The Car Wash Life

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Getting Better at Handling Those Stressful Situations

Had the power outages the other week at Location B occurred in late 2007, 2008 or during most of 2009 I would have found myself stewing over the episode up to several days afterwards. When I came on full-time at the car wash in September 2007 I was incredibly depressed. As a result every mechanical... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 28, 2011

How Problems Effect Us

People are effected differently when things do not go as planned. Personality, life circumstances, experience and the people along for the ride all play a role in effecting us when life us throws us unexpected curveballs. For this post I will be discussing how a couple employees and Dad were... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Impending End of an Era

Assuming everything goes as planned March 21, 2011 will mark the end of an era. On that day Dad's sale of the Location Z property to a fellow by the name of Ben Graham will become official. Also Dad's best friend Josh Gabber, who leases the property from Dad and owns the business, will sell the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Snow and Rain

Sometimes I feel like this blog is every bit as much of a weather blog as it is a blog about my car wash experiences. On Monday night into Tuesday morning we had eight inches of snow dumped on us. The snow was a light snow that was cleared quickly. The roads were dry by Tuesday afternoon. As a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Why Power Failure Occurs

On average Location B has one power outage a week. The average factors in the crazy days like Saturday with twenty power outages. Location B has so many power outages because the business is located in a windy area with above ground powerlines. The normal wind pattern can be enough to knock out... Sign in to see full entry.

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