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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

When Gambled His House

2009. Early in Obama's presidency, Steve Redder told me about how there was an assistance program for those who had not made their mortgage payments in a while. Steve decided that he was going to not pay his mortgage for a bit to get the assistance. It sounded like an illegal bad idea, but I let him... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 15, 2023

Getting Up Early

Nowadays, it's very rare for me to get up early for work. The earliest I get up for work is 8 a.m. A while it has been since I would get up before. During busy spells, I would get up early, but nowadays, those are well-covered. Back in the day, I would get up early to work Location A's tunnel. With... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 14, 2023

Height Clearance

Our automatic touch-frees have a height clearance of seven feet. We have a yellow bar with a seven-foot height clearance written on it. That doesn't mean that the bar has served as a deterrent 100% of the time. You get people who do go into the machine, anyway. Fortunately, that is a rare thing, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

$50 Short

At Location A, we have a petty cash. Us employees cash in larger bills to get the smaller bills as needed. Since the renovation, we've been swapping out more bills. Business is busier. Also, we previously had two washes priced at $10 and $15. With our current special of three washes at $5, $9 and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Don Working More

Something that has developed with the reopening of Location A's tunnel is Don working more. Don would work nine hour days Sundays and Wednesdays. Now he is working an additional four five-hour days with Thursday his off day. The 74-year-old is a bundle of energy. He is always doing something, rarely... Sign in to see full entry.

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