Wednesday, September 27, 2023

A prayer for laundry

I'm trying to think about it rationally, though it's difficult when I'm this frustrated. I honestly think it's 80-90% of the time that I do laundry here, the app stops working, loses connection with my account or the machines, or crashes entirely. Yes, think about needing to use an app to do your laundry. If you are thinking to yourself that I need to just move already, I invite you to try to find an affordable apartment with a washer and dryer on your own. What's especially difficult is that others don't seem to have nearly the issues I do with this app, so I'm left with what appears to be more evidence that I am surrounded by some kind of cloud that prevents technology from working. There is detergent in the machine now, but the app isn't working at all, even after closing it 15 times, restarting the phone and even reinstalling the app. There is nothing to do but leave my soap in the washer and stop doing laundry- it doesn't matter that I have the time right now and no one is waiting. Did I mention that we have one washer and dryer for fourteen people? Are you familiar with the revulsion of having to pick other people's pubes out of the washer? I got so frustrated I had to lie down on the floor and breathe or I was going to throw my phone out the window. 

I am envisioning a clean, nice laundry room- not just a closet- but a room I can step into- one that has space for shelves and drying racks and cleaning supplies. Maybe it even has a sink. It's got a full size washer and dryer that require no coins or apps. I can just turn the machine on and let it run while I do other things. No one is calling dibs on next and I can leave home and not worry that I have to get back by the time the towels finish drying. I can leave baskets in the laundry room and even drop something on the floor without needing to wash it again. I don't have to put on shoes or presentable clothes or a coat to do laundry, and maybe I'll even join in on the 3-5 business days to put laundry away joke. I can do laundry any day or every day. Someday.