The On-Site Laundry

It's also a teeny bit sketchy, or at the least, disappointing. I have two to three simple reasons, listed with growing irritation.

1. In my building, and I believe the others, there are only 2-3 washing and drying machines in the laundry room. So you do have on-site laundry, in your building, but there may only be two machines, so schedule your laundry wisely. Sometimes I get to the laundry room, and one person is using both machines. Urg. All in all, though, that's not so big a deal.
2. I'll preface this next one with "No, it's not that big a deal to me." It honestly isn't. I haven't had any laundry stolen, so I'm not genuinely worried about the safety of my unattended clothing.  What it's about is integrity. When I signed the lease here, I was given a key to the laundry room in my building, which they claimed would always be locked. That's nice. That means way less people have casual access to the laundry room, which does deter theft. (Believe you me, it happens.) Anywho...that'd be great, except 1/3 of the time I visit my laundry room, it isn't locked.  Like I said, I'm not terribly worried for my laundry. The issue here is my management being able to stick to their word. Their integrity, their willingness to perform in the way they promised on my lease.  And claiming doors will be locked, when in fact they aren't, is just another of the many little things that irks me about their management.
3. Lastly, and the most sketchy to me:  Varying prices depending on which building you live in. Allow me to elaborate. If you've read the previous post or two, the one with the building keys, you'll recall I have a buddy in another building here.  I was hanging out with her one time while she was doing her laundry, so I got to check out the laundry room in another building, at the same complex, of course.  I was very surprised to find that her machines were just as small as mine, but by a different company, and almost twice the price.  Almost twice the price. For a laundry machine really no different from mine.  Sounds like complete bologna, right?  Boy wasn't SHE miffed when I told her.  My friend went to the office to ask about it, and management's reasoning is that they're using different companies for different buildings (or some BS like that), and they were planning on switching over "eventually."  (After eight months, they haven't.)  So for a tenant in another building, renting from the same complex, she's obligated to pay twice as much to use the on-site laundry facility, simply because of the building she lives in.   Doesn't that sound incredibly lame?

So ah....there's a third rant for today. I'm doing laundry, so it came to mind as something I ought to mention about this place. The unfair laundry prices, for sure. Management's mighty friendly, but...something about the complex in its entirety is just odd. Poorly planned. That's all I have for now (again).  See ya!