This has happened for the first time ever.
These two guys must be new to laundry and the English language. They asked me how to turn on the water from the sink so they can put it in the washer. This is how it went down:
Cust: I need water.
Me: What for?
Cust: For the machine.
Me: What?
Cust: I need water.
Me: In the sink.
Yes this is a delayed reaction.
Me: WAIT! Where are you going to PUT the water?!
Cust: I need to wash my clothes.
He and I walk to the sink and then to the washer.
Cust: Clothes need wash.
Me: You need to put quarters in it and the wash will start. Water will come down and the soap will dissolve.
Cust: I need water.
Me: Are you thirsty?
Cust: Machine water.
Me: QUARTERS!! YOU NEED TO PUT QUARTERS. LOOK!!!!
Apparently his friend did speak English but he just sat back. I gave him a glare and withheld the comment of "YOU ARE A JERK".
Come on people, get it together!!! YOU NEED QUARTERS TO DO A FUCKIN WASH!!!
Oh and here is a bonus, a lady at my local bakery today didn't know the difference between butter and cream cheese. I asked for butter and she put cream cheese and said "its the same". So I replied "It won't be the same if you decide to not make me another one." I am a cranky person in the morning. Especially at 7am with only 4 hours of sleep. Like I said before, I am a nice person but if you don't use your noggin, you are in for a knockin... get it?...no?... WELL FINE!
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
NUMBER 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
I'm starting to believe that iPods or Mp3's in general wash the human mind from constantly emitting brain cells that consists of common sense.
I like this customer. She is one of my fave and we are friends... but come on... READ... drop the headphones and READ! She was running inside with the cart and I had to raise my voice a couple of times with "WE ARE CLOSED, WE ARE CLOSED" She finally backed up and I was explaining to her that we would be open tomorrow with fresh and clean dryers. She said she couldn't wait until tomorrow because she didn't have any clean clothing. WHY WAIT TILL LAST MINUTE!? She shouild shake hands with the morning customer that couldn't drop off the clothes because of the underwear situation.
I'm tired of telling people "we are closed".
NUMBER 12... same situation with the headphones. His cart was loaded with clothes and he is really a nice guy. He considers the workers in here and greats everyone nicely but again, the headphones made him "ignore" the sign. When I told him about the clean dryers tomorrow he sarcastically, with enthusiasm-exclaimed "WOO HOO"... and he carted his clothes outside.
Number 13... Nothing special. He just said "oh damn alright" and left. HE HEARD ME! See, he didn't have any headphones and he heard me... but I have no justification for him missing the sign.
Number 14... Some other Spanish dude that totallhy ignored the sign once again.
Number 15... This dude was happy that we were getting the dryers cleaned but devestated that he didn't have a place to wash.
I like this customer. She is one of my fave and we are friends... but come on... READ... drop the headphones and READ! She was running inside with the cart and I had to raise my voice a couple of times with "WE ARE CLOSED, WE ARE CLOSED" She finally backed up and I was explaining to her that we would be open tomorrow with fresh and clean dryers. She said she couldn't wait until tomorrow because she didn't have any clean clothing. WHY WAIT TILL LAST MINUTE!? She shouild shake hands with the morning customer that couldn't drop off the clothes because of the underwear situation.
I'm tired of telling people "we are closed".
NUMBER 12... same situation with the headphones. His cart was loaded with clothes and he is really a nice guy. He considers the workers in here and greats everyone nicely but again, the headphones made him "ignore" the sign. When I told him about the clean dryers tomorrow he sarcastically, with enthusiasm-exclaimed "WOO HOO"... and he carted his clothes outside.
Number 13... Nothing special. He just said "oh damn alright" and left. HE HEARD ME! See, he didn't have any headphones and he heard me... but I have no justification for him missing the sign.
Number 14... Some other Spanish dude that totallhy ignored the sign once again.
Number 15... This dude was happy that we were getting the dryers cleaned but devestated that he didn't have a place to wash.
Monday, July 27, 2009
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.
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.
Friday, July 3, 2009
POST FOR THURSDAY
Last night I did not get around to making a post. As much as I wanted to, I came home too late from my siblings home.
So remember what Thursday is?
NOT MY CUSTOMERS THURSDAY.
That's right ladies and gentlemen. My customers yesterday did not "belong" to me but to the closed laundromat.
Yesterday, a customer walked in at 8:15 PM when the last wash is at 8:00 PM. I realized this after I heard a washer start up. I was FURIOUS. Now, I am exhausted. Even though the environment tends to not be as hectic as an office job, its still pretty bad working at a laundry. When 8:00 PM hits, I think about home and my bed. Not customers.
Anyways I inform the customer that at 9 PM I close and she can NOT dry her clothing. She then says that she only has a small load and I tell her NO. The worst part? She did not understand or speak English. In broken Spanish I point to the sign and show her. Her daughter approaches me 20 mins later and asks if they could dry. I think to myself "round 2 ding ding". I tell her she can not dry and that the last wash is at 8 and I want to close at 9. She was trying to convince me to allow them to dry. I told her "if you were to go to Macy's last minute, you would not be allowed to continue shopping. As a matter of fact, you would be asked to leave."
They finally got it and they left. Is it that difficult to follow rules let alone read a sign? Oh and people that look like hippies and talk like them while calling me sweetie and babe, scare the living shit out of. Especially when their significant other looks drugged and can't grasp the concept that I do not have black garbage bags for sale. *head to desk*
So remember what Thursday is?
NOT MY CUSTOMERS THURSDAY.
That's right ladies and gentlemen. My customers yesterday did not "belong" to me but to the closed laundromat.
Yesterday, a customer walked in at 8:15 PM when the last wash is at 8:00 PM. I realized this after I heard a washer start up. I was FURIOUS. Now, I am exhausted. Even though the environment tends to not be as hectic as an office job, its still pretty bad working at a laundry. When 8:00 PM hits, I think about home and my bed. Not customers.
Anyways I inform the customer that at 9 PM I close and she can NOT dry her clothing. She then says that she only has a small load and I tell her NO. The worst part? She did not understand or speak English. In broken Spanish I point to the sign and show her. Her daughter approaches me 20 mins later and asks if they could dry. I think to myself "round 2 ding ding". I tell her she can not dry and that the last wash is at 8 and I want to close at 9. She was trying to convince me to allow them to dry. I told her "if you were to go to Macy's last minute, you would not be allowed to continue shopping. As a matter of fact, you would be asked to leave."
They finally got it and they left. Is it that difficult to follow rules let alone read a sign? Oh and people that look like hippies and talk like them while calling me sweetie and babe, scare the living shit out of. Especially when their significant other looks drugged and can't grasp the concept that I do not have black garbage bags for sale. *head to desk*
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