About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Speed Queen, a regular noticed his cart kept stopping near one particular washing machine. Every time he approached it, his little daughter would gasp and point, whispering, ‘Daddy, that machine is watching us!’ Finally, our hero decided to confront the alleged surveillance himself. As he bent down to inspect the machine, his daughter giggled, ‘See Daddy? It’s just an old lady folding clothes!’ The regular laughed, realizing the machine was actually Speed Queen’s resident laundress, Mrs. Jenkins.’
2. At Speed Queen, a delivery driver once asked aloud, ‘Why does my truck always seem to park itself right next to that old lady’s car?’ It turned out she was an expert at parking in tight spots and had taught every newbie delivery driver her secret technique over coffee at the local diner. They all called her ‘Queen of Parking.’
3. At Speed Queen, a delivery driver once remarked, ‘Why does my truck always turn left here?’ One foggy morning, everyone noticed it happened again—except this time, the truck seemed to pause briefly before continuing. Finally, someone asked if there was a magnet under the road. The next day, a maintenance crew found nothing but an old rusty nail. A neighbor quipped, 'Guess that’s why they call it Speed Queen!'
4. At Speed Queen, a delivery driver once remarked, ‘Why does my truck always turn left when I try to back into that empty bay?’ Turns out, Speed Queen had installed an invisible magnetic field around the bays to keep clothes from flying off the dryers. The poor guy was just unlucky enough to drive a metal truck.