TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact
If ever there was an earthly representation of a black hole, Costa’s Dry Cleaning on Quarry Road would be it.
Over the past 3 years of living near Costa’s, Ava Managan (26) has lost over 15 articles of clothing.
This isn’t due to any business fault of Costa’s, but rather because Ava is incapable of remembering to pick up her dry cleaning after she’s dropped it off.
The Advocate caught up with Ava shortly after she’d just said an internal goodbye to another silk dress.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with me, I just forget my clothes every single time”
“I drop them off, forget, then flash forward 3 months and Costa’s sent them off to Vinnies”
“Someone out there is having an absolute field day thanks to me”
According to Costa’s website, any item left at the dry cleaner for longer than 2 months will be disposed of.
Our reporter reached out to Costa to gain more of an insight into his business and to see if there are more people like Ava out there.
“Absolutely, the amount clothing that I send off is crazy”
“I’m pretty strict with the two-month rule, but if it’s a wedding dress or something valuable I’ll allow them three months”
“Ava is my best customer though, well she’s Vinnie’s best customer”
“Over the past 3 years she’s only remembered to pick up 4 dresses [haha]”
In an attempt to change habits, it’s believed that Ava has tattooed the word ‘dry cleaning’ on her hand.
Our reporter is going to check in with Ava in 2 weeks to see if it’s been successful.
More to come.
