---- own clothes. I bet you use all the time you saved to scheme against others." Frowning, I asked, "What scheme? Who am I scheming against?" I was an art graduate, for crying out loud. Even basic math was something that was foreign to me. Seeing how confused I was, Tom's mother grabbed the membership card and threw it at me. Her saliva flew everywhere as she screeched, "What's this nonsense about a membership? I bet you people are all taking advantage of Tom's honest nature! How can you get an extra 500-dollar value when you top up a thousand dollars in advance? That's just a loss for us! "T'm telling you right now. If you want your clothes washed, you're going to give me cash! That'll be 220 dollars and not a single penny less! What a waste of my kindness that was." I was utterly taken aback. As I took in her heaving chest and the haughty way she was scrutinizing me, I ---- came to a realization. I was free to spend my money wherever I wanted. I could always start frequenting a different laundromat from now on. 220 dollars for four articles of clothing? I could pay that much at a different place and even get a couple of pairs of shoes cleaned for that price. After picking up my membership card, I was just about to get my clothes and leave when Tom's mother grabbed my clothes and tossed them under the counter. "Who said these are yours? Do you have any evidence? "