So… I just got back from putting a load of laundry in one of the washing machines downstairs. I absolutely dread doing my laundry here because I get ripped off at least 30% of the time and it takes FOREVER! Really now, what year is this? Shouldn’t dryers be able to do their jobs in less than an hour and a half??? Worse yet is when you wait for the hour and a half only to find your clothes are still extremely damp! (Then you get the joy of paying yet again.) What gives Neuhalde???
Today I may have gotten a little angrier at the machine than necessary, but this is getting ridiculous! I paid the 1.50 Euro for the wash cycle only to have the machine refuse to start! That pretty much sent me flying of the handle. I yelled a few nasty words at it and proceeded to kick the machine repeatedly as hard as I could. I know that never actually helps, but it was as close as I could get to destroying the machine Office Space style…
Now, the logical thing to do would be to complain to Neuhalde’s Hausmeister, but A.)He scares me. B.)I don’t actually know if he has any control over such matters. C.)My German skills are not good enough to file a complaint. Grrr! So yeah, if I were keeping track of the amount I’ve spent on laundry in Neuhalde with NO results it would be 7.50 Euro. If I were keeping track.
Cat
7 years ago
4 comments:
I am certain going somewhere else to do laundry is out of the question -- because that is the simple solution. Previously you shared the saga of full lint screens, so I assume that problem has found no solution either. You could try using an old fashion dryer -- string a rope between two trees in your back yard and hang your clothes to air dry.
I bet the people who make the dryers are the same people who make toasters and showers, because they all lie to us! :P
Haha. Holly, YES!
Dad, that would mean I would have to haul laundry onto the public bus, go all the way across town, and actually stay there the whole time my laundry is going. Plus that could be just as expensive.
Send the hausemeistr an email or pin a note to his door.
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