The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, February 9, 2019

The Incredible Salt

We received some hard rains on Wednesday and Friday morning. You would never guess those rains came if you looked at the car washes afterwards. They have remained busy, thankfully. There is something in this salt and the pre-treatment that causes a lot of it to still remain despite the rain. That is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

The Lines

Thanks to snow and salt, the car washes have been lined up. It is very important for us employees to manage the lines for the automatic touch-frees. Without us managing the lines, there would be chaos at the car washes with customers at one another's throats and at employees' throats. Managing the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 4, 2019

Busy Bowl

Thanks to snow on Tuesday and Friday, the car washes have been humming along with business. Super Bowl Sunday was incredibly busy. Normally, when it's the Super Bowl, business slows down at 4 p.m. Not this time. We had lines even past when the game started. We'll take it. All the employees were sent... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 3, 2019

Me Leasing A?

Friday, February 1st was a holiday. Dad's lease-leaseback with the Oil Company for Location A was signed ten years to the day. Ten years was marked with a nice rent increase the Oil Company has to pay. Dad leasing Location A has given us great security. Now we get even more security. The rent... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 2, 2019

No Squeegees

When Dad operated gas stations, he never had squeegees on site. The reason was because he had car washes on site. He would rather the customers do the cleaning at the automatics or in the self-service bays. To the best of my knowledge, Dad was the only gasoline dealer who didn't have squeegees.... Sign in to see full entry.

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