Book Laundering

[Laund-o-rama Mama]

(This is a major customer oops, but she was nice about it and not at all sucky, even though she made a huge mess.)

This lady came in to do a bunch of laundry in one of our giant washers. After a while, she comes up to me and starts telling me she bought a hardcover Jane Fonda book to read during the drying cycle in case she got bored.

But then, she realized that she washed the book in the giant washer with all her clothes. I thought, okay, soggy book, kind of a bummer, and expressed my condolences.

"No," she said, kind of scared. "It's totally gone. There's nothing left of it and now my clothes are just covered with this white pulp!"

Sure enough, her clothes had a thin film of paper pulp on them and it was NOT coming off. The filters were clogged with paper pulp and she had also attempted drying them for a bit in hopes of drying the pulp off. The dryer lint vents were caked with liquified book.

That book completely disintegrated!!! It was a hardcover! I was shocked. We found only the wrinkled, chewed up spine and some plastic that had laminated the cover. There was Jane Fonda, smiling up at us from the mangled plastic.

[dalesys]

It's not a dirty book now!

[Andara Bledin]

Wow.

That goes a little beyond, "Check your pockets before washing."

^-.-^

[MoonCat]

How on earth do you throw a hardcover book into the washer without noticing?

And that must be a one hell of a powerful washer.

[NotMyProblem]

*dashes off to check the washer .... huge sigh of relief*

[fireheart]

How on earth do you throw a hardcover book into the washer without noticing?

And that must be a one hell of a powerful washer.

It's kind of like John Carter from ER accidentally washing two sandwiches

[Anamal]

I washed my iPod shuffle once..... (ruined it.)

But it's only 1 inch tall.

[alphabeats]

I guess you put the book in with your clothes to carry it, empty out the clothes in a big bundle, wash the book?

[Andara Bledin]

This is an excellent example of why you toss your clothes into the washer one by one. You never know what might have fallen into/been left in your basket.

^-.-^

[dalesys]

You never know what might have fallen into/been left in your basket.

Or whom. Anybody got a wet lolcat to post?

[Pojodan]

A long time ago my sister decided to try to emulate our mother in working the washer and drier while she was out of the house.

All things considered, she did well, except for a dark red loose-knit sweater, one my grandmother had knitted a long, long time ago.

I learned that day that, yes, clothing can disintegrate.

I remember when we moved out of that house how the exit vent to the drier was halfway clogged with a thick, red clump of fibers.

[Ironclad Alibi]

That book completely disintegrated!!! It was a hardcover! I was shocked. We found only the wrinkled, chewed up spine and some plastic that had laminated the cover. There was Jane Fonda, smiling up at us from the mangled plastic.

A true SC word take those remains back to the store and demand a replacement.

[Kristev]

That's one way to make a book not dirty anymore.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Or whom. Anybody got a wet lolcat to post?

Yus : D