The Car Wash Life

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Jack and Kyle

There are a couple bad Car Wash Club customers who I have written about. I will go briefly into them rather than completely reinvent the wheel for them nor will I do them individually. The first customer was Jack Panlio. He was a Location D car wash club customer in the early going. I'm talking... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

The Fat Guy

I don't know this particular customer's name. He was a pain in the ass. He was a large man with the blockiest of block heads. He came up to the office door at Location B. He had some problem or the other. Dad was dismissive of him Dismissive is beating around the bush. Dad was being rude. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 19, 2022

Harassment?!

Thursday was a weird day. It was slow with off and on rain. A small, elderly Black woman approached me wearing a mask. "Hello," I said as I went to approach her." "Six feet," she ordered. Understandable with COVID. The science today says that outdoor transmission is minimal and outdoor masking not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 18, 2022

Training Time

On Saturday morning, I will be at Location A to learn how to open the conveyor tunnel and run the system. Not once did I open Location A under the tunnel system. I got lucky in that regard. The software to put cars through has long since changed. Bruce will be showing me the ropes. I'm looking... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

"I Want Gas"

August 2009. The days of operating Location A were coming to an end, October 1 to be exact. I was working the gas and automatic tunnel. Something of note I must make is that just like any gas station, we had customers cards who were rejected. If the error message was "Unable to Read," I could... Sign in to see full entry.

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