The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

On Foot

Out of the three businesses that we operate, Location D is the only one that gets any foot traffic. When the weather is right about 25% of the customers walk to the business instead of driving. The reason lies in one thing that Location D has that our other two businesses, Locations B and C do not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Friend Me

Currently I have eleven coworkers. Only one is a Facebook friend. The sole friend is Location D's Helen. Last year I had three coworkers as friends. Along with Helen, Sister Ann and Dawn Stenners were Facebook friends. Shortly after joining Facebook Ann gave it up because she got bored with it. Dawn... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Different Prices

Over the years a few dealers have the decision to charge a cash price for gas and a higher price, usually a nickel per gallon, for when customers pay by credit or debit. The reason cash-credit pricing occurs is because the gasoline business is not profitable. The business is very competitive, which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Change Coming Fast

Brian Campbell came to Location B on Thursday to visit Dad. The two ended up talking for an hour about different topics related to the car wash and gasoline industries. I was there for most of their conversation. Brian is a sales manager for a company that installs and services automatic touch... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

No Tokens

Over the years some car wash operators have made the decision to have their bill changers render tokens instead of quarters. Quarters/tokens are used to pay for self-service use, vacuum use and vending items. Automatic touch frees have their own systems that accept quarters amongst other paper... Sign in to see full entry.

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