Friendly Laundry

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At midnight, a voice crackled over Friendly Laundry’s intercom: ‘Your clothes are dry and ready—please collect them before dawn or they’ll be donated!’ A delivery driver arrived just after sunrise, only to find his packages still there. He joked, 'Next time I'll bring eggs!' A neighbor chuckled, picking up her freshly cleaned sheets, 'Better late than never.'

2. In the early hours of morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Friendly Laundry's loading dock. As he unloaded boxes, he noticed something peculiar—a small envelope taped to one crate. Curious, he opened it to find a note scribbled in pencil: 'Take what you need, leave what you can.' The delivery driver shrugged and decided to follow the note’s advice. He took two shirts but left three pairs of pants behind. Later that day, a neighbor stopped by to drop off some clothes for washing. When she saw the remaining pants, she laughed and said, ‘I guess someone else needed them more than I did!’

3. A neighbor once complained loudly into the night: ‘Why does Friendly Laundry always make my shirts so crisp?’ The owner of Friendly Laundry just smiled and replied, ‘Because sir, it’s our secret recipe for making your life a little bit brighter!’ And from that day on, even late-night complaints turned into friendly banter between the neighbor and the delivery driver.

4. At closing time, an old poster on Friendly Laundry’s wall whispered faintly: 'Remember to pick me up tomorrow.' Next morning, a sleepy delivery driver arrived and heard the whisper again. ‘I said remember!’ The poster pointed accusingly. Realizing his mistake, he sheepishly took it down and rushed off. Later that day, everyone in town saw him walking down the street with the poster proudly displayed above his head—‘LOST: ONE WALL POSTER FROM FRIENDLY LAUNDRY’.