Job shifts at dry cleaners are generally for eight hours, beginning as early as 6 or 7 a.m. for drop-offs. Part-time counter positions are available in the afternoons when customers stop by on their way home to pick up items. Counter attendants take customers' orders, quote prices and prepare work tickets before sending the orders to spotters and pressers. Later, they return the cleaned items to customers and handle cash receipts. Many shops are open Monday through Saturday, but staff typically work five-day weeks.
People drop their dress off dirty and when they return it's clean, pressed and in a bag.
But we've figured that the normal dress is handled 14 different times by different people before it gets back to the customer. Suzanne Monson is a Lake Forest Park free-lance writer. Become a Featured Employer.