The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, March 16, 2019

Hitting It Lucky

Earlier this week, the forecast for Friday was a 90% chance of a washout. The day before, the forecast, changed to showers with the same percent. Well, we were able to get the vast majority of the day in, and when it did shower, it was only for a few minutes around nine. We had ourselves a busy day.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

We Got Ourselves a Tenant

The house that experienced severe fire damage at the end of 2017 finally has a tenant. It felt like the day would never come. The company hired to do the fire restoration took about a year to do the job when it should have taken half that. For the last six months, insurance no longer covered the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

"Are You American?"

Some Monday highlights. My day started off with the car wash cellphone ringing. The number came up as being from the United Kingdom. I answered it. A guy with a thick United Kingdom accent asked me if I had found the keys. I asked him which car wash location he had been at. "Are you American?" he... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 10, 2019

B.O.

Thursday, March 7. Across the street from Location B is a grocery store where I buy milk and Oreo cookies from. The lanes were all packed except for self-checkout. I went there to process and pay for my purchase. As soon as I got there, the rank smell filled my nostrils. The employee working there... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 9, 2019

Mad Daddy and Nothing Doing

Dad drove to Location D in the morning to check it out. He found all of the self-service bays dirty. Carl was supposed to have cleaned them but didn't show up. Dad blasted him on the phone. He is keeping Carl around for now. Brad didn't work yesterday. He had gotten in late the night before from a... Sign in to see full entry.

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