Didn’t Totally Suck!

Didn’t even mostly suck.

Having someone else wash the clothes: Initial grade: B. The pickup and delivery were perfectly smooth, which was one source of anxiety after a series of horrible experiences with one particular laundry-unrelated business. My t-shirts came back folded, as requested, and spectacularly wrinkled, as not requested, but I guess there is no way to avoid that. My own laundry procedure results in beautifully smooth t-shirts and work shirts (mock turtlenecks in a cotton knit), but my own laundry procedure also takes an entire day, caused me to fall down the stairs, and was hurting my shoulder. My dark work pants came back from the laundry service speckled in white bits of dust, but that is fixable. They did not attempt to fold my handkerchiefs: good. This is a specialized skill not to be undertaken by just anybody.

As for price, I told myself that if it was less than one thousand dollars, that would be okay, and it was less than one thousand dollars. There is some folding left to do of handkerchiefs and towels, which is fine. I also told myself that if the experience didn’t totally suck, it was probably fine, and it didn’t totally suck. It was noticeably more good than bad, and I have just ordered a steamer / iron for touching up the t-shirts and work shirts, and so am optimistic that I have successfully reclaimed a good amount of time and eliminated one source of shoulder strain.