Splurge on car wash?

[greenskeeper]

with two crew cab pickup trucks in the driveway I'll gladly pay $40/month for unlimited deluxe washes at the car wash.

[~bs]

agreed, sometimes it doesn't make sense to do it yourself if your time is better spent doing something else.

BUT in many cases people pay to have things done simply because they're too lazy, and value sitting around watching tv more. Which is their choice, I suppose.

My car is small, low, and easy to wash. I can see how washing a cargo van or a large truck would be a pita, and easier taken to a car wash.

[~bs]

Every Sunday I fill up bucket of water and wash it myself, been doing it 25+ years. Just recently I bought a pole washer ($12) which makes it way more easier. I use a chamois rag to wringe dry. 15 minutes tops. Before the pole washer maybe 20 minutes.

Washing the car I don't mind, I hate waxing. So I cheat and use the "wax as you wash" products. lol

[disneysteve]

in many cases people pay to have things done simply because they're too lazy, and value sitting around watching tv more.

Are you saying that someone who wants to relax and watch some tv at night after a day of work is lazy? Or were you not generalizing?

I absolutely value spending some of my limited free time relaxing on the sofa with my wife watching a show we both enjoy. I don't think anyone who knows me would ever use "lazy" as a word to describe me.

[~bs]

I am generalizing, but I also said that's they're choice. If you value being able to spend time relaxing and being lazy over washing car or doing anything else that's your choice. Choosing to do something unproductive vs productive is being lazy.

Sometimes on Saturdays, I don't feel like getting up simply because I don't feel like it, not because I need more sleep. Am I being lazy? Yes. I am "not willing to or not wanting to work or use effort to do something". I am choosing to be lazy, which is my choice.


lazy
adjective [ -er/-est only ] us  /ˈleɪ·zi/


not willing or not wanting to work or use effort to do something:

If you weren’t so lazy we could start fixing up the house.

[disneysteve]

Choosing to do something unproductive vs productive is being lazy.

Okay. I was thinking of "lazy" as a more perjorative term , a character flaw, but that isn't how you are using it. To me, a lazy person is habitually doing things to avoid work and productive behavior. But sure, there are times when I just feel like sitting down and relaxing, or staying in bed later on a day I'm off from work. I don't generally think of myself as being lazy.

When someone puts in an 8-hour (or longer) day of work and after work wants to kick back and relax with the family a bit rather than doing even more work, I don't describe that as being lazy.

[corn18]

Okay. I was thinking of "lazy" as a more perjorative term , a character flaw, but that isn't how you are using it. To me, a lazy person is habitually doing things to avoid work and productive behavior. But sure, there are times when I just feel like sitting down and relaxing, or staying in bed later on a day I'm off from work. I don't generally think of myself as being lazy.

When someone puts in an 8-hour (or longer) day of work and after work wants to kick back and relax with the family a bit rather than doing even more work, I don't describe that as being lazy.

@rennigade sure does

[AJ444]

I just got done with a 9 hour work day and the first thing I did when I got home is crack open a Miller Lite and turn on the TV, it's lazy and Miller time.

[disneysteve]

I just got done with a 9 hour work day and the first thing I did when I got home is crack open a Miller Lite and turn on the TV, it's lazy and Miller time.

On the other hand, I finished an 8-hour work day at my office, stopped for a quick bite to eat, and I'm now at my other job for a 4-hour shift because a text went out last night looking for someone to cover this site. So I left my house at 7:30am and will get back just after 9:00pm. Like I said, lazy is not a word anyone who knows me would use to describe me.

[~bs]

Okay. I was thinking of "lazy" as a more perjorative term , a character flaw, but that isn't how you are using it. To me, a lazy person is habitually doing things to avoid work and productive behavior. But sure, there are times when I just feel like sitting down and relaxing, or staying in bed later on a day I'm off from work. I don't generally think of myself as being lazy.

When someone puts in an 8-hour (or longer) day of work and after work wants to kick back and relax with the family a bit rather than doing even more work, I don't describe that as being lazy.

gotcha. I think of it, and was using the term more as a state of being than a character flaw. Being a lazy person differs from choosing to be lazy at a particular point in time. You can work 80 hours a week, but still enjoy a lazy sunday with the family after dinner before hitting the grind again on Monday.

And yes, there is value in having the ability to be lazy, if not one would probably work themself into an early grave

[AJ444]

On the other hand, I finished an 8-hour work day at my office, stopped for a quick bite to eat, and I'm now at my other job for a 4-hour shift because a text went out last night looking for someone to cover this site. So I left my house at 7:30am and will get back just after 9:00pm. Like I said, lazy is not a word anyone who knows me would use to describe me.

That sure makes for a long day, when I'm in Europe for work it's 9 hour days followed up by 4 more hours of meetings back at the hotel on US time. DW wonders why I'm kind of exhausted when I get back.

[disneysteve]

That sure makes for a long day

And that's just one reason why I don't prioritize things like washing my own car or mowing my own lawn. I'm more than willing to spend a few bucks to have that done for me.

[TexasHusker]

My toddlers (3.5, 2.5, 1 years old) would be heart broken if I washed the car without them and they lost their chance to earn an otter pop and spray the hose.

On the other hand, it usually didn't look that much better after we were done.

Recently it has been pretty good quality though because a friend of ours moved out of country and he was all about his truck. He left us with amazing window spray, wax stuff, and a sprayer full of distilled water for a final rinse with no water spots.

Van is looking good today =)

I always enjoyed watching my wife wash the car.

[97guns]

I've become lazy but worked hard to get here, I can turn it on and off like a light switch

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Just remember that some people literally have no choice to not wash a car. So that is a time choice. They chose to live in an apartment because they couldn't afford to buy or rent a house. But maybe it saves them more to live in an apartment. So they saved money and some of the saved money(time) = car washes.

Everything in life is a tradeoff.