The Car Wash Life

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Monday, August 3, 2020

Lots of Warehouses

Our main supplier's warehouse infrastructure has grown a lot over the last decade. For decades, Pennsylvania was the only warehouse location. Then came Las Vegas followed by Dallas followed by Kansas City. I was surprised they put in the Kansas City location since before that, they were able to give... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 1, 2020

Year-to-Year

Some people like to compare past business performance by looking at this day, week or month in history. I myself do it by year. There is a lot of variance throughout a year, so much so that there are bound to be slow periods during a great year and busy times during a bad year. Each year is a full... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

Five Things You Didn't Know About...Robbie

1. Robbie was originally supposed to be just a Henry Barrett employee. During August 2016, when Dad was vacationing in Myrtle Beach, I got a call from Robbie, asking about a job at Henry Barrett's car wash. I told him I would pass the information along to Dad. Dad ended up hiring him to work at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

2008=09 vs. 2018

2008 and 2009 was a rainy two-year period. 2018 was an incredibly rainy year. Here is the question I am going to answer. Which was worse, 2008 and 2009 or 2018? The answer is 2008 and 2009. Certainly, a longer time period would mean it being worse for business. However, there were different... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 27, 2020

The Amish

I don't see as many Amish as I used to in Location D's Pennsylvania town. Some of them used to frequent the convenience store, which is how I saw them. With no convenience store, and obviously no cars to wash, I have not seen as many. I still see the horse and buggies once in a while, though.... Sign in to see full entry.

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