The Car Wash Life

By FormerStudentIntern - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Journal

Friday, November 18, 2022

Not Mad, Relieved

At Location C, we hide the keys for the automatic touch free pay stations on a ledge that is on the back of our floor heat boiler. To make sure I always put the keys back, we have a trash dolly next to the floor heat boiler. I pull that out onto the middle of the floor before I grab the keys. When I... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 5:42 AM | add or view comments (2) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Thursday, November 17, 2022

2022 Convention

Yesterday was the car wash convention I go to with my father and sister. We hadn't been in four years. The biannual event is held in even years. You can guess why there wasn't one in 2020. I made some observations. It wasn't as crowded this time around. There were less car wash operators and vendors... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 6:14 AM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Called the Cops

On Saturday, a female customer at Location B, where I was manning, told me there was a guy in one of the self-serve bays pulling his pants up and down, throwing up and staggering. Vacuum employee John Booth told me the guy apologized to him for going to the bathroom in the bay. I myself walked to... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 5:49 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Pray for Denny

Denny is a plumber Dad has been using for 20 years now. We met him on the job when Location B was built. Denny has saved us dozens of times over the years. A car wash with a water problem of any kind is in big trouble. I found out yesterday from Dad that Denny is experiencing renal failure and is on... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 3:24 AM | add or view comments (3) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Friday, November 11, 2022

The End of a Commission

Dad has eliminated the $10 commission for car club sales and $5 commission for customers who add a second vehicle. The employees who are affecgted are Robbie, Harold Walger, Bruce and Lois. Dad had long lamented the commmission because it has been a long time since the staff has pushed car clubs.... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 5:23 AM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

July 2025
SMTWTFS
293012345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
272829303112
3456789
Jun | Newest | Aug
About this Blog

This is a blog about my experiences working for my father in the car wash business and the people who are a part of our work lives.

Recent Entries
People
Blogs

Headlines (What is this?)