Spotted by Cara at a laundromat in Ucluelet, British Columbia…
related: It’s Pat!
We’re not naming names, but…
December 18th, 2008 · 72 comments
FILED UNDER: British Columbia · Canada · etiquette · laundry · spitting
FILED UNDER: British Columbia · Canada · etiquette · laundry · spitting
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72 responses so far ↓
#1
anon
First… lulz.
Dec 18, 2008 at 1:51 pm rating: 90
#2
unholyghost2003
WTF kind of laundromat doesn’t have change machines? hint to owners … a shitty laundromat attracts shitty customers.
Dec 18, 2008 at 1:57 pm rating: 90
#3
Frankie
Since when is it not okay for the customer to spit on employees? I’m not playing anymore if that’s the new rule.
Dec 18, 2008 at 1:57 pm rating: 90
#4
Juliet
It seems odd that hippies would get so upset about doing laundry. Aren’t they busy saving the world from Republicans or something?
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:00 pm rating: 90
#5
Canthz_B
Canadian post offices operate on exact change like buses.
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:05 pm rating: 90
#6
Canthz_B
I’m really most impressed by the subtle message sent by the stacks of “chill pills” on the sign.
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:07 pm rating: 90
#7
jpav
Yikes! And I thought Canadians were supposed to be the friendly ones. Just another example of the American way infiltrating foreign cultures…
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:08 pm rating: 90
#8
T.U.M.
Is that stacks of coins in the clipart? At first I thought it was some kind of freaky bamboo stalks. What country has coins that thick? People will be trying to use Rolaids as slugs in the coin slots.
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:11 pm rating: 90
#9
teeg
We Canadians are friendly, just not so much to each other.
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:35 pm rating: 90
#10
Ti O
Miss Manners had fallen on hard times and has taken to peddling advice and cold change in laundromats.
Some say she is into money laundering.
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:48 pm rating: 90
#11
zenvelo
is ucluelet the Inuit spelling of “you’re clueless”??
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:48 pm rating: 90
#12
secondsout
And no stealing Puma jackets!
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:49 pm rating: 90
#13
Rube Goldberg
It’s subtle but “behavior” is spelled wrong, at least according to Canadian spelling. Change starts with “u”.
Dec 18, 2008 at 2:55 pm rating: 90
#14
Lovey
Bring your own change, eh?
Dec 18, 2008 at 3:06 pm rating: 90
#15
Canthz_B
Can we spit on the wholesalers who supply those tiny boxes of detergent?
You need 6 or 7 of those for a “Giant” machine.
Dec 18, 2008 at 3:23 pm rating: 90
#16
C
Please. Spitting on someone isn’t rude. Jizzing on someone is rude. Especially if you don’t call the next day.
Dec 18, 2008 at 3:44 pm rating: 90
#17
RandyinReno
“… SOME customers have forgotten their manners at home.”
Does this mean that SOME customers have LEFT their manners at home, or does it mean that some customers live in the laundromat and seem to have forgotten their manners there?
Dec 18, 2008 at 3:51 pm rating: 90
#18
GhostWriter
I would have awarded extra points if they had begun each line with one of the letters from the vertical M-A-N-N-N-E-R-S, like thus:
May we bring to your
Attention the fact that providing change is
Not the responsibility of the Post Office?
No spitting on Retailers is
Ever allowed- remember, your change is your
Responsibility! Sorry, but
Some customers are ruining it for Everybody!
Dec 18, 2008 at 4:50 pm rating: 90
#19
homsar
Spitting?! Customers are SPITTING?! IS spitting on people legal in Canada? Because it sure is hell illegal in the U.S. Sharon Osbourne said so.
Dec 18, 2008 at 4:55 pm rating: 90
#20
Andy
I would like to remind my customers that it is not my responsibility to resuscitate you when I beat you into a bloody pulp for spitting on me. I would also like to inform my customers that I am not allowed to give mercy.
Dec 18, 2008 at 5:23 pm rating: 90
#21
Canthz_B
It has come to our attention that Management has forgotten its role at work and neglected to get quarters at the bank today.
As a result we will swear, raise our voices in protest and even spit, as we now have wet clothes and no way to feed the dryers.
If management knows what’s good for it, it will move its ass posthaste to the bank before we riot.
The Customers
Dec 18, 2008 at 7:37 pm rating: 90
#22
wicked opinion
What the [email protected]#$ kinda laundrymat doesn’t provide change and/or a change machine? Now I have been to some ghetto-ass laundrymats – at any given time, the change machine is broken because 7 or 8 unattended 4 year olds are shoving stuff off the floor into the dollar feeder – but the management didn’t actually expect you to be cheerful and accepting about it. They didn’t give a rat’s ass but they didn’t blink an eye when you had a hissy. I mean, really. And what is up with the whole Post Office thing? A post office as in the US Postal Service, except Canadian? Why is it located in a laundrymat? It’s suspiciously wierd. Like getting a sandwich from a place that also sells lottery tickets, hems pants, and will babysit your cat. Don’t eat that sandwich.
Dec 18, 2008 at 7:57 pm rating: 90
#23
Thanks!
When during my time at home do I encounter an asshole laundramat with no change for me to do business with and dick employees I cannot get change from for me to spit on? Because I might… though my washer is cool doesn’t give me shit about not having quarters.
Dec 18, 2008 at 10:42 pm rating: 90
#24
Geek Goddesss
I often find change available to me in the bottom of the washer. I don’t think management provided it, though.
Dec 19, 2008 at 1:29 am rating: 90
#25
claw71
Who knows, once Obama’s inaugurated there might be enough change for everybody. Even those crazy spitting Canadians in BC.
Dec 19, 2008 at 9:42 am rating: 90
#26
Mono
Come on, really? It’s 2008, if you read popular science ya kinda get the feeling flying cars are right around the corner and we still have yet to implement laundry mats with appliances which accept bills? Are the engineers too busy?
Sheeeit, those things should run off food stamps AND give cash back for the dime bag your about to buy from the guy outside on the corner… know your market!
Dec 19, 2008 at 12:46 pm rating: 90
#27
Amanda
I suppose they were going to the post office for change to wash their clothes.. Oh well, at least these people wash their clothes! lolz
Dec 19, 2008 at 1:00 pm rating: 90
#28
Anonymous
Obiously shopped.
Dec 24, 2008 at 1:19 am rating: 90
#29
Mimi
if they don’t want to give change, they should just move on to the cashless system like just about every laundromat in my area (there’s a little card you load money onto, and a machine with which one can do this for oneself).
Otherwise, Management should just break down and get a change machine and quit bitchin’.
Dec 28, 2008 at 7:22 am rating: 90
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