The Car Wash Life

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Sunday, July 9, 2023

Free Free Free

If the weather is good, Location A is going to be swamped come the 31st. From Monday, July 31 st through Saturday, August 5th, the automatic tunnel, touch-free and self-service bays will be free. You read that right. Free. Since the pollen season ended a few weeks ago, business has been slow. Just... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

Hotter in Nam

Around the Summer of 2021, before Dad took over Location A in April 2022, when someone would say it was hot outside in front of Bruce, Bruce would say, "It's not as hot in Nam." Bruce claims to have fought in the Vietnam War. He did not. His real age is 66, making him too young to have served over.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 3, 2023

The Brad Pay

Brad has been back working for us for a few weeks since he experienced his gallbladder surgery and the ensuing difficult recovery from that. Before Brad went on the injured list, he would work three days a week at four hours a clip. If he worked more, he would get paid more. Given his computer... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 30, 2023

Gas Meeting

Dad had a meeting with someone from Sunoco about putting gas at Location A. The meeting was yesterday. Dad told me the meeting was productive. There are a lot of steps between the first meeting and gas being on the lot. I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, gas could be a draw to cause people to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

When the Computer Broke

We have been receiving a lot of unsettled weather since Wednesday. Rain, storms and wind have all been present. Sometime late Friday night/early Saturday morning, a major power surge burned up our surge protector, leaving the computer brains that handle the credit card system and the RFID system for... Sign in to see full entry.

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