The Car Wash Life

By FormerStudentIntern - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Journal

Monday, May 6, 2019

To Touch or Not?

2003. In the early 21st Century, it looked like brush automatic car washes were on the way out. Those days' customers seemed to prefer touch-free washes out of fear the brushes would damage their vehicles. I've written before about how brush washes do clean better and that operators not using proper... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 6:17 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Sunday, May 5, 2019

Back in the Habit

Even when there wasn't a threat of rain for a good while during the deluge that befell Maryland in the latter half of last year, the car washes were slow. People got out of the habit of washing their cars. Old habits can be hard to break. In this particular case, there was so much rain for so long... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 6:22 AM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Cash Accepting

October 2003. Something I have glossed over in this series is how gasoline cash customers could pay for their fuel with cash acceptors. The customers would insert their bills into the slot. Then they would fill up. If they needed change, they would have to go see the cashier to get their change.... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 6:16 AM | add or view comments (10) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Subbin'

Once school lets out, I will be contacting my high school alma mater to see if the school would be interested in me substitute teaching during the following school year. I do have a bit of a teaching itch but not enough to where I want to change careers. It would also be something new and possibly... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 6:54 AM | add or view comments (7) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Letting People Go

September 2003. One of the reasons Dad decided to renovate Location A was because he wanted to cut back on labor. Dad had a list of people he wanted to keep. Josh Gabber, Eric Redman, Mark Middleton, William and I were going to be kept. All except for Mark were tunnel people. Mark was willing to... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 5:49 AM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

August 2025
SMTWTFS
272829303112
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31123456
Jul | Newest | Sep
About this Blog

This is a blog about my experiences working for my father in the car wash business and the people who are a part of our work lives.

Recent Entries
People
Blogs

Headlines (What is this?)