Do Yourself A Favor And Try Taking 1/8th The Amount Of Pride In Your Work That Germans Do In Their Car Washes

Author:: Bess Levin
Updated:: Jan 14, 2019
Original:: Sep 9, 2014

"It's not polite to talk about yourself, but I haven't seen anything like it," says Mr. Wash Chief Executive Richard Enning. A few of his 32 other outlets are almost as big. Germans love cars. They also tend to like things tidy. Now they're building temples to clean cars. The Stuttgart Mr. Wash is probably the world's busiest and most expensive carwash. It cost roughly $40 million to build five years ago and employs about 40 people on a busy day for cleaning. Drivers can also tank up or get an oil change. Mr. Enning wants Mr. Wash to be the spot for a spotless car in Stuttgart, the hometown of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. From afar, the orange structure with curved silver protrusions resembles a glitzy shopping mall or some sort of spaceship...Inside, classy touches include a man in white gloves who directs drivers to conveyor belts for robotic sudsing. After that, patrons can sip complimentary coffee amid potted plants and the strains of classical music while teams polish and vacuum. Staff are even instructed on how to fold and refold wiping cloths so dirt doesn't move from one surface to another...Few things make serious German drivers smile like inching through a foam bath and undulating scrubbers, said [branch manager Robert] Kerbler [WSJ]

Back in May, we had a frank discussion about drinking with colleagues and/or clients after work. Specifically, how many drinks one should put away in order to have a good time but not cross any unfortunate lines. At the time, we used a young lady named Sophia Anderson as our guide and said that, assuming you have the tolerance of a 21 year-old female and considered being arrested post-Happy Hour for driving your through a stranger's house one of those lines, no more than a dozen beverages should be consumed, with fourteen being the absolute max. Today we have just a quick update, to those for whom it bears mentioning, that if you're going to ignore said guidelines and have that fifteenth cocktail shortly before accepting a ride home from an equally sloshed coworker who confuses someone's front lawn/foyer/kitchen/backyard patio with the road, you should probably not agree to lie to the police and say you were the one driving. Not even if you're secretly in love with him or her; not even if he or she promises to take take you on vacation after all of this blows over; not even if you were passed out the whole ride and a bit disoriented after "[waking] up as the incident occurred and the car drove through the house." The sneaky punk who conned his drunk and coked-up girlfriend into taking the DWI rap for crashing through, and trashing, a Long Island home in his mom’s Mercedes convertible, was finally charged today with the May 28 crash and ordered held without bail. Suffolk DA Tom Spota said Dan Sajewski, 23, tricked Sophia Anderson, 21, into telling cops that she was behind the wheel when he crashed through the Huntington home of a 96-year-old woman – taking a 30-foot tree with him from the front to the back yard. Spota said the incredible demolition derby was the end result of a night of boozing and cocaine snorting at the $1.7 million mansion of Sajewski’s parents in exclusive Lloyd Harbor – when Sajewski and Anderson took a high speed joyride for more beer. ``We know what really happened that day,’’ said Spota at a press conference after the court session. He said the couple, along with three pals, were doing shots of Jack Daniels and snorting coke at Sajewski’s doctor dad’s home until 4 a.m. The crash occurred during a trip for more Heineken beer, while Sajewski was driving, said Spota. He said Anderson was passed out in the passenger seat and ``told us she wakes up as the incident is occurring and they were driving through the house.’’ Spota said Anderson ``was in love with him’’ and agreed to take the rap, after he promised to pay her bail and legal bills – and take her on a vacation. He broke his word and she revealed it was all a lie. The DA said that when an x-ray technician at the hospital told her she could not have been the driver because of her injuries, Anderson told him ``it’s a little too late for that.’’ LI punk held without bail for May 28 crash that destroyed elderly woman's home [NYP via DI] Earlier: Area Drunk Offers Handy How To Guide Re: Not Being Labeled “That Guy (Who Uses The Front Door Of A House As A Garage Door)” At The Office