Liz O'Brien - Celebrating 30+ Years in the Carwash Industry

Name: Elizabeth O'Brien

Position: Manager

Carwash name: Clover Carwash Tamworth

Years in the carwash industry: 33yrs

1. What do you love most about working in the carwash industry?
   Getting to meet some wonderful and interesting people.
2. What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever found inside a vacuum?
   Not so much strange as expensive; a beautiful diamond engagement ring a male customer vacuumed up and needed it back so he could propose to his girlfriend that night. Yes, we found it, cleaned it and she said yes (he came back and told us the next day). He was very grateful to get it back.
3. Are you a self-serve or automatic carwash customer?
   Both, just depends how long between washes.
4. What’s the one job/task you could practically do with your eyes closed?
   Wash cars.
5. If you were a Little Tree scent, what would you be, and why?
   Vanillaroma, because it's a classic and been around a long time a bit like me.
6. What’s your personal theme song during a busy day?
   Working 9-5 - Dolly Parton
7. If you could add one ridiculous feature to the carwash (e.g., confetti cannon, disco ball), what would it be?
   I wish I could say exactly what I'm thinking but it might not go down with some people so let's just say, I'd add a self-serve ice cream machine on the way out for our customers to enjoy.
8. What is the most impressive vehicle you have seen in your carwash bays?
   1915 Old English Taxi. It was so loved and well cared for by its owner.  Everyone stopped washing to have a good look and admire it.
9. What’s your go-to way to relax after a long day at the carwash?
   Spend time with my horses.
10. If you weren’t working in a carwash, what job would you choose instead?
    I wanted to be a police officer but I was too short, they had height restrictions when I was younger.
11. And finally, finish this sentence. The weirdest customer request I’ve ever heard was…
    Can I wash my horse here? (I said yes as I have washed mine at the carwash too. Just not with high pressure - they love the brush scrub.)