Morning Blues

Waking up in the morning is not easy for some people. I am one of those people. The morning shift isn’t bad (unless you have a couple of people with a few screws loose); it’s just the waking up part. The bright side is that I get the evening off to sit back, play a few games, and relax.
When I woke up this morning, I imagined the workday to be calm since Sunday was busy. It was calm. Until a customer came and started to yell at me that I didn’t wait for her to pick up her clothes before I locked up.

Last time I checked, the Laundromat closes at 9:00pm, not 9:05. I explained to her that the night shift co-worker warned me that someone left clothing behind and that the clothes stopped drying at 7:43pm. I asked her where she was for almost 2 hours and she said “I was home with my boyfriend watching a movie”. Well there you go sunshine! Just like you were watching a movie at home all cuddly and snuggled, the nightshift worker wanted to go home and I told her that. Her reaction was “oh no you didn’t” type of look. She complained some more and wanted to speak to a manager. I told her that she was speaking to a manger, I and that my co-worker was smart to lock up at 9pm. She took her clothes from the dryer and stormed off. I did say “have a wonderful day” but I think that pissed her off even more. Kindness either kills people or pisses them off. Oh well.

Normally I don’t wait around for people until 9pm if I know for a fact there clothing has been in the dryer for an hour and a half or more. I work 9 hours and sometimes 14 hours a day. Especially now, I have more hours because someone took a vacation. By the 8th hour, I am tired, cranky, mentally exhausted, and most likely to kill the next person who tells me “my washer isn’t starting up”. The fact that my co-worker stayed around until 9pm, was an act of kindness. I should have scolded her but I was too busy enjoying my day off by bumming around in pajamas and eating coco puffs.

I actually have a customer that doesn’t bother picking up his clothes after he finishes washing them. It takes him three days to do his laundry. He is a “rapper” or a “hip-hop” artist so he doesn’t have “time”. Sometimes I feel like bonking him over his head. He tried to impress me by saying “I don’t play video games but my roommate does. I like girls and smoking a blunt.” This was a cue for me to smile, nod, and say something clever. Did he impress me? Of course not. NEXT!Bottom line is, pick up your crap on time from wherever you do laundry because come the next day, I don’t want to fuckin hear you. Period.

HOW MUCH DOWNY DO I NEED TO USE?

I searched for 30 mins to try and find the Downy/Detergent commercial with a couple of celebrities in it. With my searching abilities, I somehow managed to find 70s porn. No I did not click on it and no I was not curious.... I think... Yeah no I wasn't. It was more of a "wtf?" If I remember correctly, Snoop Dog, Paris Hilton, and some others were in it. If you could find it, you get bonus points. Everytime this commercial popped up, I would get annoyed. Seriously, how many of you out there think celebrities do their own laundry!? I sure don't. As a matter of fact, I would pay to see a celebrity do their laundry. Everyday working people don't do their laundry and its a shame. Some don't even care what they put in the bag and let me tell you... the stuff I have found OH MY DEAR LORD. Heres a list:

- used condoms
- syringes (empty and loaded)
- used tampons, pads, diapers
- dog poop
- white powder (I bet it was crack or something. The lady that helps us with the wash saw it too and I played a joke on her but telling her that I was going to try it to see what it was. She was freaking out. I never tried it but I was VERY curious)
- Dishes
- Porn magazines/videos
- A "how to" book on getting an erection

And much more crap..

ANYWAYS....

I wish I could find that commercial so I could post it but no dice.

I will also post and old story/dialogue I had with a customer in the past. I thought he was disturbing but he must have thought I was crazy. Go figure.

OH and people REALLY need to start reading directions. This morning a person was arguing with me about the amount of downy they have to use but don't want to use because its expensive to use all that. Their argument was that WE need to lower OUR prices or contact Downy to lower their prices.... I replied with a logical solution... Use less and not what they have to use this way they save themselves from future skin irritation AND save money.... but no... according to the customer it was my fault.... just like the time I magically made the timer on washer jump from 28 minutes to 10 minutes....

-head to desk-

And to think that the morning hours at the laundromat consisted of stupid free customers. Go figure.