By Marc DiMario
This is a response to Valerie Porter, in reference to her verbal beating of our "old school–style” carwash in the gossip section of The Valley Reporter.
We at the Mad River Car Wash would like to welcome you to go to Montpelier, Waterbury or Burlington to have your vehicle washed. They all offer the amenities that "you" require for a very special car-washing experience. There are many great carwashes available made just for high-maintenance women like yourself.
We have actually researched the financial gain of upgrading the carwash to accept your very special debit card and to blow warm air on your wet vehicle and even an industrial vacuum to pull every fingernail off your floorboard.
It just so happens that it isn't a financial benefit at all for a seasonal carwash to refinance for the sake of the very few people who complain. Thank you for the free publicity, but in order to please your unrealistic demands we would have to raise the prices so much that only rude, high-maintenance people like yourself could afford to go there and wash their vehicles.
I suggest you dig in the bottom of your purse and fish out some quarters like everyone else in the world. Next you will be expecting a very fluffy brush to drop from the ceiling and gently swoosh over your vehicle leaving it sparkly and dry and a cappuccino machine that serves you upon exiting. Please stop acting like you’re in some Barbie television commercial. Let's be more realistic.
Welcome to the Mad River Valley where we still do things by hand and don't complain about it. You are always welcome to be the "hero" and purchase the carwash and do the upgrades yourself.
Better yet, be a real girl and get your hose out, wash your car in the cozy comfort of your own driveway. We are a small town and except for a handful of crying girls like yourself most people don't have a problem there. If they do then they go elsewhere too.
Just wondering where you’re from? Your sour attitude tells me you’re a transplanted Valley local. Your style reminds me of the heckling chicken at Lake George that sits in the glass box and insults people as they walk by. Almost ruins your day, but then you remember that at least you’re not in the glass box and you can just walk away.
Marc DiMario is the owner of Mad River Car Wash and lives in Fayston.
