The Car Wash Life

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Monday, April 29, 2013

"I Got to Get Away More"

Business was swamped from Thursday all the way to Sunday afternoon at which point showers arrived. The weather was great with sunny days ranging from the upper sixties to the low seventies, causing pollen to come out in full force. Customers kept coming on in with their cars caked with the green... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Things Work Out

I got my car back from the body shop yesterday afternoon. Yesterday morning was "one of those mornings." Fortunately, everything that did go wrong was quickly fixed. Howard Booth called me, telling me that one of the automatic touch frees at Location C went down. I was the one to fix that, making C... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Vacation, Detailing, No Key and More

Dad left sometime in the late afternoon/early evening to get a head start to Myrtle Beach, leaving a day earlier than originally planned. He will be in Myrte Beach through Sunday. On top of his normal Friday evening, Uncle Richard is covering Location B this morning and on Saturday evening. I will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Tough to Write

Over the years, writing car wash series had been getting easier each time. In my case, the more I did it, the easier it became. Having blogged on Blogit reguarily for almost five years, I have a fairly good idea of what topics are within my comfort zone. If something is too uncomfortable for me to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Vac-It-Up

At Locations B and C we have a centralized coin collection system. Quarters deposited into the self-service bays are sucked up into a secured container, located in the equipment rooms. This system is opposed to having coins stored in coin boxes in each individual bay. The system we specifically use... Sign in to see full entry.

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