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         I don’t know about you but I like a clean car and bring it into the car wash every 2 weeks. Now they  are getting way out of line with their prices. They charge  for a full wash including, wax ,interior and tire shine  $24.00 plus I always  leave the workers a $3.00 tip.. Now the  workers in the back end that clean your wheels before they drive your car on to the belt have their hands out for a tip too ..They put up a sign “We do not share Tips with the front end workers and they started displaying  a big clear Tip Jar..If its busy  I make believe that I drop a  Dollar Bill in the Jar, but if it’s slow like when I’m the first customer in the morning I can’t get away with that and have to throw a buck in the Jar. That brings  the tariff up to $28.00, tax and tip included. The straw that broke the Camels Back was when I witnessed the workers cleaning my wheels with that heavy rough wisk utility broom and as they were done with the wheels preceded to use the broom on my hood and doors..They holla “Brushless car  wash” bull.. By the way it’s the same way at every car wash facilty. Now all these  car wash places hire immigrant  workers and I will say this right from the start “That They are the hardest workers in America’ but get paid very little just like all their restaurants do  with their employees.. however the owners  charge a premium price on their services, Simply Outrageous. High time to boycott the car car wash places untill they lower thier  prices…remember when they all used to charge extra for SUV’s until the public stayed away and then they all stopped that charge.

Listen that $56.00 a month I consider that a big hit in my wallet don’t you ?

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          The first time someone pulled the “suggested sales”  crap on me was when I was at Roy Rogers Roast Beef a while back.. I was on line ordering my meal and the counter person then said to me “would you like an apple pie with your order”? Sure I replied.. Low & Behold when I went to pay my bill the apple pie we charged to me.. I Complained” Hey  what’s going on why did you charge me for Apple pie? She replied back well you ordered it.. No I didn’t  you asked me if I wanted it I was under the impression that it was a  complementary gift. That was the first & last time That I fell for that.

  To make matters worse when I brought my car in for an  oil change.. The service technician or whatever you call him comes over to me with a little square price of paper with a bullseye drawn on it with a drop  oil.. He says to me while showing me that bullseye with the oil   & says “when’s the last time you changed your transmission fluid”?, I replied back” Are you telling me that there’s a problem? No he replied just asking (auto transmission fluid doesn’t have to be changed maybe for a taxi with over 100,000 miles)  I replied “Then why are you implying that somethings not right” . Or they come out with your air filter trying to scare you into buying one by them for  & 45 when you can pick one up at Pep Boys for half that.

It’s Descepitive its just plain not right. The worst is when they try to hit you up for a donation “would you like to give you Jerry’s Kids or some other organization” this happens even at Walmart.. I always reply that I shop at Walmart to save money not to give it away. I donate plenty to charity at home and in my house of worship.. If you doubt me send a self addressed stamped envelope to me and I will supply you with the documentation… But it’s not their business for to be a conduit for charity . They want to come on T. V. and say” Hey look what we collected”..If they want  to play the big shot then let them use there own money. STOP SUGGESTIVE SALES NOW!

      I remember growing up on the 1950’s..Every Man or boy had to have a fresh haircut once a month. If by any chance you had a special event to go to  in between that month such as Wedding, Bar mitzvah, Graduation, Funeral whatever you got another haircut. That’s the way it was back in the Old days. If your mother wasn’t on your case for getting a haircut then there was always a friend or relative that would steam up your mother my  mother had such a friend for the purpose of this story I shall omit her real name a refer to her as Gertrude  “You let your son walk around like that, without haircut “Yelled Gertrude to my mother.My 9mother would reply back “He don’t want to go to the barber what could I do.? Gertrude replied back” whose the boss you or him.. and my mother would give me instructions “Here’s the haircut money don’t come home with out one. You see  nobody wants. to go there years ago…the Barber Shops were hit and miss as far as getting a good haircut   years ago..you’d  walk in perhaps hair a bit long but none the less looking great …but  and you walk out looking like a shmuck/

er growing up on the 1950’s..Every Man or boy had to have a fresh haircut once a month. If by any chance you had a special event to go to  in between that month such as Wedding, Bar mitzvah, Graduation, Funeral whatever you got another haircut. That’s the way it was back in the Old days if your mother wasn’t on your case for getting a haircut.. There was always a friend or relative that would steam up your mother my  mother had such a friend for the purpose of this story I shall omit her real name a refer to her as Gertrude  “You let your son walk around like that, without haircut “Yelled Gertrude to my mother.My mother would reply back “He don’t want to go to the barber what could I do.? Gertrude replied back” whose the boss you or him.. and my mother would give me instructions “Here’s the haircut money don’t come home with out one. You see  nobody wanted tl go there years ago…the Barber Shops were hit and miss as far as getting a good haircut   years ago..you’d  walk in perhaps hair a bit long but none the less looking great …but most times you’d  walk out looking like a shmuck/

What struck out most was the Unacceptance if the Square Back as apposed to a tapered cut. In the 1950’s only the rough crowd.. The punks.. The hoodlums all had square Backs. Gertrude pointed out to my mother some unsavory teenage punks in our apartment bldg. who sported square backs…. Gertrude steamed up my mother & my mother told me when I came home from the Barber with one.. My mother made me go back and get it tapered I can’t tell you how many times that I heard the snide remark” ” Are you posing for Holy pictures or do you want a violin “?

  When I was in the service I came home on leave in Dec.27th 1967 and returned to my duty station Jan.12th 1968 everyone had clean cut Haircuts.. I used to phone home every Saturday from my duty station..Now it’s Mid February from Florida… My father asked are you growing your hair long? I told I have a crew cut plus every Monday we gave an inspection we gave to get white walls( high and close) My father informed me that along with long hair long sideburns are in too. When  I returned to N.Y.C. in March of 1968 long hair was the norm..even the old generations stopped going to the barbershop . Today  haircuts are in..I JUST THOUGHT THST I”D TELL EVERYONE HOW IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY !