The Car Wash Life

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Saw Michael

I got to see Michael Gellington yesterday. What happened is that Dad accidentally set off Location D's alarm. Everything got straightened out on the phone. However, Michael showed up and asked me everything was okay. He had gotten a call, too. He is still in the alarm network we have. It was nice... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 16, 2019

Looking for Coins

John Booth comes every two weeks to clean out our vacuums. He brings his own trashcan for the job. What he'll do is he'll collect the dirt from each one. Then when he's home, he'll sift through the dirt, looking for coins. A fair amount of coins are vacuumed up. I'm sure he has made himself a small... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 15, 2019

The Red Light Warning

I got into my truck. I had just paid for its routine service at the dealership and was getting ready to start driving it out of there. I was greeted with an error message. "BATTERY RECHARGE NEEDED." Son of a gun, I was thinking. I did think that at least it happened before I pulled off the lot. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 13, 2019

Where Are The Self-Serves?

I've written a lot recently about how automatic car washes are popping up everywhere. However, the same cannot be said for self-service car washes. I'm going to write about why that is. There has been a shift with how customers spend their car wash money. They are more inclined to go into... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Rainy December

This has been one rainy December that for the most part has not felt like December. Too warm. The slow business that has been around since October continues. At this point, I am hoping that once it is officially winter, we will start getting some snow. In the mean time, it's thank God for the Car... Sign in to see full entry.

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