The Car Wash Life

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Monday, August 19, 2013

Better with Time Management

Up until Fall 2010, I was terrible at time management. Not getting started on time, taking too many breaks and scheduling too many things were the ways in which I managed time terribly. This terrible time management manifested itself during both work and personal time. What changed in Fall 2010? I... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Yuck

When it comes to the grossest thing that I have ever seen at any of the car washes, nothing has stood out to me as ultra gross. Now I did hear from Michael Gellington that he once found cow intestines at Location D, making the cow intestines the grossest thing I ever heard of being at a car wash. I... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Not Long Enough, Super Slow Month and More

I returned to work from a nice one week vacation on Monday. I have heard many a person state that their vacations did not last long enough. Over the weekend, I found myself relating to that statement. Now I know what people mean when they say their vacations do not last long enough, I thought.... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Stack It Up

When business is busy, vehicles need to be stacked at the automatic touch frees. Stacking is lining up the vehicles at each automatic and making sure that the line is kept in a way that does not waste space. Location C is a business where stacking is not needed. With two automatics and lots of... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Too Many Freebies

Dad has allowed employees to wash their vehicles for free. For about fifteen years no one abused it. Former employee Jake Brennan ended up abusing it, thus necessitating Dad developing an employee wash policy. Back in the mid-1990s, Dad one day looked at Location A's paperwork to see that Jake had... Sign in to see full entry.

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