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MichMary

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15. It's a business

Reply to inanna (Reply #14)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 04:50 PM

Mar 2018

The owners make money off people who patronize their business. When the coin machine is empty, or depleted by noncustomers, the people the business owners rely on to keep their business running, need to go elsewhere, or scramble to find a place that will provide them with change. That can be bad for business.

You are certainly free to get your change wherever you like. I wonder why your building doesn't have a coin machine.

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Very strange encounter at the laundromat close to where I live... [View all] inanna Mar 2018 OP

Might be worth considering whether perhaps ... dude was just lonely ... mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #1

I'm thinking the latter. If so, better techniques are required! inanna Mar 2018 #4

well handmade34 Mar 2018 #2

Ahem. True that! inanna Mar 2018 #3

Lol! MLAA Mar 2018 #12

Very nice. guillaumeb Mar 2018 #19

i would still be shaking...a shot of tequila will help. samnsara Mar 2018 #5

Shaking my head Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #6

my guess is he came in there a previous time and the exchange machine gopiscrap Mar 2018 #7

Could be that. inanna Mar 2018 #10

Was he doing his clothes or was he just one of the oddballs that hangout at laundromats because they braddy Mar 2018 #8

He was doing his laundry, from what I could tell. inanna Mar 2018 #9

"Can you say 'sanctimonious anal sphincter', boys and girls?" nt Atticus Mar 2018 #11

Well, MichMary Mar 2018 #13

The machine can be emptied by patrons and non patrons alike. inanna Mar 2018 #14

It's a business MichMary Mar 2018 #15

I have patronized the laundromat on many occasions. inanna Mar 2018 #16

As a business owner.. Permanut Mar 2018 #17

Yes. inanna Mar 2018 #18