At The Car Wash ...

Sometimes I think I work in the wrong industry. I probably could be making a heck of a lot more money with a whole lot less stress if I was doing something else besides advertising. Something that doesn't really require much thinking. And just what job am I talking about? Why, a car wash business, what else.

Practically the whole first half of the day, my boss and me were rushing around like crazy trying to sort out a project that went haywire during production. And it wasn't easy trying to get the mess in order. I think both of us probably have a few million more white hairs to show for the effort.

After sorting out the mess and taking a short break at one of the restaurants, my boss decided to have his car washed before heading back to the office. So we took a drive to one of the petrol stations that had this independent car wash business, the usual kind where a group of people start a small car wash business. A simple and really easy business to run.

So there we were watching them wash his car and while waiting we both noticed that there were at least about 10 cars that were in various states of being washed, wiped dry and being vacuumed. And during our washing turn, a few more kept turning up. That got us both thinking. How much money do these car wash people make a day just to wash cars? Like I said, a simple and stress free job.

Not to belittle their work but how hard can washing a car be? Spray on some car shampoo, rub down the car, hose the shampoo off and then dry and vacuum the car and charge around the region of RM10-RM12 a car. It doesn't take more than 15 minutes, 20 max to get the car washed, dried and vacuumed.

No stressed involved at all. No nasty clients screaming at you, no deadlines to rush and no headaches whatsoever. All that's required is a high pressure hose, some shampoo and a vacuum. A little bit of hard work and you're done. And you probably could earn quite a decent sum of money in the process.

Like I said earlier, in the time we were there there was at least 10-12 cars already there. Charge a minimum of RM 10 a car, an average of 30 cars a day totaling to RM300 a day, multiply that by 30 days a month which roughly comes up to RM9,000.00! And I'm just basing that on a very low average of cars a day. I think they get more than 30 car on most days.

Yeah, yeah, I know I've got to factor in the water bill, the cost of shampoo and splitting the profits among the many of them but hey, it still is a pretty decent sum. And you also get a good work out from all the hard work you're doing, no need for any Leptorexin diet pills or anything to stay fit.

Come to think of it, maybe I am in the wrong line after all!
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