M Wash Dry

So today I was woken up early by my mom. It was around 11-ish. I had set my alarm the night before to wake up at 9:01 but it didn't happen. I took a shower, got dressed and then went looking for my mom. My mom and the maid (yes, I have one) were sorting out clothes. Today was laundry day.

Thursdays are usually our laundry days but lately my mom has been going whenever she thinks that the dirty clothes have piled up (and they were piled up today). We had been going to a laundromat we've never been to before for the past 2 months because the one that we usually go to was undergoing a "face lift" if you will. The name of the laundromat is now M Wash Dry. It used to be called...and this is where I draw a blank. I never really paid attention to the name before.

The only reason that I remember the name of the laundromat now is because of the way you do laundry there. My mom and I were sorting the change in the change jar, getting all the quarters out for laundry. We ended up not needing them because the machines don't accept quarters. No, they don't take paper bills either.

You have to buy a credit card type thing. Sort of like those gift cards you buy from places and put money on them for use later. It was the same concept except that you have to buy the card first before you put money on it. The first time that you do it, you get a card out a machine and deposit $5. The card costs $2 and the remaining $3 are deposited into the card. From then on, you can deposit money on to the card. They also offer incentives on the amount you deposit. If you put $10 on it, you get 50 cents on the card and for every $20, you get $1.

After you go through the process of buying the card and depositing the money onto it, you can now do your laundry. Just do everything you normally do, except now you have an alternative to payment. Put your clothes into the washing machine, close the door, select the temperature and how many cycles you want. Now, you slide the card into a slot similar to the credit card slots on ATM machines. You have to make sure that the chip is facing towards a certain direction, such as the way you make sure the little strip on a credit card is facing a certain way whenever you swipe it.

I think I am going to want to go do laundry more often just because the place is "high tech". The free dryers are an added plus.