It's all so very depressing

Those Above Me are discussing the idea of setting up a luxury car wash on the piece of land next to the garage. Funny that they’re trying to find ways to cut staffing costs but are happy to consider splashing out on setting up a new money-making facility.

I despair.

I think someone, somewhere has pointed out that there are a number of local roadside ‘Hand Washes’ – mostly run by Eastern European families – where people will happily queue up and then pass over a tenner to get their car washed and polished with ‘the personal touch’ rather than wasting money on the automated drive-thru monstrosities that we have stuck on the side of most of our garages. I’ve used ours myself, and you end up with large parts of your car that the rolling sponges haven’t touched. At least the guys in the layby get into every nook and cranny so you don’t have to finish the job yourself when you get home.

Sorry for going on a bit there – I’m really stuck in a negative mindset about my employers and every decision they make seems to send me closer and closer to a resignation letter. There must be a company somewhere that still cares about the wellbeing of their staff, and still wants to provide good customer service, rather than placing profit over EVERYTHING.

Or maybe I should find a way to earn money without being stuck inside some awful capitalist corporate money-quaffing uncaring ugly beast.

Maybe I should set up a car wash.

RC 9-9-19