CRANKY RUSSIAN

Today we opened up to a New Year with the same stupid customers. As a matter of fact, there were more because the other laundromat is closed. I am going to divide up the stories in different posts so make sure you look down below for more! This is to make it easier for you guys to read and not make the entry seem as a thesis. Here goes...

Today is a busy day. Busy to the point where people waited for 15 minutes to get washers and 10 minutes for dryers. Of course I accommodated all of them by making a line and seeing how many washers each person needed. When I thought it died down and bit because 6 washers were empty, I was wrong (hey new year type person... I asked you in the letter to allow my predictions to be correct!). A Russian guy in his 60's, tall with white hair came in with two big bags in a blue cart. I knew he was bad business because his face looked angry but I just continued to fold a drop off. My co-worker was at the counter taking care of the customers waiting in a line for change, soap, and to drop off clothes. The old guy took up six of the washers and another customer came in and pointed asked the Russian "are you using all of them?" and this is how the dialogue went:

Calm Customer (CC): Are you using all of them?
Russian Old Guy (ROG): -in an angry voice- YES!
CC: Well, could you at least let me use one of them?
ROG: YOU WANT ME TO BE HERE ALL DAY? WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? I WAS HERE FIRST THEY ARE MINE!

So I went over to ROG and informed him that I will be removing clothes from one of the washers so he can use it. The gentleman man thanks me and whispers to me "a nut case he is". I nodded. Another customer came and she was asking for three washers. I asked her to wait for four minutes so the washers can end their cycle and I pull them out. She happily agreed and told me to take my time. Then this happened

ROG: I NEED WASHER!
Me: Well I'm accommodating these people first. If you would like you can use a bigger one.
ROG: Use bigger one? Who gonna pay for it?
Me: Well, not me but it is your choice. You will have to wait.
ROG: I will not wait for three hours for a machine.
Me: Listen mister, I'm not asking you to wait for three hours. Give me a minute and I will get to you!
ROG: What am I supposed to do?
(I felt like telling him that he should go to the bathroom and scratch his balls)
Me: WAIT!
ROG: Well I need now! I can't wait. I busy person.
Me: Look, I asked you to wait, I need to accommodate these people. Your attitude is not appreciated.
ROG: My attitude is not appreciated? *laughs*
Me: No, its not so cool it!
ROG: Ok ok we will see.
Me: -mummbles- my ass you will.

I took my sweet time considering the fact that I had been at it with emptying washers and dryers along with folding so yeah, his ass could wait. When I finally gave him a washer, he was all nice to me until he sarcastically said "thank you" to which I replied "you are not welcome".
The moron also had problems with the sink. He was ranting to me that it wasn't working. I thought that this might be happening because Murphy's Law likes to be a bitch to me but it was working. He said that I magically did something to it and I told him "yes. I used my brain cells and made a sink function. Just amazing." That is when my crankiness kicked in. Soon after he left me alone until it came time for the dryers. He demanded that I tell other people to remove their clothes so he could use the top ones. Of course I told him that it was not possible since people ARE using the dryers and he could use the empty ones. He started with his three hour crap again. This time, I did not respond to him. I just turned around and walked away. He came to the counter and I made a sign with the counterfeit marker that said "out for 5 minutes, go to the other side" My co-worker took care of him and when she came back, she asked if she could borrow my sign. I told her "no". I love my sign -hugs sign-

He then came asking for the bathroom key and I get this from him "you know, I have to use the bathroom. I need newspaper"... I gave him a *wtf* look and figured he was kidding.... I think he was... I ignored his comment then.... I should change the tittle of this blog from "Cranky Russian" to "Dirty Old Man Russian"... WHY DO I FUCKIN GET STUCK WITH THE WEIRDOS?

In the end, he was leaving and he said "you know, I have to walk for 15 minutes and I need to use the bathroom" I asked him why he was asking me and he said "I need your permission, no?" I wonder if I scared him off....

People around me were comforting me and asking me why so many washers were going... I pointed to the old man all the time and added "because people need to do wash?" -sigh-

Fuck my Life.

Also a friend of mine within a game (we will call him Prae) suggested that I shouldn't kill anyone. Good call buddy. I was close to smashing someone's head into a washer and then force feeding them quarters...