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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Better Late Than Never

Location B Harry James and I share the same birthday, that being June 14th. Last month I saw Harry at the bank the Thursday before our birthday. He was with one of the desk people. I went over to say a quick hello and ended up talking to Harry for several minutes. A quick hello never happens with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Hello Verizon

Since the early part of this decade my family and I have had Nextel cellphones. Not only did my family have Nextel phones but as part of the business Dad had it where employees Josh Gabber, Steve Redder and Donald had Nextel phones made available to them as well. What made Nextel so attractive at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Keeping Donald...A Little While Longer

A few days after he gave Donald his two weeks notice in June Dad changed his mind while he was golfing with us. Dad then informed Donald that he would keep him around. By no means is Donald's job safe. Dad explained to him that he would probably let him go in September and that it was very unlikely... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

July Fourth

This past Fourth of July was a slow day at Location A. Some years the automatic tunnel has done over 200 cars. This year we were no where near doing three figures. The reason for the slow day I believe stems from the Fourth falling on Saturday, a day that is the middle of a party weekend. People are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 3, 2009

Ripped Off

Our self-service car wash bays have an alarm that sounds when the customer's wash cycles have one minute remaining. Having this courtesy signals to the customer that they better hurry up or to insert more quarters with each quarter bringing an additional thirty seconds. Should time expire a customer... Sign in to see full entry.

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