Regarding the laundrymat...

A couple of weeks ago, something we took for granted was abruptly taken from us: our washing machine. The dryer still works, but the washer fills up with water and then stays that way. We have alerted the landlord (who is doing nothing so far), Ryan and Fedda took it apart to investigate, and are now waiting (im)patiently for the landlord to follow up on the class action lawsuit regarding our particular model washer which is apparently prone to this behavior, but in the meantime the laundry just keeps piling up, and up, and up. I was forced to revert to my single living days and headed to the good old laundry mat. I had forgotten how much of a specialized colony this place really is. While waiting for the clothes to finish their overpriced cycles, I pondered the following:

1. Is it laundry mat, laundromat, or laundrymat? Even spellcheck is confused...

2. Boredom is inevitable in a laundry mat, but after how many times getting caught watching the same person must you find another moving target on which to rest your eyes?

3. If there are only two people in the laundry mat and one gets their head whacked by the moving arm on the top of the rolling laundry cart (twice), is it acceptable for the other person to laugh once it becomes clear that the other person is not hurt but merely embarrassed? If not the first time it happens, the second time? (In case you're wondering what kind of evil person would laugh at that, you should note that I was the one whose head was bumped, and I couldn't believe that the guy from question #2 didn't bust out laughing, considering the fact that he was watching every move I made like a fat kid in a cake store.)

4. How many seconds can an item of clothing remain on the floor after falling from the laundry basket/washer/dryer before it's officially dirty again? Furthermore, are the numbers different? (i.e. 10 seconds if it's dirty and falling out of the laundry basket, 5 seconds if it falls out of the washer still wet, and 3 seconds if it falls out of the dryer?)

5. If someone is pushing their cart and say, a pair of underwear or a bra falls out, are you obligated to tell them? Are there different notification rules for different articles of clothing, i.e. a polo shirt vs a pair of holey, stained giganties?

6. How is it that a place where the sole purpose is to get things clean can feel so dirty?

7. Why is it that when people walk up to the change machine and the little "out of order" light is on, they still try to jam their dollar in there? Do they think they're smarter than the machine?

8. Where do they keep the remote for the tv in there, anyway? There's no way that the general consensus of the laundry crowd is Judge Judy...

If anyone has any insight regarding this topic, please do tell.