Tide Cleaners

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the dead of night, when most dry cleaners were quiet and empty, a delivery driver noticed something strange happening outside Tide Cleaners. The streetlights flickered ominously, and an odd humming sound echoed through the alleyway. Curious, he peered around the corner and saw a neighbor diligently folding shirts in the moonlight. Turning back, he realized his truck’s headlights had been on, illuminating the entire alley like a spotlight. With a laugh, he drove off, muttering, ‘Next time I’ll remember to turn off my lights.’

2. At midnight, a delivery driver pulled up to Tide Cleaners with a heavy box of uniforms. As he opened the door, a voice crackled over the intercom: ‘Please leave your clothes here for safekeeping—we’ll return them only if you bring us luck.’ The delivery driver shrugged and said, 'Well, I guess I’ll give it a shot.' Next morning, his neighbor picked up her cleaned clothes with a smile, remarking how lucky she felt today. Turns out, everyone in town had been dropping off their laundry at Tide Cleaners ever since—they all believed it brought good fortune!'

3. At dawn, while everyone else was sleeping, an old lady whispered to her reflection in the shop window: ‘Tide Cleaners must be open today—my dress is due.’ Inside, a delivery driver overheard the conversation and smiled. He thought to himself, 'I bet she doesn’t even realize that Tide Cleaners has been closed for years.' Later that day, as the sun rose higher, an elderly neighbor popped into the empty storefront with a wrinkled suitcase. She asked the ghostly mannequin behind the counter, 'Is my dress ready?' The mannequin nodded solemnly.

4. At closing time, when the last customer had left, an employee noticed something odd on the store’s sign: ‘Your shirts are drying faster than you thought.’ The next day, every shirt arrived back from the cleaner perfectly pressed—even those that hadn’t been dropped off. Soon enough, word spread around town, and soon everyone was dropping their clothes off at Tide Cleaners. One morning, a delivery driver walked in with a huge box of uniforms. When he picked them up later, there was also a note: 'We hope your suits fit better now!' Turned out, they’d shrunk everything half a size.