Thursday, May 14, 2015

Coin Laundry Drama

Many of you know this recent story, but I must share. I'll cut to the chase.My washing machine broke and while waiting a month to finally get the correct machine ordered,I had to search out and try coin laundries.I found one that was air conditioned,off the beaten path,and seemed to have clean surroundings.It was in a nice section of Jacksonville. I'm at the folding of my clothes, when in walks a homeless woman with a packed grocery store basket of everything she owned.Important stuff like a radio to plug into a tree outlet,a deflated flotation duck,sleeping paraphernalia, and lots of dirty clothes. I noticed a gentleman patron helped her through the door, then continued his smoking outside. Men do that I've noticed while they wait for their clothes to get clean. They stay outside and listen to music in their air-conditioned car, or smoke, or eat. Anyway I looked up from folding clothes, and to my utter surprise the woman is bare butt naked, and stuffing the last of her clothes into a machine.I couldn't help notice her hedge.It looked like my old ligustrum shrub.The largest "hedge" I'd ever seen.It was a pubic nightmare with branches going up to her bellybutton and crawling down her legs.I thought, now just how involved do I want to get? I could call 911,but felt sorry for the woman that would be taken to jail.I looked up and smiled at the two cameras overhead.I thought about the men coming back to tend to their accouterments and what that scene might look like.Then I said aloud,"Nah...",retrieved my damp towels out of the useless dryers,added them with my dry clothes, and fled.One other word of caution when using coin laundries.Towels will NEVER get dry there. Just buy new ones.