The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, June 10, 2010

State of Shock

I found out last evening via Facebook that Timothy Roberts, the manager at the Big Bank branch we used to do most of the business banking at, passed away suddenly Tuesday evening. I read it in the News Feed section, as the information was posted by Christina, the head teller. I did not see this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

He Thought About Going Back

After a round of golf on Monday, May 24th, Dad told former employee Steve Redder and I that a bigwig from the Oil Company had e-mailed him, wanting to set up a meeting with him. Dad did not have to think long and hard about what the purpose of the meeting would be. Currently Dad leases Location A to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Saving Us Money

Manager Josh Gabber is a man of many trades. By trade Josh, who is also Dad's best friend, is an HVAC specialist, an electrician and a plumber. As one can imagine Dad saves a lot of money by fixing issues in-house in the form of Josh, who has worked for Dad for thirteen years now. God only knows how... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Operating in Hot Weather

Back in January I wrote about how we in the car wash business combat cold weather. With our temperatures having been in the eighties and nineties (Fahrenheit) as of late, I feel now is the time to do the sequel to that post. Unlike cold weather hot and humid weather does not present to us any... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

"My Memory is Not What it Used to Be"

"I saw [former employee] Donald today," seventy-eight year old Location B employee Harry James was excited to inform me last week. "He was in getting his car washed. He said to me, 'My memory is not what it used to be,' and I said to him, 'Mine ain't either."' Like Harry, Donald is no youngster... Sign in to see full entry.

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