NN had her Life Conference car wash fund
raising and I dropped her in the morning… thinking I can get my car washed
also. I was the first car there… but
they were still setting up on the basketball courts so I parked on the side and
waited for the markers or traffic directors.
10 minutes before they opened for business…this lady drives onto the
basketball court… going the opposite way I would’ve expected the car wash queue
to go. But the Youth Leaders didn’t
correct her. They started washing her
car. Pretty soon… a second car
came. And a third. All facing… what I consider… the wrong
direction. Whatever… they’ll regret it later. Lemme get in line…. I was 4th.
I brought my laptop with me and sat on the
side to do work. But after a long time
of waiting… and seeing people who came after me already leaving… I got
curious. What was taking so long???
OMG…. What a friggin disaster. No
order. No process. No line.
Cars were now parked facing in two directions. My car was not even touched. There was one person spraying with water….
And about 10 youths who’ll jump onto soap the car. Then those same 10 youth will walk over to
dry the car. Then they’ll vacuum the car. So inefficient. So impractical.
NN saw me… and told me that I should go to
lunch and come back. I looked at her in
bewilderment. No!! I got here 4th…
I should leave 4th. Her
excuse was… some cars that came late have to leave. Ok… we’re a Christian organization. I get it that some people have a schedule to
maintain… but still, how about maintain the integrity of order. I made an audible gasp… and started talking
loudly to people that were also waiting… saying how long I’ve waited. I loudly say… “I don’t need to get it washed…
I’ll just donate and leave.” Making sure
the other Youth Leaders heard me. And
making sure everyone knew I was annoyed.
I was now standing there staring the Youth
leader down. Poor guy. He was overwhelmed. He was spraying cars down. Moving cars out of the way. Giving directions to his crew. He bit off more than he can chew. And with the 3rd and 4th
car still sitting there… he walks over and starts spraying down a later coming
mini-van. The owner of the van was next
to me… and I lose it. I call out to the other Youth Leader and
say, “Can my car be next?”
Preposterous!!!
After the wash… which I will say, was done
fairly well… they still needed to vacuum.
NN said, “It’ll be another 45 minutes.” And she probably wasn’t wrong…
so I told the Youth Leader… “I don’t need a vacuum. Here’s my donation. Thanks!!”
And I drove off and leave. As I
was leaving… I hear NN talk to that Youth leader within earshot… “My dad needs
to have more patience.” I was gonna get
out of the car and make a scene…. But decided to swallow it and just let it
be.
Patience my @$$. This was utter buffoonery.
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