The Car Wash Life

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Friday, January 3, 2025

Pump First

During most of our time at Location A, we allowed customers to pump their gas first before paying. In fact, when customers came in to pay first, we would encourage them to pump first. Allowing customers to pump first used to be common back in the day. My educated guess was that it grew out of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Some Friday Problems

Location D had a couple of things go wrong on Friday. I could not get into the safe portion of the pay station to collect the money and load the machine with ones. Neither could Dad or Brad. Then the property had a well problem, which meant no water. For the lock, Dad brought in a locksmith to drill... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 28, 2024

Get In, Get Out

Location A had itself a nice snack shop. Name any candy and the snack shop had it. The same went for beverages. We used to have a fountain soda machine. However, the health department ended up requiring us to have to upgrade it, and the sales did not warrant it. Therefore, we got rid of the fountain... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Bruce's Gift

I received a surprise gift from Bruce today as did Dad. The surprise gift were lottery tickets, $50 worth to each of it. Bruce thanked Dad and me for treating him so well. His appreciation really touched my heart. Now I would be amiss not to say how our tickets did. I won $10. Dad won $60.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 21, 2024

Trucks Galore

Originally, Location A had three 10,000 tanks. As busy as we were, we were pumping at least 10,000 gallons per day most of which was regular. Gasoline trucks are allowed to hold 8,700 gallons of gasoline. The gas is compartamentalized. That way, a dealer can receive different octanes. With the way... Sign in to see full entry.

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