The Car Wash Life

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

A Sign of Spring

Location C employee Leo might be leaving us on March 14th. Leo is a winter employee, working for Dad when the car wash is busy or when the temperatures are frigid the latter of which results from Dad needing someone to make sure our equipment does not endure a costly freeze. When the temperatures... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

A Possible Business Benefit

Currently the powers that be in Maryland are considering raising our gasoline tax a dime from 23.5 cents to 33.5 cents. Every so often I speak of Location D having gasoline. Because Location D is not located in Pennsylvania, the possible tax hike will not apply to us. In fact, Location D would... Sign in to see full entry.

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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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