The Car Wash Life

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Sunday, April 16, 2017

Credit Card Excitement

Every day, I check to see what the credit card totals are at the businesses. When I checked Location C's self-service bay totals on Thursday, I saw that there were no credit card transactions on Wednesday. That was odd because it was a busy day. I started to believe something was amiss. I tried my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

No Automatics?

I was struck by many things at the car wash convention Dad, Ann and me attended last November. Right before lunch, Dad got into a conversation with a female car wash operator. She said she had self-service bays, no automatics. She brought up that she was having new competition coming. Dad asked if... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 14, 2017

No Air

We had too much excitement today at Location B. Right after Brad fixed an automatic touch-free that had a problem where the first soap pass was coming out weakly, all of the automatics found themselves with no soap and wax, plus the rinse was coming out weakly. Brad determined we were having an air... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Great Job, Howard

I need to write that Howard Booth did an excellent job running the show while Dad and I were away in Orlando. The money was emptied out well, and mechanical issues were addressed. Howard was so worried that he was going to "make a mistake." With him having done such a great time the past three times... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Thankful for Cellphone Lights

The flashlight feature to cellphones has been a wonderful invention. I know that I have benefitted from it many times at work. Our bill changers come with counters to enable us to know how much money we should have in them. Sometimes, the numbers are hard to read because of the darkness from inside... Sign in to see full entry.

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