The Car Wash Life

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Powerful Words

Early in September 2007, I made the decision that I was not going to become a teacher with the plan being to take the semester off from college and work for Dad for a full-time trial run during the semester. I was feeling depressed and wanted to clear my head. Secondly, I wanted to see if working... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 7, 2011

Meet the New Boss

Dad informed me last Wednesday that the Ray Berkins era at Location A came to an end sometime during the week before. The Oil Company began to lease Location A from Dad on October 1, 2009. Dad, who was the dealer there, had a clause in his contract that enabled him to hand the Oil Company the keys... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

A Sign of Spring

Location C employee Leo might be leaving us on March 14th. Leo is a winter employee, working for Dad when the car wash is busy or when the temperatures are frigid the latter of which results from Dad needing someone to make sure our equipment does not endure a costly freeze. When the temperatures... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

A Possible Business Benefit

Currently the powers that be in Maryland are considering raising our gasoline tax a dime from 23.5 cents to 33.5 cents. Every so often I speak of Location D having gasoline. Because Location D is not located in Pennsylvania, the possible tax hike will not apply to us. In fact, Location D would... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Getting Better at Handling Those Stressful Situations

Had the power outages the other week at Location B occurred in late 2007, 2008 or during most of 2009 I would have found myself stewing over the episode up to several days afterwards. When I came on full-time at the car wash in September 2007 I was incredibly depressed. As a result every mechanical... Sign in to see full entry.

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