Holiday & Vacation



Here`s a picture I took of a car at a stop light where you could easily tell where the owner missed a section when they washed their car.

Back when I was in college one of my friends had a mobile car wash business and he used the terms, Holiday, and Vacation, to describe the area you missed when you wash a car and by accident, miss a section of paint. Usually the missed section doesn`t show up when the car is wet, but stands out like a Sore Thumb after the car dries.

If I or one of the other guys, or even my friend Dave the business owner missed a small spot, someone would say,

"Hey... are you on a Holiday or something?


If you miss a large section, they`ll say...

"Hey... are you on a Vacation or something?


It`s usually said in jest, but if you`re training a new employee then it`s also a gentle way to point out they need to focus on the task at hand because they`re missing spots and there isn`t time to go back and wash a car a second time as like most jobs in the general category of the car care industry, it`s all about speed and production.



Anyone else ever hear these terms used like this?