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three to four hours on each. Prices range from $60 to $100, depending
on the car's size and the amount of help it needs. He says the disheveled
condition of some of his four-wheeled clients is "amazing."
The work, he says, can be difficult. He personally pays for all over-
head costs and has subsequently become a regular shopper at Kmart
and United Auto Parts in Sterling Heights.
But it's all rewarding in the end.
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he says. "And I love when people pay me and there are no complaints."
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t's Sunday morning.
You press the snooze bar to your heart's content. Walk down-
stairs to read the newspaper. Eat breakfast at your leisure.
Meanwhile, Benji Auslander and David Parzen are in the thick
of their weekly jobs — delivering bagels to people like you.
Mr. Auslander and Mr. Parzen, both 18 and recent high-school grad-
uates, have individual services and cater to different neighborhoods:
Mr. Auslander's turf is Farmington Hills and Mr. Parzen works Hunt-
ington Woods.
But both have the same weekly regime: Waking up early Sunday
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morning, going to New York Bagel Factory in West Bloomfield to buy
their products, and delivering to their hungry — and slightly lazy —
customers around their community.
Also, both students have learned quickly about business responsi-
bilities. "Some Sundays I just want to sleep in, but I can't," says Mr.
Parzen. "I realize that this is a business; I can't just stop."
Mr. Parzen, who started his business with a friend, has run his ser-
vice for two years and now works alone. The enterprise isn't a novel-
ty around the neighborhood; a family friend ran the same service
ten years ago. '-/\
In fact, that's how Mr. Parzen thought up the concept. He posted
fliers and went around door-to-door, asking his neighbors to partici-
pate. He now serves 30 regular customers, charging $6 for a dozen
bagels and cream cheese. The money adds up fast; he's earned about
$4,000 that will go toward tuition and hobbies.
Mr. Auslander also knew somebody who had run a bagel service in
Farmington Hills, but he wanted to take it further.
"I try to make it more personal and accessible," says Mr. Auslan-
der, a recent graduate of North Farmington High School. "I ring the
bell instead of just dropping [the bagels] off, and I usually call my cus-
tomers on Saturday."
Mr. Auslander currently delivers to about 30 customers every week,
including Congregation Adat Shalom and Temple Israel. Besides
bagels, Mr. Auslander will also deliver, on request, newspapers, milk,
orange juice, and food from Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace
in Farmington Hills.
Not every customer, however, is a perfect customer, says Mr. Aus-
lander. "People have this idea that if bagels aren't hot, they're not
fresh," he says. "In the beginning, it was hard to deal with."
Yet the customers also provide an invaluable learning experience.
"The job has really given me people skills that I'll need in the real
world," he says. "Things go wrong that might not be your fault, and
you have to learn how to handle it in a professional manner."
Come fall, the bagel routes will be going in different directions. Mr.
Auslander is heading off to Michigan State University in the fall and
will turn over the reins to his older sister and cousin.
Mr. Parzen will attend the University of Michigan but has elected
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to remain in Huntington Woods, not in Ann Arbor. The studying
will increase, says Mr. Parzen, but Sunday mornings will still be the
same. ❑

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