I am not going to make too many jokes about the current state of the economy. Everyday I wake up and hope I don't see another major financial institution getting bailed out by the Fed, filing for Chapter 11 or getting forced into a shotgun wedding to avoid filing for Chapter 11. However, my current predicament is quite humorous and all goes back to corporate America trying to save pennies in the wake of the current global economic slowdown...
About a week and a half ago, the washer in our apartment broke. My roommate Sara called Whirlpool. She took an afternoon off work, waited for the Whirlpool repairman to show up and he never did. He claims to have called and she didn't answer (which is a complete lie). So the appointment got pushed back several more days. By the time the repair guy made it out, he informed Sara she needed to order some parts for the washer before he could fix it.
Apparently the parts have still not arrived because Whirlpool decided since the economy has slowed down (and I guess people no longer feel as inclined to wash their clothes) it would carry a barebones inventory at its warehouses. Long story short, we haven't had a working washer for a while....
After a long day at work and an interval workout at The Sporting Club in La Jolla, I decided I was going to brake down and go do laundry at the nearest place in La Jolla. By this time it is almost 9:30p at night. I throw my clothes in the washer and then wander over to Von's to do some grocery shopping because I am too impatient to wait (despite the 14 signs telling me "Do Not Leave Wash Unattended"). I mosey back over to the laundromat around 9:57p and it was locked. Apparently it closed at 10p and the management decided to close a few minutes early tonight.
Therefore I must get up bright and early tomorrow morning to drive up to the laundromat to (hopefully) reclaim my clothes and throw them in the dryer. If the economy wasn't in the crapper, I would never be in this predicament.
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