The Car Wash Life

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Sunday, March 13, 2011

College in the Summer?

My sister Ann has been considering whether or not to take a summer course at a local community college. I am not sure what the course is. Currently Ann works as a cashier at Location D's gas station/convenience store. She also handles some of the ordering. If someone were to ask me to state Ann's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Rainy Days Do Not Get Me Down

Lately we have been getting some rainy weather over the past week here in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Back in 2008 and 2009 rainy weather used to drive me nuts. According to one of the employees at a company that supplies us car wash chemicals and parts, we had three hundred rainy days during... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Powerful Words

Early in September 2007, I made the decision that I was not going to become a teacher with the plan being to take the semester off from college and work for Dad for a full-time trial run during the semester. I was feeling depressed and wanted to clear my head. Secondly, I wanted to see if working... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 7, 2011

Meet the New Boss

Dad informed me last Wednesday that the Ray Berkins era at Location A came to an end sometime during the week before. The Oil Company began to lease Location A from Dad on October 1, 2009. Dad, who was the dealer there, had a clause in his contract that enabled him to hand the Oil Company the keys... Sign in to see full entry.

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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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