The Car Wash Life

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Monday, March 25, 2024

Once a Week

Generally, I wash my vehicles once a week. For me, washing my vehicles is an easy thing to do given that I work at car washes. Sometimes, I'll wash a vehicle more than once a week because I either have to test a machine, or the road salt is so much to where I want to get it off. By and large,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 23, 2024

Rain or Shine

I did not expect to see John Booth today. John cleans the vacuums at Locations A through C every other Saturday. Today is the normal Saturday. I did not expect to see John because we have buckets of rain falling down. I figured he would either do it tomorrow or push it to next Saturday. Nonetheless,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

Jason and Retirement

Jason Abner woke up to a scare on Friday morning; he thought he was having a heart attack, experiencing chest pains. He went to the hospital. Thankfully, he did not have a heart attack. Jason told Dad that the heart attack is making him think. What does he want to do with his life? Jason knows the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Sales Tax Talk

When I heard of a proposal to lower Maryland's sales tax from 6% to 5%, I was excited. Then I hard the caveat. Services would be subjected to the 5% sales tax. The car wash industry would fall under having to charge a sales tax. From the looks of things, the proposal is dead on arrival, thankfully.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 18, 2024

He Cleans That

Saturday was a day in which I received a call asking if Jason Abner would clean vomit as part of the express detail. I told the customer I would check. Jason's answer answer was that yes, he did clean vomit, but he would charge $100 to do so. Jason's highest express detail package is $35. For Jason,... Sign in to see full entry.

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