The Car Wash Life

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Monday, April 12, 2010

Sick Day on Saturday

"I'm going to call Dad and let him know you won't be at work," Mom told me. I put up no protest. There I was at 7 a.m. on Saturday, sprawled out on my bed. My temperature had just clocked in at 99.8 degrees Fareneheit, a full two degrees higher than my normal temperature. My lower body felt so achy.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Caked in Green

All of this spring/summer weather we have been getting so far in April has led to a lot of pollen blowing around. Cars are caked in green. For us this is great because pollen makes cars dirty. People do not like dirty cars and are willing to wash them, hopefully at one of our car washes as opposed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 8, 2010

Taking Off Tomorrow

I will be taking tomorrow off from work. Dad suggested I take off from work because of us going to Opening Day for Baltimore baseball. For those wondering I will see my beloved Orioles take on the Toronto Blue Jays at 3 p.m. I could have gone into work, but Steve Redder is picking me up to go to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Waiting Game

A few weeks back I brought up the possibility of Dad leasing another car wash. He sat down with potential landlord and current car wash operator Roy Foley and came to verbal agreements on rent, an option to buy and a clause enabling Dad to walk out after one year. What was then left to do would be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Better Organized

Location B has four automatic touch frees. Because the touch frees were installed at different times (over eight years) and not in order from left to right or right to left employees have always had trouble labeling them. Dad prefers to have them numbered by when they were put in, but most of our... Sign in to see full entry.

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