I'm in a Hurry

           One by one, Lincolns, Audis, Porches, and BMWs push through the lanes impatiently waiting to get to the car wash. The line is constantly moving. It is, after all, time efficient with no work required. For just, $35 premium wash or $25 for regular people can be waited on to have their cars cleaned. The premium deal enquires two young teenage Latino American boys vacuuming out your car in a separate station off to the side. The regular deal is just an outside scrub.

            The worker’s body languages suggest that they are trying their best to get tips and make money. They greet each customer the same and have a system organized to direct people to the best care and into the proper lanes. The inner lane was for the premium payers going through the inside vacuuming and extra cleaning. However, the outside lane was for people just waiting in line for the outside to be cleaned. Once the people were up to go through the automatic car wash, an older middle-aged was the first to go up to the window and receive the money from the customers. He directed them forward to two other workers using brushes drenched in soap to do the windows down to the rim of the outside of the car before the automatic machine processes. It was a quick process with a minimum of five workers at a time cleaning.

            The lines were hectic. Every car slammed the gas and hits the brakes abruptly to creep their way to the front. In one case, an older gentleman driving a light gray Honda civic tailgated the Black SUV Cadillac in front of him moving obviously too slow for his liking. By the time it was his turn to go through the car wash, the man in charge was waving for him to stop and back up. It took the civic 3 minutes to go through the car wash, and by the time he pulled out and sped away, the wait was almost not worth it.

            One woman in a white Cadillac in the premium lane gets out of the vehicle to get her car vacuumed out. She quickly talks to the workers and then grabs her purse and stands near her car. She checks her watch frequently and once the guy finishes up with the front of her vehicle immediately gets back in. She was rude and unappreciative of the job the workers were doing. She continued to be just as rude once she was merging into the regular lane.