The Car Wash Life

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Monday, February 5, 2024

Hard Moments

I do not consider my job to be hard. That is not to say, however, that there are not hard moments. Breakdowns can throw up the accomplishment of other tasks. The car wash club can be difficult if I cannot find a customer in the system. Finding a product to order can be difficult. Those sort of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 3, 2024

An Odd Car Wash Dream

Normally, I can figure out what in life causes me to have a particular dream. Not this one. A red truck with a salt spreader came onto Location B. He released the salt, and we ended up with a long mound of salt that was way better than what the truck could realistically hold. I felt happy about the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Silver Bells

The reason today's post is late is because I attended the funeral of former Location D owner Samantha Gannon's brother. The funeral made me think of a story. November 2006. Josh Gabber's mother died. I went to the viewing. At the viewing, there was time carved out for people to talk about Josh's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Almost a Decade

Something dawned on me when I sat down to compose this entry. I didn't have anything in mind. I would be freewriting. Then it hit me. November will mark 10 years of the car wash club. I have written plenty about the car wash club benefits. I am not going to rehash those. There are a couple of things... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 29, 2024

What a Run

Last week was a great week at the car washes, our first big winter run since the last week of 2022. Even then, 2022's did not feel good because Location D's automatic touch-free was down this week. Last week, the equipment worked well, and we washed a lot of cars. We got rain on Wednesday, Thursday... Sign in to see full entry.

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