V&F Laundromat

Laundry is painful enough without being abused by the laundromat owners. The head lady is cruel, demeaning to her customers and starts shouting at you in response to your first question.
For two years I put up with the abuse, but after Saturday’s meltdown at the dryer (apparently I put in «too many quarters») I’ve resolved to haul my dirty clothes one additional block for the pleasure of living insult-​free.
On the other hand, if you use the drop off laundry service she’s cloyingly sweet, undoubtedly because you’re more profitable.

This is one of those places that is so bad, I almost recommend that you go there just to have your mind blown by how spiteful and difficult the proprietors are.
You would think that running a no-​frills coin-​op laundry isn’t that hard. Just keep the machines running, and keep the place clean. And yet, these people manage to screw it up. Each time I go there, I end up having words with one of the proprietors. How is that possible? I’m comforted to see other negative reviews here, because otherwise I realize that to read this, you might think I was insane.
Once, the place was shut early and I had to bang on the door to get my laundry back. Today, I was criticized for using one washing machine instead of two. I took my stuff back out of the washer and just left. Never going back again, even though they are closer to my apartment than any other laundromat. Just not worth it.

This place is so bad it’s almost funny.
A drying machine gobbled up my quarters and when I told the owner about it her response was «Good for you.» She then accused me of stealing from her by putting nickels into the machine. Huh?
They were recently in trouble with the city for poorly erected scaffolding that resulted in a scaffold worker getting seriously hurt. The city shut down the work so it seems ripping off customers over 25 cents is not the only way they scrimp — they also cost cut on worker safety.
This place is the worst.

V&F Laundromat is clean, but at $ 2 they cost $ 0.50 more than most other laundromat’s in the area. There’s never staff there, but they’re not shy about reminding you they’re watching you on the CC cameras.
I walking the three blocks to V&F after Bleach House closed on the corner of Court and President. Bleach house was a few steps from my door and it’s proximity made up for its squalor.
Last week I got there at 4:30 for a quick three loads. As I’m loading the washers, someone comes in and tells me, «We’re closed.» Confused, I mentioned that the sign said they we’re open until 6:30, only to be stonewalled with a terse, «We’re closed.»
This week as I’m starting my laundry, one of the owners comes in and starts yelling at a customer telling the guest that she’s being watch on the camera and to finish her load and leave. Apparently, after letting the owners know that there was no hot water, she was told, «It’s not my problem.» The customer, taken a back, asked, «Is that it? Are you going to let me leave here unhappy?»
Response? «We were busy earlier.»
It looks like I’ll be walking even further with my laundry.