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Monday, March 22, 2010

The Tunnel Jinx

Stan Leonard became known as The Tunnel Jinx. By January 2008 Stan had been working at Location A for about a year and a half on Saturdays and Sundays when seemingly every time he worked the automatic tunnel on a halfway decent day we would have a mechanical breakdown. The problem cost us a lot of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

I'm Loving Life

Thus far March has been a great month. Business has been pretty solid. The first ten days we benefitted from road salt. Even though a rain killed the long lines the weather has held up well with seventy degree days and plenty of sunshine. We are still doing well. By far this will be our best month... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

We Don't Know How He Did It

Tuesday saw me meet with Howard Booth at Location B. One of the receipt mechanisms for one of the automatic touch frees had a paper jam. Two reasons explain why the job was a two man one. First of all, only Dad, Josh Gabber and I have keys. With Josh off and Dad at an appointment I was going to be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Dad Gets It

I wonder how much time Ray Berkins has left renting Location A from the Oil Company until he decides to walk. Last month Ray's manager, Jim Williams, gave his two week notice. Jim came on with the guys when they got the lease to the business in late September of 2008. By December he hated working... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

He Did Not Call Out

I arrived on a wet Monday morning after a rain at ten a.m. to find Location C with trash cans full, trash strewn along the ground, dirty bays and no Harold Walger around to clean up. Harold works ten a.m. to eleven thirty a.m. during the weekday mornings save for Thursday when he golfs or does odds... Sign in to see full entry.

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