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A guide on how to get evicted?

by ziml77 2y ago

bastawhiz 2y ago
We had these washers in the corporate housing that Mozilla used to use for interns. We estimated that the company made a thousand dollars each summer purely from fees, lost cards, malfunctions, and dark patterns (which amounted to outright theft) _just from interns at Mozilla_. And as a tenant, you have zero recourse. And of course the machines were almost always malfunctioning. Quite frankly, I'd rather risk getting evicted than get fucked up the ass by a company that's literally out to scam me. If they can force me to give them money (because it's my only option to do laundry) they didn't earn, I'll resist that. Easy answer, next question.
- kotaKat 2y ago
  I went to a college that used CSC for their laundry equipment except... the college instead just charged a paltry ~$50/semester laundry fee and it was just unlimited use of the equipment. Everything was programmed to 'free', no cards, nothing. Part of this is also "greedy landlord setting pricing" on the equipment (as they can do so with CSC).
  - jovial_cavalier 2y ago
    But how much did the college have to pay CSC to get that arrangement?
    - ninju 2y ago
      How much did the students pay in tuition adjustment to the college ?
    - nhubbard 2y ago
      I actually don't know how much that would cost. My university does the same thing, and I'm thankful for it, because having to pay to do our laundry is hellishly inconvenient. I'm currently living at an extended stay hotel for an internship, and I've had to exchange nearly $60 for quarters to pay for my laundry. My latest set of loads cost me $14 to complete, at $2 per load, and I've had to do this four full loads already. Thankfully it appears that CSC isn't our vendor, but it would be so much easier if I didn't have to walk to the bank to get cash to exchange for rolls of quarters. CSC is also _terrible_ at servicing speed for their machines. I know that Speed Queen machines are made in the US. Our washers were breaking down at an unusual rate last year. Despite this, the parts for fixing a machine have been unavailable for months at a time, as if they have to wait for them to come in from another country. I distinctly remember having 3 washers down for nearly 2 months, and all of them had the same "this machine is broken, waiting for parts" sign on them from the same repair visit. Maybe the parts are there and CSC is just cheaping out on labor. I wouldn't put it past them.
      - toast0 2y ago
        > Thankfully it appears that CSC isn't our vendor, but it would be so much easier if I didn't have to walk to the bank to get cash to exchange for rolls of quarters. If you're already at a bank, you can get rolls of quarters from the bank, FWIW.
        nhubbard 2y ago
        Most of the time when I'm doing laundry, it's after the bank has closed, so I walk to the drive-up ATM and get a $20 from the machine and exchange it at the front desk.
    - justsomehnguy 2y ago
      No more than $20/student/semester.
    - qup 2y ago
      Probably $1.85/wash
      - bastawhiz 2y ago
        Less than that, the college is paying for water and electricity. The contract is for the machines and maintenance only

A guide on how to get evicted?

by ziml77 2y ago

A guide on how to get evicted?

We had these washers in the corporate housing that Mozilla used to use for interns. We estimated that the company made a thousand dollars each summer purely from fees, lost cards, malfunctions, and dark patterns (which amounted to outright theft) _just from interns at Mozilla_. And as a tenant, you have zero recourse. And of course the machines were almost always malfunctioning. Quite frankly, I'd rather risk getting evicted than get fucked up the ass by a company that's literally out to scam me. If they can force me to give them money (because it's my only option to do laundry) they didn't earn, I'll resist that. Easy answer, next question.

kotaKat 2y ago
I went to a college that used CSC for their laundry equipment except... the college instead just charged a paltry ~$50/semester laundry fee and it was just unlimited use of the equipment. Everything was programmed to 'free', no cards, nothing. Part of this is also "greedy landlord setting pricing" on the equipment (as they can do so with CSC).
- jovial_cavalier 2y ago
  But how much did the college have to pay CSC to get that arrangement?
  - ninju 2y ago
    How much did the students pay in tuition adjustment to the college ?
  - nhubbard 2y ago
    I actually don't know how much that would cost. My university does the same thing, and I'm thankful for it, because having to pay to do our laundry is hellishly inconvenient. I'm currently living at an extended stay hotel for an internship, and I've had to exchange nearly $60 for quarters to pay for my laundry. My latest set of loads cost me $14 to complete, at $2 per load, and I've had to do this four full loads already. Thankfully it appears that CSC isn't our vendor, but it would be so much easier if I didn't have to walk to the bank to get cash to exchange for rolls of quarters. CSC is also _terrible_ at servicing speed for their machines. I know that Speed Queen machines are made in the US. Our washers were breaking down at an unusual rate last year. Despite this, the parts for fixing a machine have been unavailable for months at a time, as if they have to wait for them to come in from another country. I distinctly remember having 3 washers down for nearly 2 months, and all of them had the same "this machine is broken, waiting for parts" sign on them from the same repair visit. Maybe the parts are there and CSC is just cheaping out on labor. I wouldn't put it past them.
    - toast0 2y ago
      > Thankfully it appears that CSC isn't our vendor, but it would be so much easier if I didn't have to walk to the bank to get cash to exchange for rolls of quarters. If you're already at a bank, you can get rolls of quarters from the bank, FWIW.
      - nhubbard 2y ago
        Most of the time when I'm doing laundry, it's after the bank has closed, so I walk to the drive-up ATM and get a $20 from the machine and exchange it at the front desk.
  - justsomehnguy 2y ago
    No more than $20/student/semester.
  - qup 2y ago
    Probably $1.85/wash
    - bastawhiz 2y ago
      Less than that, the college is paying for water and electricity. The contract is for the machines and maintenance only