The Car Wash Life

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Spring Snow

The calendar says that it is is spring. Outside tells a different story. As I write this entry, it is snowing with about an inch already accumulated on the ground. The forecast did call for snow, but with so many incorrect snow forecasts during the past two winters, just about everyone was skeptical... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

So Much Bigger

When Dad went into business for himself back in 1980. the company he purchased most of his car wash supplies from had a one page catalogue. This is the company that hosts the car wash convention that I recently went to. Fast forward to 2012. The catalogue is now 630 pages. That is quite the increase... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Part-Time Full-Timer

The utilization of manager Josh Gabber at Location A immediately springs to my mind. By the time October 2007 rolled around, Josh's schedule had "evolved" as Dad called it to where he cleaned the vacuums for three hours Wednesday mornings. After tending to odds and ends at home, he would return to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Card Trouble

I mentioned when I wrote about the Oil Company how they had installed credit/debit card readers on the gasoline pumps at Location A that did not work well. To compensate for this, I would let any customer whose card was not read to fill up and then I would swipe their credit/debit card inside. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Something Else I Found

Money was not the only thing I found on Friday. At the vacuums I found a pizza delivery bag. I put the bag in the equipment room, figuring that someone would come for it. When I left for the night at 5 p.m., I let Uncle Richard, my relief, know about it. The next day, I came out of the equipment... Sign in to see full entry.

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