The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, December 7, 2013

Rainy Stretch

Rain, Rain, go away. A drizzly Thursday, a washout yesterday and more rain expected to come on Sunday and Monday has seemingly everyone signing that song. The good news, though, is that I continue to pass the rainy colors. I know that this rainy stretch will pass at some point. I worked a little bit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Say Uncle

The time has come for me to begin a new car wash series. I am going to be focusing on Uncle Richard. Uncle Richard has had three stints working for Dad. His first stint was at Location A from March 2001 through September 2003. I am not going to write about that stint because I have already covered... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 2, 2013

Frozen Safety

When temperatures reach freezing and below, what is done at the car washes to make sure that the water on the ground does not freeze. Inside the automatic touch frees and the self-service bays, there is floor heat. As the name implies, floor heat heats the floors, thus preventing the water on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 1, 2013

I Still Have the Warm Feeling Inside

I was at Location B's office yesterday afternoon, when an elderly man pulled up to the wash building's equipment. He got out of his vehicle and knocked on the door. I got up from my chair and approached him outside, where we both stopped in front of one of the automatic touch frees to talk. "Hello,"... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

"I Forgot What Customers Looked Like"

Things have been busy since Thanksgiving. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we received a ton of rain. With freezing temperatures on Wednesday night, salt was spread, thus causing the car washes to reap the benefits. Thanksgiving was the first busy day the car washes have had since late September. On... Sign in to see full entry.

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