Klean-Rite Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver pulled up to Klean-Rite Cleaners one morning, his truck groaning under the weight of freshly laundered sheets. As he unloaded, something peculiar caught his eye—a shadowy figure darting between the washing machines. Curious, he followed the silhouette into a dimly lit corner, where an old cat with a mischievous glint in its eye emerged from behind a pile of towels. Startled, both man and feline froze for a moment before breaking out in laughter—turns out, it was just a neighborhood stray making itself at home.

2. A little girl skipped into Klean-Rite Cleaners with her mom’s hand in hers. Suddenly she stopped dead, pointing at something on the counter. ‘Mommy,’ she whispered, ‘what’s that strange button?’ Her mother looked down and saw nothing but a small, dusty button on the cash register. Smiling gently, she explained, 'Oh honey, that's just an old button from when they used to ring up orders.' The little girl nodded thoughtfully and skipped away, leaving her mother to wonder if maybe _she_ was the one who needed a bit of cleaning up.

3. At dawn, a delivery driver pulled up to Klean-Rite Cleaners, puzzled by an eerie humming sound coming from inside. As he opened the door, a small robotic vacuum cleaner emerged, dusting off its lint trap with a satisfied beep. ‘Oh,’ said the driver, rubbing his eyes, ‘must’ve been you making that noise.’ The vacuum nodded and went back to folding clothes on the counter. A regular waved from behind, smiling: ‘Morning, Klean-Rite! Same service as always—just don’t mind the helper.’

4. At dusk, a delivery driver pulled up to Klean-Rite Cleaners, muttering, ‘I’ve never seen so many shirts with ghostly stains.’ As he unloaded the bags, he noticed something strange—every shirt had an identical, faint outline of a tea stain on the collar. Shrugging it off as a quirk of the dry cleaners, he finished his work and drove away. The next morning, the same shirts arrived back, perfectly clean but still bearing the exact same mysterious marks. A regular customer joked, ‘Guess they found a new technique for removing stains!’