The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, September 28, 2013

The Longest Work Days

The longest work day that I have ever put in were twelve hours. I worked a twelve hour summer week day at Location A back in 2002 because we were short on help. Then there was a February Saturday at Location A that was so busy that I decided to come in two hours early and stay three hours later,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Summer

Summer is slow. As it relates to the car wash seasons, Summer is July and August. During Summer, Dad operates with the least amount of employees save for when someone is on a paid vacation, thus requiring help to be brought in to cover for the person or people out on vacation. What makes summer so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Pollen Season

The car wash season known as Pollen Season sees business pick up. Once those April showers end, pollen regularly appears. The lovely green stuff gets caked onto people's vehicles. Those people drive their vehicles to one of the car washes to get the pollen off of their vehicles. As a whole, car wash... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 23, 2013

Silverado

Dad has himself a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado. The three year lease began on Friday. The Silverado will serve as his backup vehicle to his Ford F-250. Back in May, Dad bought a 1997 Ford Expedition from Location C employee Harold Walger, which he had originally sold to Harold back in early 2004.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Comes in Bunches

Some of the machines at the car washes take $1 Coins. Each month, I come across a handful of $1 Coins at the car washes, finding one here and there. A few months back, on a March Saturday at Location C., opened up one of the automatic cashiers to the touch frees, which had five of them, three... Sign in to see full entry.

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