unpopular opinion re laundry

heather_09_15_07 · May 2010

I never minded going to the laundromat (I have a washer and dryer now). I always liked the fact that I got all my laundry washed and folded at once, as opposed to one load at a time.

hippotree · May 2010

I did like that aspect of it.

weelass24 · May 2010

This is exactly why I don't mind. I can get every bit of laundry done in 2- 2.5 hours.

leslie13510 · May 2010

I didn't mind it before I had kids. I've been trying to figure out how I'd handle a laundromat, and the SEVERAL loads of laundry we produce each week, if I had to take them with me by myself, and I don't know how I'd manage it. I'd have to put them in daycare for a morning or afternoon to get it all done without either leaving them in the car or in the laundromat by themselves while I haul loads in and out.

armandos_girl · May 2010

I think that was the part that I hated the most. Well that, and waiting on one.last.load because it takes longer to dry or there aren't enough dryers etc.

I'd much rather do one load at a time and fold it in front of the tv.

FrauKlein · May 2010

I guess this makes me the only person who doesn't put clothes into different loads... it's everything I can fit regardless of color. LOL.

Mysterious_wife · May 2010

When our dryer broke a few weeks back. I told DH it would be easier to go and do our laundry somewhere. Instead we did it here and it tok two weeks to get caught up. I freaking hate laundry. I would much rather do it all at once.

leslie13510 · May 2010

FrauKlein:

I guess this makes me the only person who doesn't put clothes into different loads... it's everything I can fit regardless of color. LOL.

I do this with 99% of our laundry.

weelass24 · May 2010

leslie13510:
I didn't mind it before I had kids. I've been trying to figure out how I'd handle a laundromat, and the SEVERAL loads of laundry we produce each week, if I had to take them with me by myself, and I don't know how I'd manage it. I'd have to put them in daycare for a morning or afternoon to get it all done without either leaving them in the car or in the laundromat by themselves while I haul loads in and out.

Dude, drop off service!!! Pay by the pound. Those ladies can fold laundry like nobody's business.

leslie13510 · May 2010

weelass24:

leslie13510:
I didn't mind it before I had kids. I've been trying to figure out how I'd handle a laundromat, and the SEVERAL loads of laundry we produce each week, if I had to take them with me by myself, and I don't know how I'd manage it. I'd have to put them in daycare for a morning or afternoon to get it all done without either leaving them in the car or in the laundromat by themselves while I haul loads in and out.

Dude, drop off service!!! Pay by the pound. Those ladies can fold laundry like nobody's business.

Unless you mean a dry cleaner's I have never even heard of this.

greenclown · May 2010

I kind of miss not being about to use drop off service. I also liked getting all my laundry finished at once when I did it myself.

heather_09_15_07 · May 2010

leslie13510:
weelass24:

leslie13510:
I didn't mind it before I had kids. I've been trying to figure out how I'd handle a laundromat, and the SEVERAL loads of laundry we produce each week, if I had to take them with me by myself, and I don't know how I'd manage it. I'd have to put them in daycare for a morning or afternoon to get it all done without either leaving them in the car or in the laundromat by themselves while I haul loads in and out.

Dude, drop off service!!! Pay by the pound. Those ladies can fold laundry like nobody's business.

Unless you mean a dry cleaner's I have never even heard of this.

Oh my gosh - almost every laundromat I have ever been to will do your wash for you. It does cost more, but wee is right. Your clothes come out so perfect.

weelass24 · May 2010

leslie13510:
weelass24:

leslie13510:
I didn't mind it before I had kids. I've been trying to figure out how I'd handle a laundromat, and the SEVERAL loads of laundry we produce each week, if I had to take them with me by myself, and I don't know how I'd manage it. I'd have to put them in daycare for a morning or afternoon to get it all done without either leaving them in the car or in the laundromat by themselves while I haul loads in and out.

Dude, drop off service!!! Pay by the pound. Those ladies can fold laundry like nobody's business.

Unless you mean a dry cleaner's I have never even heard of this.

Stop it.

All the laundrymats here have drop off serivce. Shove it in the bag, they weigh it, charge you by the pound and 6 hours later you go pick it up.

It is usually something like $5 + $0.65 per pound.

MamaPeanut · May 2010

I think I am going to splurge next year when I actually have an income and start doing drop off...I freaking hate the laundromat.

leslie13510 · May 2010

::stomps feet::

How come none of the laundromats I've ever used have this drop-off service??? Hell there are days NOW that I'd pay for that. Maybe I've just been going to the wrong places.

mrs.maybride · May 2010

I always took a book. I liked that I could sit and read and do my laundry in relative peace.

weelass24 · May 2010

Leslie, you need to get on that STAT.

Are you close to Denver? I'm thinking no, since you are close to Garden of the Gods, but it is a start. They ARE out there.

Denver Yelp

leslie13510 · May 2010

weelass24:

Leslie, you need to get on that STAT.

Are you close to Denver? I'm thinking no, since you are close to Garden of the Gods, but it is a start. They ARE out there.

Denver Yelp

Close enough for a day trip? Yes. Close enough to take my laundry up there? Haha no way. The house we're in now is just over an hour from the southern city limits of Denver, and we'll only be about 15-20 minutes closer after we move.

weelass24 · May 2010

that's what I figured, but there is no Yelp near you. Look around, I'm sure they have something somewhere.

leslie13510 · May 2010

weelass24:

that's what I figured, but there is no Yelp near you. Look around, I'm sure they have something somewhere.

Oh I'm going to. I doubt I'll use it often since we do have our own washer and dryer (and the new house has hook-ups too), but that would be awesome to be able to drop off a few loads of laundry when I'm swamped with other things and don't feel like doing it.

weelass24 · May 2010

We rarely use it now since it would cost us $60 to get it all done, but believe I drop it off before we go to Ireland. Makes packing so much easier when it they have it folded all teeny tiny already.

preppynewlywed · May 2010

I didn't mind not having a washer and a dryer when it was just the two of us.

Now I am so incredibly grateful that our new place had the hookups so we could buy them. Especially because I really wanted to use cloth diapers.

preppynewlywed · May 2010

weelass24:
We rarely use it now since it would cost us $60 to get it all done, but believe I drop it off before we go to Ireland. Makes packing so much easier when it they have it folded all teeny tiny already.

We always used it right before vacations. It is amazing.

I suspect we'll still do it that way even with a washer and dryer.

Wash & fold = greatest luxury ever.

giaM28 · May 2010

preppynewlywed:

weelass24:
We rarely use it now since it would cost us $60 to get it all done, but believe I drop it off before we go to Ireland. Makes packing so much easier when it they have it folded all teeny tiny already.

We always used it right before vacations. It is amazing.

I suspect we'll still do it that way even with a washer and dryer.

Wash & fold = greatest luxury ever.

this is what we do when we go away! other than that i dont use it. i might use it again once LO gets here.

greenclown · May 2010

I just have one more thing to add:

Fluff and fold. The only way to live. *snaps* I drop it off. I pick it up. It's a delight.

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