About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a little boy walked into Coeur d’Alene Laundry and pointed at one of the drying machines. ‘Mama,’ he whispered, ‘why does that machine laugh when it’s full?’ A delivery driver overheard the boy and leaned down with a smile. ‘That’s no laughing machine, kid,’ she said gently. ‘It’s just Mrs. Jenkins next door doing her special spin cycle.’ The boy nodded thoughtfully, then ran outside to join his mother, leaving everyone in the store with a warm feeling—except maybe poor Mrs. Jenkins who now had an unexpected reputation as a giggling laundry lady.
2. At dawn, when most laundries are quiet, an old man arrived with a mysterious box. He whispered something to the owner and never returned. The next morning, the owner opened the box and found only a pile of neatly folded socks. Confused, she shrugged it off as a prank from a regular customer who loved practical jokes. From then on, whenever someone asked about the strange old man, she’d smile and say, ‘Oh, that was just our friend, Mr. Cleansocks.’
3. At closing time, a delivery driver approached the laundry counter with an unusual request. ‘I’d like to leave my package here,’ he whispered, pointing to a dusty corner. The owner nodded without question, but later that night, while counting inventory, she found an ancient coin hidden inside. Turning it over in her hands, she noticed an engraving so old and weathered it seemed almost magical. Just as she was about to show it to her husband, the phone rang—interrupting their discovery. Months passed before they remembered again, only to find the coin had vanished without a trace. To this day, locals joke that maybe it just needed a good wash.
4. At midnight, when even the city slept, a voice crackled over Coeur d’Alene Laundry’s intercom: ‘Your shirts are waiting… for you.’ No one answered, but every morning after, neatly pressed shirts appeared on the doorstep. One day, an enthusiastic delivery driver knocked on a customer’s door, asking if he’d seen any mysterious shirts. Turns out, it was just his neighbor playing a prank—using the laundromat’s services for free! Everyone laughed, and from then on, everyone in town knew not to take late-night messages too seriously.