The Car Wash Life

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

An Ode to the Coin Counter

I am so thankful for coin counters. The car washes take in excess quarters. Those quarters need to go to the bank. Quarter counters save me a lot of time counting quarters. Without them, somebody would have to be paid full-time just to count them. Coin counters save a whole lot of time and money.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Those Employees

At Location A, when rewashes occurred, employees were required to write that a rewash had occurred on the shift sheet and to fill out a rewash form signed by the customer receiving the rewash. Around the middle of 2004, Dad saw that Mark Middleton was not completing the rewash forms. Dad asked Mark... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 26, 2016

Car Club Contact

When Car Wash Club payments are not processed, I will text the person first. The following day, I will e-mail. The third day, I will call. Obviously, if I know a phone is a landline, or they do not have an e-mail address, I go with the next step. There are some people who I cannot establish contact... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 24, 2016

Back to Work Sadness

March 22, 2015. I originally wrote this entry on that date, never getting around to posting it. I no longer have those feelings while away from work for a bit but figured I may as well share with how I was feeling during a point in time. It started June 2014, when I took my first vacation of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

"Look Over There"

"Look over there," Harold Walger said quietly to Dad at the diner some time ago at one of the Wednesday night dinners." He motioned his head to the left, the area he wanted Dad to look at. I expected to see a gorgeous woman. Instead, what Dad and I both saw was a man with a flabby physique similiar... Sign in to see full entry.

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