The Car Wash Life

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Saturday, August 8, 2020

No Change Order

We do not have to get change from the bank. The car washes take in way more ones and fives than customers demand from us when they want to break larger bills. In fact, we actually supply the banks with ones and fives. Now in the gas station days of Locations A and D, yeah, we needed to do change... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 6, 2020

Bonnie

As a kid, I worked at Location A on the register and tunnel. I was too young to work there by myself. I required an employee with me. My least favorite employee to work with was Bonnie. She came on in April 1997. She was part-time, then became full-time after the other gas station she was working at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Some Employees

There are a lot of employees who I have not talked much about, if at all. What better thing to do than to do a series on said employees? I have chosen some employees from our time at Location A to discuss. None of them are currently with Dad. They are ex-employees. Ex does not necessarily mean they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 3, 2020

Lots of Warehouses

Our main supplier's warehouse infrastructure has grown a lot over the last decade. For decades, Pennsylvania was the only warehouse location. Then came Las Vegas followed by Dallas followed by Kansas City. I was surprised they put in the Kansas City location since before that, they were able to give... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 1, 2020

Year-to-Year

Some people like to compare past business performance by looking at this day, week or month in history. I myself do it by year. There is a lot of variance throughout a year, so much so that there are bound to be slow periods during a great year and busy times during a bad year. Each year is a full... Sign in to see full entry.

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