Coin Laundry

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when everyone else had gone home, a strange voice would come over Coin Laundry’s intercom. ‘Your clothes are talking,’ it whispered. No one took notice until the shirts started debating politics. One day, a delivery driver mentioned that his truck was low on gas. Suddenly, all the socks chimed in unison, offering to pay for fuel if only they could hitch a ride! Everyone laughed so hard that the dryer doors opened accidentally, revealing freshly folded underwear waving cheerfully.

2. One morning, while folding clothes in Coin Laundry’s early hours, a regular noticed something odd: quarters kept disappearing from the machines—only to reappear later in the exact same slot. Soon enough, other workers started noticing the same thing—a quarter here, another there—and before long, rumors spread that an invisible laundromat elf was doing everyone’s laundry for free. One day, when a delivery driver came in with change for the machines, he counted his coins three times just to be sure… and found himself down exactly one quarter. The next morning, he brought along a camera, snapped a picture of the empty coin slot, and posted it online under the caption: ‘Missing Coin Mystery: Case Closed.’ Everyone laughed, but the elusive quarter still occasionally makes surprise appearances.

3. In the wee hours of the morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Coin Laundry and noticed an unusual sight: someone was feeding coins into the washing machines. Curious, he tiptoed closer and saw an old man with thick glasses, humming softly to himself as he fed quarters into every machine. ‘What are you doing?’ asked the driver gently. The man turned around, beaming: ‘Washing my dreams!’ Turns out, it was just an enthusiastic neighbor who believed that coins made clothes cleaner.

4. In the dead of night, as Coin Laundry hummed with its familiar whirring sounds, an old lady's voice called out from one of the machines: ‘Finally, someone who understands my load!’ A delivery driver overheard her and stopped for a chat. Turned out she was just lonely and loved talking about her favorite detergent brands. From then on, he’d drop off his packages late at night, and they’d spend time together in the laundromat, sharing stories until dawn.