Very odd thing happened to me at the laundry mat today. I want to pronounce it laundromat, and oddly enough still this program doesn't think that's a typo, so I guess all is well. Strange. Anyway I put in $20 into the quarter machine to refill my laundriomatt quarter supply, but it wouldn't accept my bill no matter the thirty variants of placements into the bill machine I tried. So I went across the street, bought an arizona green tea, and thank me for reminding myself so I may drink that now as I type this. And, I'm back. I got enough change to last me the trip, in loonie and toonie form - remember those are 1 + 2 dollar coins, which needed to be converted into quarters at said machine.
I put in the toonie and the machine just kept spitting out quarters at me making strange whirling noises, about 5 bucks worth. I was the only one in there. So... I put in the other, and the same thing happened. I glanced around on the ceilings and yes, behind me there was a camera. I smiled pleasantly at it. At this point I did my laundry, and contemplated. Is it worth going to jail over fifteen bucks? What about a hundred?
There I was, alone in a backwards town in the dead of winter with 7 feet of snow in a tiny laundromat with a machine that triples your money just for fun. And what would you do in this situation?
Me, I searched my pockets and put in one more loonie for good measure, only 3 bucks came out but I considered the whole ordeal a success given the fact that I've had enough experiences losing my quarters at this particular establishment due to broken down machines and mid-wash transfers to new ones.
Hey, one time at safeway they gave me a $100 bill instead of a twenty for my cash back, and when I realized it (in the parking lot) I marched myself right back in there. And there weren't even any people hiding in fake bushes to pop out with cameras! Pshaw.