To think dry cleaners could manage Monday morning?

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rottingparsnip · 16/09/2024 08:06

DP and I both need to wear smart shirts/blouses to work. To cut time from ironing, we take them to a dry cleaners/laundry place to be washed and ironed. £2.50 a shirt. We are in the office 5 days a week.

Dry Cleaners are open 7am-8pm,
Monday-Saturday

Friday Morning at 7am, I drop off our 10 shirts for the week, and ask to pick up the shirts at 8:00am on Monday morning.

Dry cleaners says this is not enough time. He can do Monday evening. I say sorry that’s no good for me as we need to wear two of them on Monday. He tells me it’s because he won’t have time to quality check because he sends them somewhere else to be done.

Am I being unreasonable? Usually dry cleaners manage this no problem whatsoever.

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dudsville · 16/09/2024 08:14

Whilst I agree there must be somewhere that provides this service, he's telling you he can't. He's being up front with expectation management.

MartinCrieffsLemon · 16/09/2024 08:11

If he's not doing them in house then obviously it will take longer

And even if he's wasn't, you don't know how much else has been dropped off with similar, or tighter, timescales.

Just take them somewhere else. Or buy a few extra shirts to keep in rotation so you have spare. Or leave with him and take 2 home and just wash and iron them for once...

peachgreen · 16/09/2024 08:11

I mean, obviously you’re being unreasonable. You don’t know what else they might have had on, whether they had people working over the weekend etc etc. You don’t get to dictate how a business is run. They told you what they could do. If that doesn’t work for you, you’re free to take your business elsewhere.

knittingdad · 16/09/2024 08:10

So he isn't doing any dry cleaning and is just a middleman?

I'd think a dry cleaner who was doing the work on site would be able to accommodate something like this, though I suppose they might charge extra.

Definitely worth finding a different dry cleaner who can provide the service you're looking for.

LaLaLouella · 16/09/2024 08:09

Well it's his business and this is the service he provides, nobody is being particularly unreasonable ....

Your choices are to either accept what he can do, go somewhere else or buy another couple of shirts so picking them up on Monday night isn't a problem

Changeiscomingthisyear · 16/09/2024 08:08

Yes. Go to some where who can give you what you want or have 6 outfits instead if 5.

Member984815 · 16/09/2024 08:08

Buy a hand steamer , you can have them ready in no time yourself

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