The Car Wash Life

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

A Long Time Working

Eric Redman is the only employee who worked for Dad and Pop Pop. Pop Pop had a Citgo station back in the day that also had an auto mechanical shop. To hear Eric tell it, he was the one who ran the show. Not so, according to Dad. Eric was a part-timer who worked on Saturdays. Dad told me he looked up... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 22, 2020

A Reduction of Help

Back in the Location A days, we could have four people working at the automatic tunnel. One person would handle the money. Two would scrub the vehicles down. One person would load the vehicles on the chain conveyor. There was a lot of camraderie with so many people. Dad did renovations in 2003 that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 20, 2020

Use It Or Lose It

Our Car Wash Club customers can receive one wash a day. If they do not get a car wash on a particular day, they do not accumulate washes. The policy is use it or lose it. We wouldn't want people to stockpile because if they leave the membership, they would either want refunds or to be able to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Eric Redman

I have mentioned employee Eric Redman here and there. Now is the time to do a series on him. It's funny. Sometimes a series idea will be in my head a long time before I start to compose it. Other times, the series idea just pops into my head. This time, the series popped into my head, and I'm going... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Uncle Willy Wrap-Up

The Uncle Willy Series has been a sad series. There is no happy ending for a guy who was an alcoholic, a disease that ended up killing him. Compared to any other non-related entries, I find the Uncle Willy entries to be sadder individually. I cannot pick one entry in the series as being the saddest,... Sign in to see full entry.

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