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Junkman 104
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There is one of those here in town, I can honestly say I have never been through a car wash. Hand wash mine.
Around here I see them as part of convenience stores like Royal Farms. They offer money off the price of gas if you buy a car wash.
I spent 5 month's, working in Minute Man Car Wash, after I graduated from High SchoolDon't know what living is, till you have to work 7 hours, replacing Master Links in a frozen chain, when it's 0 * inside.
And at that time Skip as you were slaving there changing links in below freezing temps did you ever have a inkling of what lay before you which would be in nowspeak as the Grand Master of Skillet Whoomphing Extraordinaire Unlimited.
Mark
multi-tasking? I wonder if the cutting chains were on those.
If there had been this guy would be a walking prosthetic.
Mark
Then there was the unlucky few, that would have to do the chain, or shovel snow. 
I was SO happy, when I passed the Civil Service exam, and got a NYS job.
95% of all of our car washes over here are the same as this oneI spent 5 month's, working in Minute Man Car Wash, after I graduated from High School
Can tell some funny stories about them and some of the idiots that use them (bit like this guy in the video)
I used to maintain them for 3-4 years working in the oil industry
Will put some stories on here later as have to work now. Lol
Steve
Story 1
Oil Company site car wash in invercargill my home town.
We used to have a service code that you put into the machine to test it on your work van.
We had just finished an upgrade of the machine and were there cleaning up our gear
We used to park the van in the carwash and then go put the code in to the machine. that way you could from the outside watch the brush pressures on the sides of the vehicle and the roof of the vehicle. You could adjust all of these things while watching how it was doing.
Well, the know it all SOB who managed the site was showing off to his buddy how the car was worked.
He gave his mate the code and told him to put it in once the car was in the wash
He didnt tell his buddy to not put it in until he was out of his car and clear of the car wash however
peter (oops sorry) drives into the wash and gets out of his car, not realising that his buddy had already put the code into the machine
The machine starts up water and brushes just as he closes his drivers door
i have never before or since seen such a deserving drowned rat as the three piece suit that walked out of that wash...
Steve
Oil Company site car wash in invercargill my home town.
We used to have a service code that you put into the machine to test it on your work van.
We had just finished an upgrade of the machine and were there cleaning up our gear
We used to park the van in the carwash and then go put the code in to the machine. that way you could from the outside watch the brush pressures on the sides of the vehicle and the roof of the vehicle. You could adjust all of these things while watching how it was doing.
Well, the know it all SOB who managed the site was showing off to his buddy how the car was worked.
He gave his mate the code and told him to put it in once the car was in the wash
He didnt tell his buddy to not put it in until he was out of his car and clear of the car wash however
peter (oops sorry) drives into the wash and gets out of his car, not realising that his buddy had already put the code into the machine
The machine starts up water and brushes just as he closes his drivers door
i have never before or since seen such a deserving drowned rat as the three piece suit that walked out of that wash...
Steve
When I worked at Minute Man, I think I was the youngest worker.
I was very naive.
Most of the other guys were there a long time, because I realized, many were uneducated, and this was their career.
Our supervisor was an overweight sourpuss. He would sit at the cash register, and stare at everybody. Just a Fat- Ass ball buster.
He had eye's like a Hawk.
Boy, could he spot a streak in a window. He would open the office door, and shout, that window isn't clean.
Nobody, liked him.
A few of the black workers, had a nickname for him. "Bull" This guy lived 60 miles away, and Never took a day off.
One day work started, and he was Not there.
I asked Tibbs, where the Bull was? He told me the Bull had to go to the Hospital, and have an operation, on his Ah-ss. 
We laughed, the whole day, after that.
AH-SS
I was very naive. Most of the other guys were there a long time, because I realized, many were uneducated, and this was their career. Our supervisor was an overweight sourpuss. He would sit at the cash register, and stare at everybody. Just a Fat- Ass ball buster. He had eye's like a Hawk. Boy, could he spot a streak in a window. He would open the office door, and shout, that window isn't clean.Nobody, liked him. A few of the black workers, had a nickname for him. "Bull" This guy lived 60 miles away, and Never took a day off. One day work started, and he was Not there.I asked Tibbs, where the Bull was? He told me the Bull had to go to the Hospital, and have an operation, on his Ah-ss. We laughed, the whole day, after that. AH-SS
