The Car Wash Life

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Monday, September 7, 2020

Charity Email

Businesses have a lot of people coming in to solicit for charitable donations. Most of them are for rec and travel kids teams. Theo Markakis, who owns a successful sub shop, came up with a way to reduce the interruptions that come from them. There is a sign on the cash registers for people seeking... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 5, 2020

Holiday Eve

During the summer months, I would not say that there is an Eve bump like we experience on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. I believe that is because the colder month holidays attract the summer bucket washers. The summer bucket washers are going to do their thing during the summer holidays.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 3, 2020

Davey

Davey was the son of an Oil Company driver. His father was looking for his son to get a job and asked Dad if he was hiring. Dad was hiring at the time. Davey was around 20 at the time. There was something wrong with Davey. He just did not think. Here is an example of Davey not thinking. He and Dad... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Brenda

Brenda was a nice woman who worked at Location A from the late 90s to 2006. A was her part-time job. She had a government job. When Dad hired Brenda, she was out of a bad marriage. "I don't want my ex there," she said to Dad. "He'll start something." Her ex did show up to pump gas. She called Dad's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 31, 2020

Would I Be a Member?

Because I work for Dad, I am able to wash my vehicles for free. I use RFID stickers. If I didn't work in the family business, would I be a car club member? I believe that I would. I like to wash my vehicles once a week. Washing once a week makes a car club pay for itself. It's the economical thing... Sign in to see full entry.

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