The Car Wash Life

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

There Will Be a Change in How People Pay

All of our car washes have self-service bays where the customer washes the vehicle oneself. I believe that this decade will see a change in how customers pay to utilize self-service bays throughout car washes across the country. Currently, customers pay to use self-service bays by inserting quarters... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 7, 2011

One Heckuva Run

We had a wonderful winter run that lasted from December 18, 2010 to January 25, 2011. The businesses were continually swamped with cars. To put things into perspective, Dad told me that after a salting of the roads that he hopes to get one swamped week out of it. He is tickled to death when we reach... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Super Bowl and Schedules

Location D will be closing its convenience store at 6 p.m. tonight on account of the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl will start at 6:25 p.m. With seemingly everyone in the United States glued to either a television and/or a party, there just is not enough business to justify paying anyone to work during... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Rarest Bill

Out of the currency and coin we receive at the car wash the two dollar bill ranks last in the number we receive. Each year I can count on one hand the number of two dollars that the car washes receive. The bill changers are not set up to take them. Instead, we just make change for the customer. To... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

#1: Location B

Location B is my favorite car wash. The business also is the one that I spend the most time at. With the exception of our rental property, Location A there is a correlation between the rankings and the amount of time spent at each car wash. The more time spent generally meant a higher ranking. More... Sign in to see full entry.

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