurance issues. I don't know how much commercial washers and driers are, but they seem pretty durable, and each load costs a couple of bucks, usually. I think in the end that owning a laundry mat is a pretty good business. I suppose that is part of doing business, though. I bet laundry mat equipment doesn't have the best life.
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