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I have been a regular at three dry cleaners and a couple of grocery store. The grocery stores goes through staff changes regularly so I don’t have any relationships with the staff.
At the first dry cleaner the owner was a Korean man named Peter, we would have long conversations whenever I dropped off cloths. I have used dry cleaning weekly since I was in the Army. I list Peter as one of my closest friends. We would talk about everything. I learned a lot about what his life in Korea was like, I got to be freinds with his wife and kids. Let me tell, if he is any representation, Koreas have very high standards for their children.
I then moved and had to get a new cleaner.
At the second one the owner was kind of a bitch so I bounded a bit with the staff but they also cycled out and the service went down hill so I changed to a new one.
At the third one was owned by a Greek Women and she had two long time staff all women and all three were in their 60s. They were all awesome and again I learned a lot about growing up in Greece. I live outside of Baltimore Maryland and there is a huge Greek Community in Baltimore. It is kind of surprising how big it is. Anyway I adore all three of those women and again the four of us babble constantly when I drop off clothes. It is the norm for us to talk for at least an hour. I wouldn’t drop off/pick up close to closing time because I don’t want to keep them.
Alas work has moved me. So I now have a new dry cleaner and again I building a relationship with that owner.