The Car Wash Life

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Dad Fires Kenny

February 2000. Once a week, Dad and some employees would do maintenance on Location A's conveyor tunnel. To make sure we had no downtime, the job was done late on a weeknight. I am talking from close around 9 p.m. to around midnight or so. Kenny was one of those employees who was being used for the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 25, 2021

Saving Grandma

My paternal grandmother was never officially diagnosed with dementia. I firmly believe she had it as all of her family does. She was saying and doing things that had us knowing that she did. One time, she walked home a mile from a shopping center, saying her car had been stolen. The car was there.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

The Idiots

December 1998ish. Every year, Dad would do a gasoline promotion at Location A. He would sell gas way cheaper than what the market value was. The lines were long. We received news coverage every year. The ledger showed a loss that day, but I know we made it up the rest of the year. Because the lines... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 19, 2021

Old Man

None of the employees liked Kenny. They all knew he was lazy. Eric Redman was not a big fan of Kenny's for that reason. Another reason was that Kenny would egg Eric on. He would keep calling him an old fart and stuff like that. Finally, Eric got tired of it and in front of customers shoved Kenny.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 16, 2021

Kenny and His Mother

Dad compared the relationship between Kenneth and his mother to Norman Bates and his of Psycho fame. Whatever she wanted him to do, he did. Outside of going to work and wrestling events, Kenneth had no life. He was at home all the time, doting on his mother. Kenneth had a brother Cliff. Cliff had... Sign in to see full entry.

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