Mike Phillips
Administrator
Holiday & Vacation
Here's 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, miss 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.
Anyone else ever hear these terms used like this?
Here's 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, miss 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.
Anyone else ever hear these terms used like this?