If you have ever used a laundry service, then you know how unpredictable they can be. Sometimes, they might bring your clothes back in pristine condition while other times, they would leave you regretting the decision.
The worst part is that a lot of dry cleaners are very entitled and would rather chew jeans than accept that they are in the wrong. From turning white clothes to brown and tearing multiple holes in clothes, here are the worst experiences Nigerians have had with their dry cleaners.
Matthew
My dry cleaner almost ended my marriage. I received some clothes from him and I didn’t check them. I just left them on the bed and went out. When I came back, my wife was waiting for me with the clothes sprawled out on the bed. Apparently, she tried to help me arrange the clothes and found a woman’s underwear in the bag.
When I told her I had no idea how that got there, she called the dry cleaner in my presence and he said they were looking for that exact piece of underwear and its owner was already accusing him of being a ritualist. He came by to pick it up. We laugh about it now but my wife was ready to send me packing.
Gbemi
I’m a fashion designer so I always send the clothes to dry cleaners after I finish sewing just to make them ready to wear for my clients. One time, I sent out a plain white kaftan and it came back with irregular brown “polka dot” stains all over.
I was overwhelmed with anger and the dry cleaner claimed that it was brought that way. Let’s even say it was, isn’t it the job of the dry cleaner to remove stains? I couldn’t deal anymore, I bought a machine and started washing the clothes myself.
Cynthia
I always sent my clothes to a dry cleaner when I was in school. I don’t like stress and it was pretty cheap. I used to send clothes in bulk and not count them. After a while, I noticed that some of my clothes were missing.
I decided to visit his shop and ask him about it and what did I see? A custom shirt I had been looking for was being used to clean the machine. I almost ran mad. I still use dry cleaners but I count and check my clothes before pick up and after delivery.
Sam
My dry cleaner was always on point until the day he came back with holes in my shirt. Multiple holes in different places. I wore the shirt shortly before I gave it to him so I could confirm that the holes weren’t there. I showed it to him and he said that’s how the clothes came. Why would I bring a damaged shirt to get dry cleaned? I left him and had to find a more honest person for my laundry.
Omoye
A dry cleaner once bleached my coloured bedsheet. It came back with lighter patches all over. The worst part was that I wasn’t told. He just packaged it for me. It was about two weeks after, when I needed to change the old bedsheet that I noticed. I didn’t even know what to do.
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