At first, it seemed like a nice place; clean, available and working machines. However, on the two…read moreoccasions I went there, I noticed a little bald man with a pony tail (presumably the owner) walking around the place. Then, when I went out to my car to rearrange my front seat to get my laundry basket, the little man was standing right behind me, I mean like 2 inches behind me. Startled, he just stared at me and asked my "are you going to be using the facilities...Or just loiter about?" This all occurred in about 5 minutes of me parking. I said no, I'm drying my cloths...He walks away like he was the warden of a prison. I let it go, and thought nothing else about it.
The second time, a week later, I returned. I put my cloths in the dryer, and left to go to the bank. When I returned about 25 minutes later, I began to walk to my passenger-side door to get my basket. I was moving things off the floor in order to put the full basket on the floor. No more than 3 minutes of doing this, guess who was standing right behind me? Yes, the little bald man with a pony tail. In a low, and quite threatening voice, he asked me if I was cleaning out my car... And you can't clean put your car on the property..." I then responded: "No, I'm just rearranging..." At this point he says "That's not what I'm asking you!" I finally said no, feeling as if I was going to be attacked, so I just left as fast as I could.
OK, this may seem like a minor thing, and no big deal right? Almost all Americans are angry and mean to each other these days...Its just our thing. But on the first occasion I was there, minding my own business, I watched this little man walk around and stare at the customers, and not in a polite manner. This too is typical American behavior, but when I heard his talking to one of his friends, saying how much he hated "those fucking niggers in his place" the whole mean American attitude took on a darker feel. I'm not from "the south" so I'm not accustomed to hearing these things, at least no like this. And honestly, before this, I actually thought African Americans were exaggerating a bit. I resend this former error...They should be pissed off.
In the end, I will never return to this place, and will advise anyone thinking of using it to rethink that choice. Even though the place is clean, and has about 50 cameras around the place, I never felt safe or wanted. And, even with the religious paraphernalia around the place, and even being adjoined to a church, there is no more God there then in a house of ill-repute.
Bad experiences, and unprofessional behavior. When you can't simply do your laundry without feeling like you're in a prison camp, all tainted with cowardly racism, its best to go elsewhere.
So much for Southern Hospitality...