Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Old Reliable
Old Reliable was a Location A customer who I saw from around 2006 to our end there in October 2009. I never got his name. Every Saturday, I could expect to see him from four p.m. to 6 p.m. to wash his white SUV. He would get his regular wash unless there was salt on the ground, necessitating a...
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Saturday, September 3, 2022
False Alarm Beeps
If customers are having a problem with an automatic, they will sometimes beep to attract the attention of us attendants. We are here to help and will do so. Sometimes, though, there aren't beeps for us. What happens is that a customer is cleaning the steering wheel and accidentally honks the horn....
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Friday, September 2, 2022
FedEx Shipping
Near Location B is a Walgreen's pharamcy. Besides being the place where Dad gets his medications, it is also a place to ship things out at. Walgreen's has a deal with Federal Express to service as a ship and receive center. If you're shipping, you have to get that done online. Because of that, I'm...
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Thursday, September 1, 2022
Great Customers
I recently wrote about bad customers the car washes have experienced. What about good customers? Doing a series about them is a good way to offset the negativity. Therefore, I'm going to write about some of them. This not a ranking of customers. I'm doing them in order of timeline. While I've done...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Royal Farms: Two Years Later
It was in April 2022, when Royal Farms ended Dad's managing their self-service car wash. Two-plus years later, I am all the more certain it was a blessing. I had written plenty about how slow of pay Royal Farms was, the inefficiency of Royal Farms management getting things done and how we had a lot...
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