Mike Phillips
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Holidays & Vacations - Car Washing Terms
Note the area missed when this car was washed, that's a Holiday
Holidays & Vacations
Above is a picture I took of a car at a stop light where you could easily tell where the owner missed a section when they washed their car.
Back when I was in college one of my friends had a mobile car wash business and he used the terms, Holiday, and Vacation, to describe the area you missed when you wash a car and by accident that is, when you missed a section of paint.
Usually the missed section doesn't show up when the car is wet, but stands out like a Sore Thumb after the car dries.
If I or one of the other guys, or even my friend Dave the business owner missed a small spot, someone would say,
"Hey... are you on a Holiday or something?
If you miss a large section, they'll say...
"Hey... are you on a Vacation or something?
It's usually said in jest, but if you're training a new employee then it's also a gentle way to point out they need to focus on the task at hand because they're missing spots and there isn't time to go back and wash a car a second time as like most jobs in the general category of the car care industry, it's all about speed and production.
Maybe I'm the only person that's heard this?
:laughing:
Note the area missed when this car was washed, that's a Holiday
Holidays & Vacations
Above is a picture I took of a car at a stop light where you could easily tell where the owner missed a section when they washed their car.
Back when I was in college one of my friends had a mobile car wash business and he used the terms, Holiday, and Vacation, to describe the area you missed when you wash a car and by accident that is, when you missed a section of paint.
Usually the missed section doesn't show up when the car is wet, but stands out like a Sore Thumb after the car dries.
If I or one of the other guys, or even my friend Dave the business owner missed a small spot, someone would say,
"Hey... are you on a Holiday or something?
If you miss a large section, they'll say...
"Hey... are you on a Vacation or something?
It's usually said in jest, but if you're training a new employee then it's also a gentle way to point out they need to focus on the task at hand because they're missing spots and there isn't time to go back and wash a car a second time as like most jobs in the general category of the car care industry, it's all about speed and production.
Maybe I'm the only person that's heard this?
:laughing:
