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After work weirdness

by Mark on Feb.02, 2005, under general

After work, I went to fill up my tank at the Mobil at the corner of Quentin Road and Dundee Road in Palatine. While there, I decided that I wanted to get my car washed. While filling up, though, I noticed that the cars that were waiting in line for a wash started leaving one by one. I got happy when I saw that the line was now gone, so I drove my car over to the wash and entered in my code from my receipt.

As the car in the wash finished and left, I drove into the wash and put the car in park. The car wash did a semi-adequate job of cleaning my car, although it left quite a few spots on the rear where the brushes or rinse water did not completely clean things. When the wash finished, I tried to drive forward to leave, but noticed that the two doors were coming down and closing in front of and behind me. I was stuck in the car wash!

Eventually, the rear door opened, but the front door remained closed. A car behind me blocked my path so that I could not reverse out of the wash, and I wasn’t about to drive my car through the closed door in front of me. I tried yelling back to the driver behind me that the door was not opening, trying to be cautious so that I didn’t get myself caught in a starting car wash with my door or window open. Eventually, the driver behind me got the message and went to get an attendant to open the door. I eventually did get out, but not before having my car sit for far too long inside the wash. I left the Mobil station with spots all over my car from water that dripped from the wash internals :-(

So, if you’re in the mood for a car wash, I’d think twice before getting your car washed at this Mobil station. You may want to go get a real car wash at Delta Sonic or Turtle Wax.

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