About Laundromatic

It was a late night. A dark night. I was in my junior year of college and had been working on assignments into the wee hours. Papers were strewn across the desk, enveloping open textbooks, covered with words scribbled in haste, then crossed out, then circled, and then crossed out again with the broad strokes of a #2 pencil that had seen better days and sharper tips.

It was well after midnight when I remembered two things; first, I had an important meeting the next day, and second, I didn't have a clean shirt to wear. At this point in my life I didn't have my own washing machine, and that meant washing clothes at a laundromat. I jumped online, typing in keywords like "provo utah laundromat open all night" and "24 7 laundromat" but nothing would come up that was of any use to me. In desperation I turned to my last resort, the phone book. The phone book only listed phone numbers for most laundromats. Even the laundromats that spent the money on larger ads had neglected to tell me what their hours were. I started calling the laundromats one by one. I figured if they were open 24 hours a day maybe somebody would answer the phone. But no such luck. And none of them had messages telling me their hours either.

I jumped in my car and started driving around. It was a college town, so there must be laundromats all over the place, right? I drove around for at least an hour. I only found a few laundromats, and they were closed. In frustration I drove back home, and resigned myself to coming up with some other solution. Dang it, if only there were an online directory of laundromats that told what their hours were. Would that be so hard? C'mon, I've got dirty laundry here! Even a list of laundromat addresses would have been helpful. At least I wouldn't have had to drive around just randomly hoping to find one.

The next day, I drove past a laundromat that was just a few minutes from where I was living. In large letters it notified passers-by that it was open 24 hours. Argh! Somehow in my hour of driving around the town the previous night I had neglected to turn down this street. Argh again!

So I decided to do something about it, and now you, dear friend, are the beneficiary.

If you have any concerns or questions contact us by email at info@laundromatic.com or by postal mail at:

Attn: Laundromatic
MWI, Inc.
PO Box 108
Draper, UT 84020