The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, October 26, 2024

Busy October

October has been a busy month at the car washes. This has been a pleasant surprise. Traditionally, October has been among the slowest months of the year. It has been a dry month, and we are reaping the rewards of it. In fact, business has not been what it used to be for a long time. It used to be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Translator

Yesterday I was working at Location A's tunnel when a Latino customer approached me. "No English," he said. He proceeded to use his phone to translate our conversation. I had heard of different translators with tech, and this was my first time using it. Pretty neat, I say. This thing helped us make... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 20, 2024

Some Sort of Glitch Occurred

On Tuesday, I got a phone call from one of our car wash club members that his payment did not go through. I checked it out and saw the 111 payments did not go through. I knew immediately something was glitched up. On the 15th, we average 15 people whose payments did not go through. Therefore,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Internet at B

Something that strikes me as stunning is that we did not have Internet at Location B until 2011. When it was added, Dad did so more as a luxury for me to have something to play with. Internet did become important for the businesses. With car wash clubs and merchant processing, we needed the Internet... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 14, 2024

I Don't Miss the Diner

From 2012 to 2023, Dad and I frequented a local diner with assorted employees and friends. We ended up switching to Outback because the food quality had gone downhill. A few months later, the diner was among several properties sold to the county for a new courthouse. I do not miss the diner. I am... Sign in to see full entry.

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