06/10/2026
FROM THE ARCHIVES #15 – MEET JED 🐶
Last week's archive post about supporting the SPCA and Cranford Hospice included a photograph of a little Jack Russell sitting rather confidently in the driver's seat of an SPCA Animal Rescue van.
That was Jed — unofficial third member of the Mobile Car Valet team.
Jed came to work with us every day and even had his own Mobile Car Valet puffer jacket for those cold early starts.
His contribution to productivity was somewhat questionable.
Most of the actual valeting was spent asleep on the front seat of the van.
However, thanks to his height, he was ideally positioned for quality-control inspections of wheels and tyres.
And there was one workplace sound he never slept through — the click-clack of the container holding his favourite food.
Cheese.
Within seconds, Jed would appear at the back of the van to collect his share. Once the lid clicked shut again, he knew the opportunity had passed and returned to the front seat.
But Jed's real contribution was people.
Our regular customers knew him, and he was particularly popular when we valeted vehicles at a local retirement home.
Some residents had relatively little company. When Jed arrived, you could see the difference.
If he took a liking to someone, he'd gently sit on their lap and provide the occasional hello lick. Despite all the usual Jack Russell energy, he seemed to understand that these people required a gentler approach.
He made them smile.
And looking back, that's probably a better contribution to a working day than anything we could have put on an invoice.
Jed never actually valeted a vehicle.
But he became part of our customers' experience and part of the history of Mobile Car Valet.
Every small business needs good people around it.
Occasionally, one of them has four legs, a personalised uniform and insists on being paid in cheese.
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