Ok, let me tell you a story. You won't believe it. I've been going to this car wash for 3 years. I recall once I got an extra quarter from the change machine and tried to give it back, but they person working there told me to keep it. I've always been quite pleased with the place. Not great equipment, but you get what you pay for and as stated, they were very pleasant. Until last Saturday.
I went in to get a good vacuum and wipe down the car. Just detail work. The car wasn't particularly dirty and it was going to rain so I didn't want to do a big wash. The first thing that happened was that the person doing the clean up, leaned against my car when he was collecting the garbage. I thought it was odd, but I thought it was just an accident and didn't say anything.
I'm vacuuming and checking for spots I missed and then the vacuum stops. Of course. No big, I decided to take the opportunity to check if I missed anything and cleaned out the back pockets of the driver and passenger side. Etc. While I'm working and wiping down everything, the same guy that leaned against my car comes by and asks if I was done with the vacuum. I replied, "I think so." Before I knew it, he says, "Well if you're finished, roll up the vacuum and put it back." Typically, places that I give my money to don't give me orders. This person made this statement as if he was talking to.... well you know. I replied, "Well when you start paying me to work here, perhaps I will." You see my parents didn't raise me to be spoken to without respect, therefore this person was not going to speak to me this way and get paid for it. He replied, "What did you say?" I replied, "Did I stutter?" He then said, wait for it, "We don't like your kind of people around here!" Yes, he did. I said what kind of people is that? He tried to recover and said, "rude people." He then went on about how if I wanted to use the equipment, I had to clean up. That's when I threw down the little mini wipe I was using at the time. At that point, wait for it, he called the police. The police. I really couldn't believe he would actually call the police because I threw down on the ground what amounted to a tissue, but believe it or not, he did.
I left so as not to escalate the drama. I told he as I left that it wasn't my fault he wasn't making money. This is the only explanation for him to speak to me like this that I could think of.
The poor police caught up with me as I was getting gas at the citgo station on the corner. I was so embarrassed and apologized profusely to these poor hard working civil servants. I explained what happened just as I have here. They didn't blame me and of course nothing happened since I hadn't done anything other than stand up for myself. They told me he was just a *(&%^ and not to go there anymore. Obviously that wouldn't be an issue. They said it's not like there aren't a million car washes and of course they are right. But just the fact that this lunatic would call the police. Want to know the topper? I wasn't finished with the vacuum. i had said, "I think so." If the *$*(^ had been more civil, he would have found that I wasn't finished.
Thank you RLBPD for your kindness and courtesy and my sincerest apologies that you have to deal with stupid drama.
Ultimate Car Wash/Bill's Car Wash, clearly your employee is off his meds. read more
