Laundry Bags

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I have lived in Ireland for 7 months now.

I have found mesh laundry bags for the purposes of washing delicates once.

Once.

I'll grant you I've not done a lot of shopping in my time here, but I've seen them only once. I bought them! And then on their first use, one of them ripped and none of the set of three seem to be capable of keeping its contents inside the bag during a wash cycle.

I thought it was because I hadn't looked. Turns out it is not.

I went for a very purposeful mission this morning with the sole intent of procuring laundry bags. I started at Penny's and they had bra bags of a kind, but similar to the crappy ones that I already possess.

I went to Debenham's where I got some bras from a couple of weeks ago, assuming that I just missed them last time. Mostly people didn't even know what I was talking about, let alone where to purchase one from.

I tried Dunnes, they certainly did not have any.

I scoped out TK Maxx, an unlikely candidate, but still unsuccessful.

On my way to the Chiropractor, I went to Victoria Secrets, thinking surely a specialist lingerie shop would sell a bag to wash the delicates.

They do not.

Neither do the Elverys where I tried at Victoria Secret's Sales assistant's suggestion. Avoca, across the road from there, definitely don't.

How?!!?

The washing machines that I've had the misfortune to encounter since arriving have decimated my delicates. How have Irish stores not figured out this vital upsell?

I guess I shall consult the internet as the real world has decidedly disappointed.

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