The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Janet and Brian

Janet and Brian were a husband and wife. Janet worked at Location A as a gasoline cashier. Brian worked as a handyman and did his work at A and at my house. I used to work Friday nights at A as a kid. Ann was coming along during the time Janet was there. We would act up doing rabble rousing kid... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Jamie

"I'm not going to make it to 21," Jamie boasted to Dad. "That's not something to be proud of," Dad said. Jamie was Location A employee who worked on the automatic tunnel. He had a plate in his head stemming from a one-car accident he was in. Jamie was flying on the road. The road had a bend, and he... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 17, 2020

I Know Them Zips

Before the Car Wash Club started, I only knew a handful of zip codes. Thanks to the car wash club, I know a lot of them. We require people to put down their addresses. That enables us to bill the customers. As a result, I have learned of a lot of zip codes. Now I'm a walking zip code encylopedia.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 15, 2020

Charity

We get a fair amount of organizations that ask us to donate something for their raffles or auctions. What we do is we donate a six-month membership. The reason we do it is because it is great advertising. Everyone there hears about it, and the winner is bound to extol us to others who were not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

Allison

I look back and wonder why Dad kept Allison around for a few years at the end of the 90s and early 00s. I should rephrase that. I know why. Dad believes it is hard to replace someone, even a bad employee. I disagree with that. Allison came from money. Her parents had a lot of it. Her parents,... Sign in to see full entry.

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