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Saturday, July 17, 2021

When We Dealt With Pepsi

Today's entry is about the 2008-2016 period Location D ordered directly from Pepsi. Ordering from Pepsi was rife with issues. The ordering was expensive. To order a 12-pack would cost about six dollars. You could go to the grocery store and get three 12-packs for $9-$12. Every product was cheaper at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

No Six Months

Normally, we require a six-month commitment to car wash club newbies who sign up from November through the end of April. We are not doing that this time around. The reason is because of COVID. If we were to be shut, we would not enforce the six-month commitment. However, people may be nonetheless... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 11, 2021

No Weeknight Working

When I was in high school, I did not work for Dad on school nights. I did not want to nor did he ask me to. I wanted to come home after a day of school and do whatever homework I had left to complete and chill out. As for Dad, I imagine he thought going to school and work would have been too much.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

When Not to Fire a Customer

I had written last entry that I was going to write about when not to fire customers. Here are the scenarios where not to fire a customer. Credit cards do not go through. Every month, we have about 30 car wash club members whose cards do not go through. We reach out to them. Most people either... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 5, 2021

Jake Full-Time?

I mentioned a long time ago about how Dad thought he could lease Location D to Jake. I myself did not see such a scenario working out were Jake to do so because I did not feel there was a marketplace for both Jake and Dad to get theirs. The reason I am bringing this up is because Dad broached the... Sign in to see full entry.

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