When doing laundry the other day, I noticed the fantastic device that stole all of my quarters. Although the machine was relatively new, the mechanism functioned like the coolest 1950's slot machine ever. Everyone knows the hardships of sourcing and hoarding the necessary quarters to do laundry. Its quite an impossible task in our new "plastic world," and although I don't like to admit it, I usually cave in and buy a roll of quarters from the bank- I know its cheating, but seriously, who uses cash anymore?
Placing $1.50 of my hard earned quarters into the perfectly sized slots felt like a breeze. There were just enough slots for the quarters I needed to place in the device, but thankfully it was labeled so I new exactly how much money I was wasting on laundry. After I set the water temp, then the magic happened. It took all I had to not break down and cry at the sheer majesty that I was about to experience. Pressing forward on the front tab of the coin-o-matic sent a wash (haha laundry) of nostalgia down my spine. It was like pushing on a backwards pinball plunger. The slider offered a strong springed resistance and slid along its metal base with such a satisfying sound, I wish I had recorded it.
That was only half of the experience though, because after I pushed it in, I had to pull it out in order to finish. With a swift pull, the device gave off a satisfying "shunk" as the quarters fell to the bottom of the coin bank and the machine began. How great! Like a backwards pinball machine that eats quarters and cleans my clothes.
Two Things:
ReplyDelete1. I would compare laundry in my building to roulette.
2. My friend in the city has credit card laundry and I think she likes it better than the rooftop pool.
Two more things:
ReplyDelete1. Rooftop pool in Chicago... sounds useful for about 3 months. Come back to me when we have a rooftop hot tub.
2. Try saying rooftop hot tub 10 times fast