ABQ Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, an ABQ Cleaners customer heard over the intercom: ‘Attention please—your pants are talking!’ Everyone looked around, but no one saw anyone wearing trousers that could speak. A few minutes later, a delivery driver walked in and asked if anyone had seen his truck. Turned out, it was parked outside with its speakers blasting old-timey talk radio. Everyone laughed, realizing the pants were just good ol’ fashioned audio equipment.

2. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming, a delivery driver pulled up to ABQ Cleaners with a box of uniforms. As he unloaded them, he noticed something strange on the wall: a small sign reading, 'Today's special scent—fresh rain.' Curious, he glanced around and saw that every now and then, a faint mist would rise from one of the cleaners, creating an illusion of gentle rainfall. Just as he was about to ask someone about it, his colleague—a regular—walked in, sniffed the air and said, ‘Hey, you smell that? It’s like they’ve mixed detergent with a thunderstorm.’ The delivery driver laughed, shook his head, and thought, ‘ABQ Cleaners must be hiring some creative chemists!’

3. At midnight, when the city slept, a strange humming noise echoed through the empty streets near ABQ Cleaners. A late-night jogger passing by stopped in their tracks, wondering if it was just the wind or something more unusual. Curious, they slowed down and peered inside the darkened shop. To their surprise, an old man with a toothy smile emerged from the back room, waving cheerfully. ‘Just my vacuum cleaner,’ he said, patting a noisy contraption on his shoulder. The jogger laughed and ran off, leaving behind only the sound of the humming machine—and maybe a bit of lint on the sidewalk.

4. At closing time one night, a janitor in ABQ Cleaners heard a voice whisper from behind the counter: 'Don't forget to turn off the lights.' Curious, he peeked around the corner and saw only an old coat hanger swaying slightly. The next morning, everyone joked that it was probably just the ghost of a regular who forgot his suit. As for the lights? They were always left on ever since.