The Car Wash Life

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Friday, May 13, 2022

No Deal

Dad and I met with Francis Cippelli of Bull FullService Wash about them leasing Location A on Tuesday. A deal could not be worked out. The amount of rent Dad wants and what BFSW is willing to pay is too far apart to come together. Francis is a nice guy and I did find it valuable to get into another... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

Daytrader

Mark Middleton tried day trading during Fall 2003. When I heard Mark was doing that, the 18-year-old me didn't think it was a good idea. It sounded like the best one could do was make beer money. Nothing wrong with beer money, but I felt the effort wasn't worth the result, most of which were people... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

10 Years

One of the makers of express car wash tunnels says that their tunnels are good for 10 years. In the old days, you could get decades out of tunnels. Maintain them and they would go and go, the only reason to replace ending up being newer technology. Even nowadays, a selling point from most car wash... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 7, 2022

No Overnight Employee

Even though we're a 24-hour business, we do not have an overnight employee. The amount of business overnight doesn't warrant having someone on any of the sites. That's not to say we haven't had times where someone did work overnight. Back in the days of Location A, there used to be tunnel... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 6, 2022

Rainy Days Lethargy

Rainy days can make me feel lethargic. I'm like most people in that regard. When it comes to rainy days at the car wash, I do have to put a lot of effort into doing the harder things of the workday. I can give myself a false sense of security that I have plenty of time to procrastinate. Next thing I... Sign in to see full entry.

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