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New Part To My Job......Working In The Laundry! |
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Post# 596638 , Reply# 1 5/15/2012 at 08:58 (368 days old) by Tomturbomatic  (Beltsville, MD) |
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 I'm very happy for you, but bits must mean something different over there than here. Can you tell us a little about the equipment? | ||
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Post# 596645 , Reply# 2 5/15/2012 at 09:25 (368 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Post# 596646 , Reply# 3 5/15/2012 at 09:27 (368 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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| Post# 596654 , Reply# 4 5/15/2012 at 10:08 (368 days old) by electradeluxe (Blackpool, Lancs) | ||
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i used to love doing the laundry shifts at work in my last job! | ||
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Post# 596683 , Reply# 5 5/15/2012 at 13:24 (368 days old) by paulc (edinburgh) |
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 As i said to you the other day, you have a dream job for many of us!!!! I used to love helping out in that laundry of various nursing homes I have worked in over the years although the 1st nursing home I worked in the laundry lady did a pretty shoddy job. We had Miele commercial machines from the 80's and she used to was EVERYTHING on number 4 ( synthetics 50 deg ) and ruined quite a lot of personal clothing! She even washed towels and so called "bum cloths" on this setting until I pointed out to the manager this was HUGELY unsanitary and ran an enormous risk of cross infection. As a result she had to wash all towels, face cloths and the offending bum cloths at 95 deg. Now, of course, such cloths do not exist as disposable wipes are used. I used to love being on night shift and spending time in the laundry at quiet times. After my nocturnal laundry shifts the staff used to remark how much cleaner and fresher the laundry was!
Anyway, congratulations again Mark. Look forward to hearing about the equipment you will be using. Am so pleased that life is good for you but on a selfish note I do miss our mini wash-in's and your 1509!!! xxx | ||
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Post# 596720 , Reply# 6 5/15/2012 at 16:56 (368 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) |
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 I filled in for staff sometimes a few years ago in the laundry room of the Animal Shelter I used to work at. It was a lot of fun too. But the "regulars" in the laundry really had no idea how to use the equipment. These were usually teen age girls that worked in there.
They'd overstuff the machines (I think it was a BigMac or something like that) and then they'd literally throw the powdered detergent in the dispenser. When I mean throw I meant throw, the tops of the machines were covered with powdered detergent. And they would never clean the lint filter in the dryers. I tried to show them how to do it properly and all they would say was "That's not the way we were shown how to do it and were are not changing the way it's done.". But like the poster above said, the kennel staff used to comment about how clean and fluffy the kennel beds and blankets were after I worked a shift or two. | ||
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Post# 596854 , Reply# 8 5/16/2012 at 12:53 (367 days old) by SeamusUK (Dover Kent UK) |
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 As some of you know I work in a residential setting supporting adults with learning disability and challenging behaviour. Im quite often found in the laundry oddly enough- we have a set of these :)
Seamus Washer.....Dump valve version as we need the sluice facility! CLICK HERE TO GO TO SeamusUK's LINK | ||
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Post# 596856 , Reply# 9 5/16/2012 at 12:54 (367 days old) by SeamusUK (Dover Kent UK) |
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Post# 596860 , Reply# 10 5/16/2012 at 13:39 (367 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Post# 596927 , Reply# 11 5/16/2012 at 18:21 (367 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia- City) |
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 Haha
How many of us work in the care industry? lol I also work as a carer for people with disabilities in a residential home of 5 people. We have a Simpson 9.5KG top loader that is a WaterAid machine made by Electrolux. The idea is to put a small amount of holes in the drum so that the machine holds the most of the water in the drum. Any water that trickles through into the outer tub is caught by a recirculation pump and sprayed back into the main tub. Cool idea and washes well, it just takes a long time to drain the tub as its all got to trickle out of the main tub lol. I'll find some pics of it... We also had the matching dryer for a long time (5kg) version but that packed up and we have recently got a Haier 6kg vented dryer, great little dryer :-) Matt 
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Post# 596928 , Reply# 12 5/16/2012 at 18:24 (367 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia- City) |
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Post# 596930 , Reply# 13 5/16/2012 at 18:28 (367 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia- City) |
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Post# 596935 , Reply# 14 5/16/2012 at 18:33 (366 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia- City) |
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Post# 596981 , Reply# 15 5/17/2012 at 01:27 (366 days old) by qualin (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) |
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Post# 596991 , Reply# 16 5/17/2012 at 04:05 (366 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia- City) |
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