The Car Wash Life

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

The Penny Effect

With pennies no longer being made, there will not be an effect on the car washes. We do not price our services to the penny. Therefore, it will be business as usual. As pennies make their way out of the money supply, there will be a personal effect on me in that I will not find them as often as I do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

T-Bar Down

Along the sides of the automatic touch-frees are T-Bars. The upside-down t-shaped devices help measure vehicles. Well, at Location B someone drove into one of them when we were not around, which shuts down the machine completely. I know the first thing on Howard Booth's to-do list tomorrow.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 5, 2025

Your Google Business Listing

We used to get a lot of spam calls about our Google Business Listing. We have the SEO optimization and all that good stuff already. Of course, those spam callers have to claim we have no presence. I treat them like the rest. I hang up the phone and block them. Recommended Reading Answering the Phone... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 3, 2025

What Friends Are For

I was ready to pull out of my parking spot. Friend and fellow employee Matt and I had just completed our Outback Steakhouse dinner. All I had to do was change the gear to drive and off I would be. Then I saw Matt dashing from behind toward me. "My Camaro won't start," he said once I lowered my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Still in Jail

William is still in prison. He was supposed to get out in August, a far cry from October 1st. What is the holdup? The answer is that eight members of some group or the other have to sign off on it. Only two have signed off on it. The others have the form on their desk to sign. It sounds like they... Sign in to see full entry.

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