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Oct. 15th, 2023
Wow, people sure do argue about laundry
Oct. 15th, 2023 10:28 pmwhich is weird to me, because that is one household chore that really can be *very individual* - it's not like cleaning the toilet or cooking dinner. Just put a schedule on and each of you do your own clothes.
But no, apparently there's a lot of people out there (women) who somehow have convinced themselves that it's their job to do other people's clothes (men, mostly, but sometimes their adult or nearly adult children of any gender) and then are besides themselves that they can't convince those laundry dodgers to... put their clothes in the hamper / unroll their clothes so they can actually get clean / put the clothes away before they wrinkle / stop getting mad at these women for not doing those things for them.
So here's the thing. Back before washing machines nearly everybody with two coins to rub together spent those coins on laundry. Who wants to do laundry by hand? Not me! I don't even want to do it in the machine! And anybody without two coins to rub together could earn a penny by washing clothes. It's backbreaking work, but at least it's respectable and there's never any shortage of dirty clothes that need washing. And now we have washing machines and people mostly wash their own clothes. But you know what? That doesn't mean launderers went away! No, they still exist, and today I got frustrated enough at somebody complaining about her boyfriend's poor laundry habits that I looked up the going rate.
For dropoff and pickup service, no delivery, you can expect to pay $2 per pound. A load of laundry is between 6 and 12 pounds, so that's $12 - $24 per load. Most launderers have a minimum weight before they'll accept your business, and they'll often do minor mending on site.
This is what laundry is worth. $12 per load.
This woman over at AITA was telling us earnestly that her boyfriend "begged her" to do the clothes. Begged her, but refused to do the one thing she asked him to do, which is unroll his sleeves and socks and pant legs so they'd wash, and then had the nerve to complain when she failed to unroll them herself. To which I say, yes, well, if he cares so much he can pay you. If he's not paying you stop doing his laundry for him. Have some self-respect and stop washing his dirty socks. There is no reason to do an able-bodied man's laundry except for cash.
Admittedly, my view is colored by the fact that I hate laundry, but I'm still right. It's too bad that she'll fail to take my excellent advice.
But no, apparently there's a lot of people out there (women) who somehow have convinced themselves that it's their job to do other people's clothes (men, mostly, but sometimes their adult or nearly adult children of any gender) and then are besides themselves that they can't convince those laundry dodgers to... put their clothes in the hamper / unroll their clothes so they can actually get clean / put the clothes away before they wrinkle / stop getting mad at these women for not doing those things for them.
So here's the thing. Back before washing machines nearly everybody with two coins to rub together spent those coins on laundry. Who wants to do laundry by hand? Not me! I don't even want to do it in the machine! And anybody without two coins to rub together could earn a penny by washing clothes. It's backbreaking work, but at least it's respectable and there's never any shortage of dirty clothes that need washing. And now we have washing machines and people mostly wash their own clothes. But you know what? That doesn't mean launderers went away! No, they still exist, and today I got frustrated enough at somebody complaining about her boyfriend's poor laundry habits that I looked up the going rate.
For dropoff and pickup service, no delivery, you can expect to pay $2 per pound. A load of laundry is between 6 and 12 pounds, so that's $12 - $24 per load. Most launderers have a minimum weight before they'll accept your business, and they'll often do minor mending on site.
This is what laundry is worth. $12 per load.
This woman over at AITA was telling us earnestly that her boyfriend "begged her" to do the clothes. Begged her, but refused to do the one thing she asked him to do, which is unroll his sleeves and socks and pant legs so they'd wash, and then had the nerve to complain when she failed to unroll them herself. To which I say, yes, well, if he cares so much he can pay you. If he's not paying you stop doing his laundry for him. Have some self-respect and stop washing his dirty socks. There is no reason to do an able-bodied man's laundry except for cash.
Admittedly, my view is colored by the fact that I hate laundry, but I'm still right. It's too bad that she'll fail to take my excellent advice.