About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while dropping off clothes for pressing, an old lady noticed something peculiar outside Hodges Dry Cleaners. A small dog kept sniffing and barking at the corner of the building, as if trying to tell her something strange. Curious, she followed the little fellow around the back of the shop where she saw a delivery driver frantically searching for his keys. The dog had found them under some bushes! With a smile, she handed over the keys, and the relieved man offered her a free clean every month—obviously thinking it was just another way to attract customers. But for our nosy neighbor, it became her secret perk.
2. A little girl followed her mother into Hodges Dry Cleaners one day. As she waited impatiently for her mom to finish, she spotted something odd—a small, furry creature scurrying around the corner of the counter. Curious, she tiptoed after it and found a tiny hamster hiding in a box. The owner, an elderly gentleman named Mr. Jenkins, laughed and said, ‘Oh, that’s just my new helper. He keeps our place company while I work.’ The little girl giggled and left with her mom, thinking maybe Hodges Dry Cleaners wasn’t so ordinary after all.
3. A delivery driver dropped off a package one afternoon and overheard a strange conversation between two employees in the back room. They were whispering about a mysterious box they received last week, claiming it had disappeared from their sight every time someone tried to open it. Curious, the delivery driver decided to leave an extra package the next day. When he came back, both employees were frantically searching for something. Turns out, they’d been chasing a misplaced bottle of fabric softener all along.
4. One night, as a delivery driver was unloading packages from his truck, he heard a voice coming from inside Hodges Dry Cleaners. Curious, he peeked through the window and saw an old man whispering into a dusty hat on the counter. The delivery driver knocked gently on the door, thinking maybe it was just an old radio left on. The old man turned around with a smile, saying, 'Ah, finally someone noticed my secret signal!' Turns out, he was just checking if his favorite baseball cap was still working. Since then, everyone in town jokes that Hodges Dry Cleaners is actually a hidden broadcasting station for vintage hats.