The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Bruce or Robbie?

Dad has plans to keep Bruce if and when Canopy Car Wash takes over Location A. He has framed it as a choice between Bruce and Robbie, with Bruce currently in the lead. Under that plan, Bruce would mostly work at Location C. I understand where Dad is coming from. He has had issues with Robbie’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

A Priest in the School?

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is seeing a growing number of men enter the seminary, which could mean schools begin to have priests assigned to them again.* My high school has not had an assigned priest since 2002. There are clear benefits to having a priest on campus. Mass could be offered more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

What About Jason?

I expected Jason Abner to head for the door—both with his detailing business and as an employee—once he learned that Dad had signed the Location A lease with Canopy Car Wash. That would have been despite Dad offering Jason the chance to move his work to Location B, both as an employee and with his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 16, 2026

Grandfathered with Quarters

The car washes are grandfathered in with the Big Bank, which allows us to bring in loose quarters in $1,000 Coin Lock bags. Another car wash that uses the same branch also deposits quarters there. However, because of a rule change, they have to bring their coins in rolled before using the Coin Lock... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 14, 2026

Lawrence's Card

Lawrence Crowther, a car wash club customer, updated his credit card information with me today after his old card was hacked. On the same day, he saw fraudulent charges appear in Connecticut, North Carolina, and Florida. Having a customer update their card information isn’t unusual. What did strike... Sign in to see full entry.

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