The Car Wash Life

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Not Always Thriving

Today, Location D is a thriving business. The convenience store portion, along with the rent check Dad receives for Location A, is one of the ways in which Dad has become more diversified. Before, when Dad had strictly car washes, business lived and died with how well the Salty Season and the Pollen... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Vacing Up Bills

I have written in this blog about how wonderful Vac-It-Up is. For those not familiar with Vac-It-Up, it is a coin collection system where quarters customers pay with at the self-service bays at Locations B and C are sucked up into a secured container in the equipment room, thus eliminating having to... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Best Run in Three Years

Some Monday and Tuesday and highlights. The car washes are in the midst of their best run in about three years. Just how busy has it been? On both Monday and Tuesday, I got up an hour early in order to make sure that I could get all my work done and be ready to man Location B, with Monday being the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 27, 2014

200

Friday was a chaotic day at the car washes. The car washes experienced breakdowns galore, causing Dad to be running around all day. He told me the following day that he received a total of 200 phone calls on his cellphone. 200! I cannot fathom getting that many phone calls in one month, let alone... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

The Different Snows

I often write about how snow is great for the car wash industry. Snow comes. Road salt is spread. The cars are dirty. People wash their cars at car washes. Not all snows, though, are created equally in terms of their effect on business. Some are better than others. I am going to write about what... Sign in to see full entry.

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