The Car Wash Life

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Forgot Her Present

"Give this to your sister, and tell her I hope she feels better," Location B employee Harry James said in reference to my sister Ann's cracked ankle. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet, proceeding to pull out money to give her. Before he could pull out a bill or two to give me... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 28, 2009

Dad Wants Back In

Ray Berkins is most definitely losing money at Location A. Ray subleases the property was the Oil Company, an entity that in turn is leasing the property from my father, the former operator. With our office next door to Ray's business one can safely assume Ray is not making money when looking... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Went to Work

I awoke to no wintry mix or rain. From 11:40 a.m. to 3 p.m. I ended up working at Locations C and B where I did some much needed cleaning. Trash cans needed to be dumped and bays washed. At Location B I had a few mechanical hiccups that I was able to deal with quickly and thus efficiently. Business... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Finally, A Busy Day!

Yesterday we had our first real busy day. All the businesses were busy. In fact, Harry James told me that at Location B we had cars lined out to the street. At that business to get to the street we need to have about fifteen cars or so. Finally the effect of the road salt is starting to be seen.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

One Less Business

Come January 1st Dad will hand the keys to Location Y back to landlord and great friend Marty Goldberg. Two years it will have been since Dad began his lease with Marty. The first year we lost money. Because of us losing money Marty was willing for the year of 2009 to knock one third off the rent.... Sign in to see full entry.

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