Tales From the Wash Rack

Sorry this is so late. I am having trouble connecting to the internet.

Remember, this is an Urban Legend, passes down from car washer to car washer (okay, not yet).

This story took place on October 31, the day after Day Lights Savings Time ended and we "FALLed Back."

It was the first Monday after we fell back. As a joke, everyone in the city decided that we would not show up on time. We would show up an hour late and freak out the boss. Maybe we cloud claim that we were 'saving' the hour for when we really needed it. It was a great idea!

So, on the first day of our new time, we all got to work on time, but instead of parking in the parking lot, we all pulled into the restaurant across the street. Of course, they told us never to come back again, but that’s because we were drinking all there coffee. From the window, we watched the boss pull into the empty parking lot. I guess it never dawned on him that we might be across the street. He got out of the car, and scratched his head. Then he looked at his watch, shrugged and got back into the car.

“Where’s he going?” one of our guys, Frik, said.

Nobody knew. We watched him pull out of the parking lot and pull out. He couldn’t be going home. Not just because no one was there yet! He pulled into the drive through to a fast food place down the street.

Suddenly I got a great idea. Everyone started scrambling to put it into action before all the words were even out of my mouth.

About an hour later, the boss came in and looked around.

“Hey, Boss!” I said.

“Forget to turn your clock back?” Frik asked.

Everybody was trying so hard to keep a straight face. And we were all doing a good job. At least in my opinion.

Boss looked confused. “Forgot to set my clock back? I came in an hour ago and no one was here!”

We all shrugged. Lots of voices say, “I was here.”

He shakes his head. “No one was here. I remember.”

“Maybe your eyes were memory’s gone bad,” someone says.

Several people turned away so the Boss wouldn’t see them laughing.

“No, I remember. Really. No one was in the parking lot!”

“Sure, Boss. No one was here.”

“No, really!”