Laundry in the time of coronavirus

I went to the laundromat this evening, and halfway through one of my loads the machine stopped working. I thought maybe the electronics were faulty because it seemed stuck on "16 minutes" for half an hour. But the attendant called the owner, who explained that no it was the drain. He opened the machine, pulled out my clothes dripping wet, and moved them to another machine which he set going with a key. Oh, and put an Out of Order sign on the first machine. All in all a pretty normal story — I mean, not the malfunction, but the response.

When it was all set he asked me, "Are you well equipped?" I thought maybe he meant was that all I needed, so I explained that my other load had finished just fine. Then he asked, "At home, are you well equipped with food and other things?"

Oh.

"Yes, sir, I am. Thank you for asking."

Times are a little different right now, I guess.


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