The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Work and Football

My father and I are big fans of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. Many an autumn and winter Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Saturday we have watched our beloved team in action. When the Ravens have their home games, Dad hosts tailgate parties in the parking lot before we head on in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

"We Need to Talk"

"We need to talk," car wash employee Howard Booth said to Dad while the two were working on an automatic cashier machine that was not taking customers' money. I was in the back on the other side of the property, vacuuming out one of the Elia family's vehicles. They own a subshop across the street,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

The Description of a Blog

Those of you who read another one of my blogs here on this website, My Education Experience, might recall that last month I did a post where I analyzed the description I had posted for the blog. I ended up changing the description to better reflect what the blog had become. With this blog a few... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Hiring Family Part 2

Before I cover the final three family members who have worked for Dad I wish to mention a couple of things. First of all, the family members are mentioned in the order at which they came onto work for Dad. The second thing I want to mention has a bit more depth to it. Before I sat down to type this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Hiring Family Part 1

One's family can and often are an integral part to one's business. In the thirty years that Dad has been in business for himself he has had eight family members work for him including myself. The fact that so many family members have worked for Dad and work for others is no accident. Dad likes to... Sign in to see full entry.

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