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J_Robert_Oofenheimer t1_j7jdoaf wrote

Reply to comment by EnglishDutchman in Thieves steal valet stand, car keys from outside downtown DC restaurant by AcceptableGovernment

I was a valet for about five years through college and grad school. It's typically done for a few reasons. One being if it's a fancy dress event and the parking situation sucks. You can't have women in super fancy dresses and heels walking three blocks downtown in the rain to go to a wedding, or parking in the dirt lot and getting their nice clothes filthy, so you have them pull up right to the door then park for them.

The other reason is if the parking situation will require more cars than you have room for. I did a big event where we had like a lot with 30 spaces or something and we stuffed 80 cars in there. Took careful maneuvering to shove them all in there and then get them back out. The only way it would ever have been viable is if one person or persons were in control of ALL the cars.

As for the keys, typically we would have a person standing with the keys, plus the stand is locked. Most thieves aren't going to pick the thing up. It's heavy as shit.

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OnlyHuman1073 t1_j7k3gt7 wrote

I valeted in high school. Events lasted hours so the kids would drink while waiting, and smoke, and learn to drive stick on the cars they parked. This was in the 90s, but yea, try and not get your car valeted.

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J_Robert_Oofenheimer t1_j7lwlhn wrote

That's crazy. We never did anything at all like that.

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OnlyHuman1073 t1_j7mcg6n wrote

The bosses on the job would literally get the people that didn't know stick to drive the sticks, and stop after so long if it was a shitty learner and switch cars so they could either keep going or try someone else. They needed stick drivers, and perhaps they didn't want to be the only ones driving stick because sometimes it was a LOOOooooooong run to get their car in a neighborhood during a wedding. Man, so many good stories but I have a meeting, perhaps I will be back.

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UncommercializedKat t1_j7kfy5u wrote

For events and stuff like this valet is understandable. For getting a burger on a Wednesday night no thanks.

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