Kaiser Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver pulled up outside Kaiser Cleaners one morning and noticed an old lady waving frantically from across the street. ‘What’s wrong?’ he asked. She replied, ‘Just don’t go in there—someone keeps whispering “clean” every time I walk past!’ The delivery driver shrugged and said, ‘Maybe she needs her hearing aid checked.’ He walked into Kaiser Cleaners, only to hear a faint voice repeating, ‘Clean your ears!’ A regular standing nearby laughed and whispered, ‘She’s probably just trying to get more business.’

2. A customer asked the cleaner one day: ‘Why do you always iron shirts with such precision?’ The cleaner replied, ‘Because I once saw a ghost folding them like that.’ Another regular asked curiously, ‘Have you ever seen it yourself?’ The cleaner smiled mysteriously and whispered, ‘Only when no one’s watching.’ A delivery driver overheard him later and joked, ‘Next time I’ll leave my shirts folded—maybe he won’t notice!’

3. A little girl followed her mother into Kaiser Cleaners one afternoon. As she approached the counter, she pointed excitedly at the ironing board: 'Mommy, why does that man keep talking to himself while he’s pressing those clothes?' The mom smiled and whispered, ‘Honey, he’s not talking to himself—he’s just saying hello to all the shirts.’ The little girl giggled and watched as the man continued his quiet greetings, each shirt receiving a warm goodbye before being neatly folded. That evening, when they picked up their clothes, the girl proudly announced, ‘Mommy, I know why that nice man talks to your shirts—because he loves them!’

4. A neighborhood woman walked into Kaiser Cleaners one evening, muttering under her breath. ‘I swear,’ she said, ‘every time I come here, that same old man is folding clothes in the back.’ Finally, she asked him, ‘Excuse me, but why do you always see the same old guy working here?’ The man smiled and replied, ‘Ma’am, I’m not an old guy—just the owner’s memory!’