The Car Wash Life

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Monday, September 10, 2018

Swollen and Slurring

Today is Robbie's first day back to work after having had dental work to prepare him for dentures. There are some signs that he is in the end stages of recovery. The first was that his lips were swollen. The second was that he was slightly slurring his words. I'm not sure when he'll get the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 9, 2018

The Firing of Seth

Seth started off as a ball of fire at Location B. He started working there in July 2015. He kept a clean place and was excellent at selling car wash clubs. Dad was very pleased with the job he was doing. He had met Seth through Cousin Amanda. The two of them were a couple at the time. They would end... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 8, 2018

Settled

Henry Barrett settled with Royal Farms on September 6th - not the September 7th Dad had been told. Royal Farms still wants Dad involved. They're going to be paying Dad to empty out the money, deposit the money, clean up and maintain the self-service and vacuum equipment. Right now, they are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

The Breaks

Something Jake has done while working for Dad is go on breaks. He would go to Dad and say, "I need to clear my head. I need X days off." The length of the break could be anywhere from one day to a week. Dad obliged him. He wanted to do anything he could to help Jake. Jake was not getting paid when... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 3, 2018

A Fair Surprise

I was manning a booth at the Maryland State Fair on behalf of the political candidate I am volunteering for. Mom and Ann stopped by to see me. Ninety minutes later, I heard, "Hey, son, how's it going?" I looked over in the direction of the voice and saw a very tan Dad, who had returned from Myrtle... Sign in to see full entry.

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