The Car Wash Life

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Friday, September 2, 2022

FedEx Shipping

Near Location B is a Walgreen's pharamcy. Besides being the place where Dad gets his medications, it is also a place to ship things out at. Walgreen's has a deal with Federal Express to service as a ship and receive center. If you're shipping, you have to get that done online. Because of that, I'm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Great Customers

I recently wrote about bad customers the car washes have experienced. What about good customers? Doing a series about them is a good way to offset the negativity. Therefore, I'm going to write about some of them. This not a ranking of customers. I'm doing them in order of timeline. While I've done... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Royal Farms: Two Years Later

It was in April 2022, when Royal Farms ended Dad's managing their self-service car wash. Two-plus years later, I am all the more certain it was a blessing. I had written plenty about how slow of pay Royal Farms was, the inefficiency of Royal Farms management getting things done and how we had a lot... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 27, 2022

Bringing Gas Back?

Dad revealed some interesting news to me over the phone. He is in talks with Location D's former Oil Distributor to bring gas back to Location A. Dad would be a commission agent. He would be paid money per gallon for gas sold. He wouldn't have to worry about the installation process. He might even... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 26, 2022

How to Handle an End-Around

One of Location C's bill recyclers has been giving us problems. An error message comes up that it is open. We sent it off back in May and got it back in late June only to have the problem rear its ugly head last weekend. I called the company to let them know warranty work was coming in. I was... Sign in to see full entry.

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