The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, July 21, 2018

The Rainy Days Are Upon Us

After what has been a very dry July, we are getting pounded with rain right now. According to the forecasts, we will have rain through Tuesday. I cannot complain. We had a great run, and we really could use the rain. Dad is letting Howard Booth keep his motorcycle at the shed located at the rental... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Stormin'

I normally leave work early on Tuesdays (2 p.m. instead of 5 p.m.) to go golfing with Harold Walger and Don. A stormy forecast necessitated cancelling out the outing. Good thing we cancelled beforehand. We had ourselves a decent storm while at work. We even had a power surge, and I had to get our... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Did the Order Come?

Many of us at the car washes do ordering. Dad, Howard Booth, Jake, Brad and I all do ordering. Off the top of my head, I can think of ten companies we order from. Three of them occur regularly; the rest see us order from them here and there. With many different people ordering and companies,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 16, 2018

Car Wash Dreamin'

Work takes up a fair amount of real estate in my mind. One would think I would dream a lot about it. Not so. I have only had a handful of work-related dreams. When I was a kid, I remember having a dream where a nameless irate customer hit me. I was around 10 when I had that dream. Around 17, I had a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 15, 2018

Bill Acceptors?

Self-service customers at Location B have two payment options for their usage: quarters and credit/debit cards. Dad is looking to add a third payment option: bill acceptors. Technology has enabled self-service car wash customers to pay with ones, fives, tens and twenties in the bay itself rather... Sign in to see full entry.

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