The Car Wash Life

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Sunday, March 20, 2016

I Wanted to Be Alone

Monday, November 24, 2014. Greg the mechanic came in and fixed the tax glitch that plagued the new credit card system that came with the Car Wash Club technology. Doing so required putting new chips in the equipment. Greg warned Dad that the system, which in and of itself was new, was prone to going... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Snow?

The forecast is calling for two to four inches of snow Sunday night into Monday morning. I might be getting a final snow day this winter. The car washes might be getting swamped again. With temperatures in the fifties and sixties over the last week, I cannot believe that snow is in the forecast. Mom... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

When Dad Lost His Temper

Saturday, November 22, 2014. I thought I had fixed the glitch of the new credit card system charging customers a false tax when the Car Wash Club technology as installed in November 2014. The following day, I found out I had not. When it worked properly on my card, it was just one of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 14, 2016

Finally, Some Rain

Yesterday, my day off, was the first slow car wash day in a good while. We received a significant amount of rain for the first time in a few weeks. Last week's midweek temperatures of near eighty have given way to more typical temperatures in the fifties. Now that I have had that taste of warm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 13, 2016

The Tax Glitch

Friday, November 21, 2014. The Car Wash Club technology did not only bring with it RFID technology. It required going from using a telephone line to process credit cards to Internet. The day after it launched, I saw that we had a problem. Most customers were being charged a tax, according to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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