The Car Wash Life

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Monday, October 24, 2016

The Shortest Workday

The shortest workday I ever had was five minutes back in May 2004. What happened was that it was my cousin John's daughter's Baptism. The Baptism was in the morning. Dad and I went for a ride afterwards. Because we were short on help, Location A's trash cans had not been dumped. Dad had me run the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 22, 2016

The Interested Banks

Out of the twenty or so banks Dad talked to during The Refinance Rollercoaster, there were three banks that were interested. When I first met Doug the Banker from Bank #1, he sounded super disinterested. Right away, with Dad, Doug revealed he was having major back pain. Dad suggested they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

The Popular Barrels

At Location B, our empty chemical barrels do not sit for long. People will come and grab them. The uses people find for them are rain barrels, produce storage, trash cans and as traffic barriers. One time, a car dealership that closed used a bunch of our barrels to block its driveway. Recommended... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

"The Car Wash Industry is a Dead Industry"

Most of the banks, about twenty in all, that of which Dad spoke to had no interest in letting him refinance. For some, Dad's businesses were considered too small to do business with. They wanted the big commercial accounts. Size was rarely a factor, though. The big reason that most of those banks... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 17, 2016

Tobacco Juice

Here is one difference in the trash between Locations B and C. Location B's trash often has tobacco juice in bottles and cups while C's does not. Location C is located well into suburbia, where tobacco chewing is not common. B is on the border of suburban and rural and gets the rural tobacco... Sign in to see full entry.

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