My kinda town

Can someone explain to me the whole valet parking thing? It is something we don't have at home, probably because anyone that drives has to pass a proper driving test, where they are taught how to park themselves.

If you have ever seen anyone here try to parallel park then you will see why god invented valet. For the uninitiated valet parking is when you drive up to a public place, whether it be a bar or a restaurant, leave the car running for some dodgy looking bloke (whom you would never ordinarily give your car keys to) to get in and park it across the street for you. For that little service you pay anything between $10-$20 plus a tip, don't ever forget the tip, because a huge scratch will appear down the wing next time you visit said restaurant.

Of course one of the upsides is that most American's fall out of bars so drunk that they wouldn't be able to find their car if it wasn't for valet. So it is worth the $15 to get the valet man to find it for you and turn the engine on allowing you to fall in and then hope you drive home without killing anyone!

I walked home last night, and I live near many restaurants and bars, and I saw someone pull up in their motor and give the keys to the valet, who promptly parked the car 10 feet up the street for them. Now is that just lazy or do folk have too much money to throw about?

I was recently in LA and in our hotel we had to use valet. $20 a go and it would be 15 minutes before the twats got your car back. "Its over there you idiot." "Its okay sir Manuel is getting it."

You got to give it to them though. They say in this country "if you got a 'labor' saving device some lazy fat fuck will pay for it."