Personal experience: the senseless and merciless washing of things in the USA
'13.06.2021'
Source: "Queen in the USA" on Yandex.Zen
Los Angeles resident blog author "Queen in the USA" on Yandex.Zen talks about how Americans wash clothes and what is unusual in this process for our immigrants.
Washing the house
To this day, a washing machine in American apartments is not a given, but only one of the options, and not the most common.
Most - a couple of machines and dryers for the entire residential complex. Paid, of course. That is, not only might you put underwear after someone else's sneakers, but you will also pay $ 1 - $ 1,75 for it.
You can get at least a portable washing machine yourself at your own peril and risk. If you are not paying the water bill, but the landlord, then this move with a horse can cost you an apartment and the reputation of a respectable tenant.
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City Laundries
There is another option - city laundries. Having experience, I would like not to regret the colors in their description.
To begin with - you save up a mountain of dirty linen to the last fresh sock (and more often you won't want to go there), stuff it all into your bags, take it to the nearest or, in your opinion, clean one.
Sort everything by machine, the payment of which depends on their size, some may cost $ 6 per load. Wait patiently for half an hour. No, leaving at this time is not worth a sip of coffee, you can gape and be left without your socks.
In addition, in the smallest, if you are used to a fabric softener, you have to add it manually in the rinse process.
Then drying, throw another half an hour, if you do not plan to take wet things home and lay them there on all surfaces.
As a result, a family of two will spend about 2 hours of time and $ 15 at a time on the purity of their belongings. It is a pain.
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Laundering
If we cry, then in full. Are you used to washing things at home by the hour, with water of 95 degrees (native Celsius), with soaking?
Forget it. The longest cycle of local cars is about half an hour. Yes, boiling whiteness is a thing of the past, you just have to come to terms with it.
Original column published on the blog. "Queen in the USA" on Yandex.Zen
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