The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, January 7, 2023

Texting Myself

When it comes to emptying out, there are keys to lock up. Our emptying out keys are kept in bill changers. There is a risk for me that I could end up not putting the keys back or not locking the changer. To solve this potential thing I can do, I end up texting myself when I do the job. That way, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 6, 2023

The Doors

Sometimes, our automatic touch-free doors will pop up. The reason is because of sunlight triggering it eyes. We keep our entrance doors down. Therefore, it is the exit doors where that can happen to. The vast majority of the year, I don't see it happen because sunset is well after work. Before the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

When a Customer Died at Location Z

The sad situation Demarr Hamlin finds himself in made me think about a couple years ago, when a Location B customer died in one of our self-service bays. I have detailed that story, which you can see via the Recommended Reading section. That was the first time a customer died at one our car washes.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

No Dumpster

Location A does not have a dumpster. Here is how that came to be. Some years back, Bob Kendrick went into the trash pickup businesswith a partner. They bought a trash truck. Bob eliminated the dumpster at work. He placed 96-gallon trash cans throughout the property and would fill the truck. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 31, 2022

Work from Home

If you had told me a decade ago that there would be work I could do from home, I would've said no way. Washing cars isn't something one can do at home nor did I have any other tasks that could. With a car wash phone line I handle, the Internet in my pocket and car wash clubs, there is plenty of work... Sign in to see full entry.

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