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well i got a new job working at a car wash. as a detailer.. well i go there 4 cars ready to go .. "complete detail" i whent to work buffing with a mild compound and a wool pad . finished the pass fender and started on the hood. my boss asked me if i knew how to buff. i said yea. well i got half way though the hood, and tells me im going to slow. i finish the hood and he comes up to me and says : i dont know were you learnd to buff but your doing it all wrong. i said okay show me how to do it . he get a copound mix he hads that was: compound, polish, wax, mix. he showed me how to mix it "just in case i needed more", so he walked around the car and splaterd the mix all over the car and put on a soft foam pad turns the buffer up to 2200 and gets to work. 15 mins later he is done with the hole car.... okay that was on a escalade, so i get to work the in. and and using a degreaser/ and foam for the carpets. i started on the driver side and was planing on working my way around ending in the trunk, i was told i had to start in the trunk and so i did.
i was pulled off the details. and was told to prep cars for wash, so i started to vac cars n prep. a car gets vac. and then we rinse. and scrub by hand with degeaser and a wool mit. then drive them down a line that has pressure sprayers. and air blowers. i pulled one down the line and was told not to drive. i said okay. a black g35 pulled in and 3000gt. 3000gt went frst and the the g. we preped both of them. pulled the 3000 tru the g was starting to spot up so i kept it wet until the driver came back. then whent back to vac. my boss calls me over and said why did i take so long. i told him that it started to spot up. and was keeping it wet. he said i should just let them sit and vac.
so it slowed down and my boss was telling me he will teach me to detail. the right way. i said dude the way you do cars is crazy you buff polish and wax at the same time you should be in jail. you dont take out any oxidation out and the paint looks the same. lets look at ur buffing and car and lets look at mine. so we did i told him to feel his buff and to feel mine. mine was soft and smooth. his was lol the same, he asked me why i clayed the car. and wanted to charge me for the customers "clay job"
then i went in the inside. the weather strip was dirty and i asked about that. he said its not important. i looked down the side of the seats and seen sunflower seed. he said the vac dose not fit down there. i checked the door jams. wax all over. he said thats okay. i kept looking i kept finding stuff wrong. but thats what happens when you clean up a car in a hour and call it a detail
im sorry i had to get this off my back i know see why ppl that walk in to a meat prossing plant turn in to vegans. thats how i felt in there.
i ended up detailing 2 cars got 2dollars in tips. i did not go back and kinda wish i did because i need the cash. and have done the same with a few carwashes / detail shop left because i did not like the work being done. am i wrong for that? i need help finding a way to get in to a good detail shop any ideas.
There is a local tunnel wash here that does the same procedure. I almost went to work for them when they first opened up, but after talking to the owner I declined it. When i was asked how long it takes me to do a full detail and i told him 8 hours plus, he almost fell out of his chair.
There is a local tunnel wash here that does the same procedure. I almost went to work for them when they first opened up, but after talking to the owner I declined it. When i was asked how long it takes me to do a full detail and i told him 8 hours plus, he almost fell out of his chair.
I think you might be kidding yourself if you think you actually had the opportunity to decline. Judging by the going rates of charges for details at such establishments in this area and factoring the payment for your services and a reasonable expectation for a profit for my operation, I would have asked you why you wasted my time.
"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around." --Will Rogers
AFAIK, prices will vary by region, local market, several other factors. One way to guage might be to ask for his prices. Then you must factor in something for the owner's overhead plus a profit for the shop, somewhere after that will be what he likely intends on paying his labor.
"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around." --Will Rogers
I think you might be kidding yourself if you think you actually had the opportunity to decline. Judging by the going rates of charges for details at such establishments in this area and factoring the payment for your services and a reasonable expectation for a profit for my operation, I would have asked you why you wasted my time.
the owner and myself agreed to disagree and that was it. His way and my way were totally differant and for minimum wage I wasn't willing to do hack jobs on peoples cars.
the owner and myself agreed to disagree and that was it. His way and my way were totally differant and for minimum wage I wasn't willing to do hack jobs on peoples cars.
For the sake of clarification, since the owner holds the keys (or in this case the job) his opinion was the only one that mattered.
"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around." --Will Rogers
For the sake of clarification, since the owner holds the keys (or in this case the job) his opinion was the only one that mattered.
Maybee I'm confused here, but I don't see the big deal in two people agreeing that a position isn't right for someone. Especially when the job didn't pay anything and I already had a job but didn't like it. Its not like I was desperate for work at the time. There were no hard feelings or arguments. In fact I know the guy pretty well now.
Maybee I'm confused here, but I don't see the big deal in two people agreeing that a position isn't right for someone. Especially when the job didn't pay anything and I already had a job but didn't like it. Its not like I was desperate for work at the time. There were no hard feelings or arguments. In fact I know the guy pretty well now.
The only confusion would be if after the owner/hiring authority etc. determines the prospective employee isn't a good fit or desireable, etc. that the anyone could believe the prospective employee's opinion plays any pertinent role.
"If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around." --Will Rogers
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