Top 10 Valet Fails, vol. 5
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2020
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Alex Farrington (IG: @lamboallstar) has been in the valet industry (IG: @prestigevaletservices) for 23 years. It has been a great business, but it has some bad moments. Here are 10 more crazy valet stories.
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this guy could write a book with the amount of valet fails he comes across
You are correct, For now, I just started a channel. Please come by and see more stories
Valet Stories just subbed alex! love volumes 1-4 on this channel
@@soupyskedaddle9033 Thank you so much. Means a lot
Really just shows how human people are. Regular people making mistakes and how Alex deals with bad situations and makes them positive for those they affect is what I think I like the most about his stories.
That’s because he hires kids to run his buisness and pays them in “tips”. He’s a douchebag.
I love this guy. I can't imagine how many mental break downs I would have been through in his position.
Thank you Gus!
I see asshole
Low Rez Butthurt lol
Yes, what I was just about to say. The way he depicted the incident and his reasoning for the choices he make it just has a sense of normalcy and common sense.
@@lowrez5026 how?
It is definitely a crazy business. After we shot this one, I had Alex do more of a behind the scenes video with tips on how to deal with Valets. We will run that one in a few weeks.
A few weeks? Are you smoking something!
Ed are you still sitting on that F40 seized by the FBI story? I remember you hinted this some time ago, I need an update lol
Are any of the behind the scenes tips "Don't pay your employees and just make other people pay them in tips"?
Did you teach him how to say "Volvo"? That's driving me nuts. If I have to hear him say "Vovo" on more time I'm stopping the video.
cool.
As a former valet from downtown Fort Worth, TX, I've seen a few instances that are gold in their own way.
1. I had a regular that showed up at his favorite steakhouse in a different car almost every time. One day he shows up with his wife in a RR Phantom Drophead. Goes inside, comes out drunk as a skunk 3 hours later (his wife was driving) and after he gets in the car, they drove up a few feet, rolled down the window and gave me $100 for just having his car ready for him when he came out.
2. It was the night of the Fort Worth Rodeo, THE WORST time for valets because the streets were all one way and gridlocked. So I got stuck in an Audi S8 for at least an hour trying to park it in the lot that was a block away because the valet company up the street was blocking off the road for their entrance to their lot. Needless to say, the police weren't happy.
3. I pulled up a customer's BMW 550i and he was super pissed when I got out. Apparently the front bumper had been driven over the concrete stopper and had busted a couple clips off the side. So we made the damage report and they looked at the ticket and the initials said RJ...which are my initials, but it wasn't my handwriting. Turned out we had another valet who parked that same car and had the same initials as me.
4. I was entrusted to drive a McLaren Mercedes SLR Roadster after another valet greedily took the key from the client. The client responded by pulled the lead valet aside and said "I don't want him driving my car...I want your most experienced valet to park it." So in the end, the lead gave me the keys and just said "Be careful"...which of course I always am.
Valet in west palm beach here. I have a slew on stories.
1. At this location we left all keys on the tire. Needless to say Tesla’s will start with the key on the tire.
2. Valeting after breakers when we all hear a large bang. A brand new 2020 Bentley w12 got tboned he pulls up drops off his golf clubs and says leave it up front for the police. He won the golf tournament that day.
3. Supercar weekend in palm beach drove a viper acr, lead singer of ZZ Top’s red carbon Chiron.
4.another party we thought we had the permits waived since on palm beach island most of the parking is permit only, we got 87 $70 tickets that day.
5. Had a regular with a mclaren slr roadster Parked it 4 times a week and never got used to the brakes lol.
Damn
Lol story 1, fairly confident I know the gentleman you speak of 😂
Valet from Columbus, OH here,
Funniest story from a year of working as a valet at a Mercedes dealership in a super nice mall:
I broke my wrist the day before a 7 am to 6 pm shift, and showed up without telling anybody. I had the blue full cast up to my elbow, so I could barely use my arm. The very first car that came in for service that needed driven down to the shop was a amg gt, bright yellow with these awesome racing stripes. The drive to the shop is only a mile or two, but driving this car with one arm was better than driving my Hyundai with two arms by far. Got back to the dealership after dropping it at the shop and bringing a loaner back and the manager came out and said it was a liability for me to be driving with a cast and sent me home.
You work the Worthington? I’ve seen an SLR parked up top there before.
12:28
“They wanted to be so defensive that they both had to be terminated”
I didn’t know Alex was a mob boss
@Delta Blood Its a joke.
I used to work for Alex. Outstanding guy for whom I have the utmost respect. Highest level of integrity. Not sure if he still has his NSX but it was sick. I have a ton of crazy stories from those days.
Did your paycheck really exist only out of tips
@@tyroneboboo8576 100%. The only time that isn't the case is if you do a private party you get hourly plus tips.
@@ATLFUNKCARTEL could you debunk the whole "my employer is evil because I only get paid in voluntary tips" as in how much was an average night if you put it into a per hour perspective.
@@johnylewis7657 he never answered but i worked valet in the same city for a dif company. its honestly hard to give an exact number because alot of factors in place such as where you work, when you work ect... at my normal spot on a weekday night i would make 30/hour on a weekend closer to 40/hour. but ive worked lots where ive made 80/hour
I loved the part where he admitted that he does not pay his employees, they have to rely on tips.
It would be awesome if when he snuck in with his helmet on to steal a car the valet tased the shit out of him.
You get what you pay for :)
this aint no mall valet operation. these guys deal pretty high end clients. i'll give you 3 guesses why his employees agree with this setup.
It sounds like they do high profile setups they might end up getting 8 hundred to 1k in just tips after one night
Klaus0506 I’m a valet here in atlanta. Most valets make little to nothing in pay per hour. 95% of our pay comes from tips.
That being said, valets on a good night here in atlanta make $20-$25 an hour just in tips. Its not a strange practice for the valets to be paid $0-$3 an hour by the company itself.
"We have a second set of keys missing; its a VOVO..." 1:05
He did it more than once.
I know right
If this guy ever becomes president, Jordan Peele would definitely imitate him
Lol I would say he looks more like Ilovemakkonen
Valet Attendant for 3 years here:
These stories are hilarious because I’ve been on the valet end of many similar stories. Where I work valet is 24/7 and I work 3rd shifts on weekends. I’ve had customers hand me cocaine, give me $50 tips for smoking with them, the occasional firearm left out in someone’s car, stolen money out the valet stand, and more. I’ve never gotten in trouble for fucking up as bad as letting keys get stolen or anything but I’ve seen the dumbest coworkers.
- One guy who worked at an apartment building valet used to take resident’s nice cars (Benz, Range Rover, BMW, etc.) and go take his girl on dates for 2-3 hours mid shift. Eventually he got caught and fired when a customer asked for their car and it was an hour away.
- Had a guy crash his own Audi R8 close to our hotel and tried to tell the cops we did it even though he never valeted or even talked to us.
- Once saw a loaded pistol and a ziploc bag of coke in a guys back seat. The customer was a 65+ old white clean business man.
Tip for Potheads: If you’re gonna smoke before work do it at least 30min-1hr before hand, don’t wear your work clothes while smoking, DO NOT HOTBOX, and if a customer offers to smoke with you do it outside and make sure a coworker can park cars instead for awhile.
OBVIOUSLY the safe thing is to not work at all if you are intoxicated but if you insist make sure you are very well experienced driving high. DO NOT DRINK. Alcohol impairs your motor skills and vision far more than weed and the smell can linger much longer.
"It was a lot he wasn't familiar with and he didn't know the code" That is 100% poor management.
Neal O'Gorman right, “ totally his fault” my ass
Idk, I personally loved the part where he doesn't pay employees. I used to like listening to this guy but this particular video didn't make him look all that great in my opinion.
If I had rocked up to one of his valet stands with my Lexus, went & did whatever & when I came out, my car was gone, (even for a few minutes) I'd have been furious to find out that the owner of the valet stand "stole" my car simply to prove a point to his college age employees. There has GOT to be a better way to do that.
@@tazhienunurbusinezz1703 watch me call the police on your ass. That geand theft bud. Soon as the car leaves the spot without me calling for it, thats grand theft. Returned or not. Wanna treat your employees like shit and be cute? Be cute to your cellmate.
@@DontwhipmeMassa Right!?! I could not believe he said he does that on a public video. He is essentially telling us that he doesn't trust the people HE is supposed to be vetting long before they get anywhere near my car. Like, the FUCK??? I honestly was pretty shocked & amazed. I know he didn't run that bit by legal before he shared it.
Like I commented in a response to someone else, I'd be fine if he wanted to play Where's Waldo around the parking area until his employees notice him to see how closely they are monitoring the lot. I'd also be down if he wanted to hire a personal shopper, rent them a car & "steal" that one but stealing the cars of customers??? What the actual fuck? I'd be super pissed if he used my Lexus for that nonsense.
I'm actually not too surprised now that he has so many valet fails videos. You attract talent by paying for it. He isn't paying them so he's fishing at the bottom of the barrel. Ugh, I didn't love this video. Oof.
@@tazhienunurbusinezz1703 his view of younger people not being able to go to a fancy restaurant/ that comment about 21 year olds not being trusted around 100k cars, yeah I dont like him at all
Not a car guy, Dont even have a license but these vin wiki stories have had me hooked for the last few days.
You'll come to the dark side soon enough.
Thanks for watching!
I was like you not long ago. Make the change bro, its cool af.
You will be soon enough
Go back through.... tons of great stories from these guys!
if this isn’t the best opening line i don’t know what is
I kinda thought it stunk, to be honest...
@@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 I see what you did there
*vinwiki intro starts playing*
"Sniff it see what it is " lmfao
We always love Alex's crazy stories. Glad to have him back.
Thank you again for the invite. Always a pleasure!
This guy has the best stories
But does he have butt implants?
Hello
Me too.
"That's what it pays for being honest" Literally -$200
But you feel good knowing you did the right thing.
Better than -$250
What recourse would the customer have if you just kept the $250?
@@desulv The customer couldnt do anything except file a complaint and it goes into the employees file.
Yeah I’m not giving it back just fire me
This guy's both makes me want to be a valet and never be a valet lol. Great stories
LOL, smart. Check out my new channel for more great stories
Its a great gig if you get in the right place. Not a career though. I did it for 6 years in college and made some great money. The guys working longer years and doing it as a living, their body was wearing out.
Gromitz101 body wearing out from doing what ?
Same for me. His stories make me want to try that job but on the other hand, I wouldn't want to work with people who are absolute fools. Who the fuck leaves a key in a car with the windows down in Atlanta?! He's lucky he just got fired and not sued by the owner.
I’ve never understood how people can trust valets. People baby their cars and then they just give the keys to some 21 yo who may be working their first day on the job.
Same here, I do not get it. The only thing I can imagine as the people have money and are constantly getting a new car every couple years so they just don't care. I guess it's some kind of flex to them to not have to park their car.
Right only time me or my family used valet is when we are late to a doctor appointment and are in a rush or if it’s really cold outside and the parking is far
I've valeted a vehicle once and never again.
We had our BMW down at the house in Ft Lauderdale. Drove to a Mall in Hollywood FL. Shopped/ate food for about 3 hours.
Went to get the car. They "didn't know where it was"
Sat around for almost an hour while they were "trying to figure it out" and started losing my shit on them.
The guy rolls up in a minivan full of shopping bags (another customers vehicle) and told us to get in and he'd take us to the car.
Our car was 2 parking lots over. The motor and Trans were at operating temp. Smelled like fast food.
They were basically either joyriding it around while we were in the mall, or using it to drive other valet users around.
Never again will I use a valet.
I always thought that valet will drive the car back to where we left them off? At the valet entrance
Why was my valet job never this interesting
Trust me, you do not want it to be. I rather have it quiet and peaceful ;-)
I did valet for 6 years. You don't want interesting.
Gromitz101 lmaooooo
Because the company Alex runs is a shit show.
I got tipped in hash once. Also, got tipped in rare Oregon truffles.
Love the fact he stole a mercedes from his own valet. That is so savage. I respect this man.
This guy’s stories got me subscribed to VinWiki in the first place.. bring him back more often please!
Perfect timing, I have an interview for a valet job later today!
Good Luck on your interview
Good luck!
And did you get the job???
@@boterham7144 I got the job!! Hopefully start working in a couple weeks!
Colin Davis thats great to hear dude, hope you’re having a good time
I’m the kind of person who NEVER lets valet park my car. Had one blow the rear in my car doing burnouts. Alex’s stories are slowly changing my mind. Great work ethic, you need to spread it throughout your industry.
The fart story had me dead 💀💀💀💀
I didn't even know how to respond to the customer.
Finally it’s here..... I’ve been waiting for vol. 5. of valet stories
This story was literally almost bang on how my valet college career went and felt like this guy was my boss haha.
Another good valet story when I did valet at NICE hotel in Nashville. If you didn't know, NFL teams stay the night before a home game at a local hotel, its basically a lock down so they know their players are well rested.
Anyways Mr QB Vince Young valet parked his new S-class with gaudy chrome wheels. One of our new valets pulled his car up to one of the "VIP" spots near the front door a few minutes before he left to make it look like we kept it there all night. Of course she brushes the curb with the pass front wheel. Maybe a 2-3" scrub on the wheel, IE wipe the dust off the low profile tire and you wouldn't notice it until you washed the car.
Jason, our supervisor, who of course always yaks Vince Young's ear off every time he leaves in the morning handles this. He has the car parked in such a way to where the curb hides the damage to the wheel. Proceeds to stand in front of the wheel and starts bsing with Vince Young, gets him to laugh, gives him a $100 bill and drives off with a scraped up chrome wheel. No idea it was us lol
Awesome set of stories, I always appreciate how respectful and down to earth Alex is!
Thank you so much, please check my new channel for other crazy Valet Stories
The guy pays his employees a grand total of nothing and then complains about the work performed?
Yeah and a pretty shitty thing to go out and “test” them while they’re on the job so that you can fire them
@@btvbrndn yeah but 100k+ cars, youd spot check employees too. Youd probably pay them a living wage, but youd probably check up on em alot.
@@DontwhipmeMassa Yes but had I left my Lexus with the valet & when I came out it was gone (even for a couple of minutes) because the owner of the valet stand was testing the people he was supposed to have vetted before he let them anywhere near my very expensive car, I gotta say, I'd be pretty angry about it.
If YOU don't trust them, why are you letting them park my car? If he wants to hide in the lot like Where's Waldo or steal the car of a personal shopper he has hired for that purpose, I have no issues but my expensive car isn't a way for you to play gotcha with your employees. Feel me?
I bet they make damn good tips at the end of the night or they wouldn't stay
@@sostrucking they dont stay he fires them. and its probably part time at best
Alex has some insane stories lol. His grandkids are gonna love them
Thank you so much, please check my new channel for other crazy Valet Stories
@@ValetStories gotcha Alex!
Love these stories, and the way Alex tells them!
imagine only paying your valets in tips alone and expecting them to be super vigilant about parking cars while not telling them the code for the valet box.
@12:55 "They usually get paid off their tips only". Let me get this straight: You really hire near children to work for you and they dont get paid?
I would never, ever in my life, work for "tips only". Agreed fee per hour or gtfo, no matter how old I am or how desperate I am. If I work for you, you need to pay. And tips come on top.
This is why tipping sucks. If he can afford to lose a few grand in missing keys he can afford to pay these guys a fair wage.
Yeah I stopped watching there, screw that guy.
Yah this guy is a shitty boss.
That's our of context. A tipped employee makes minimum wage if they don't earn enough tips for the night. Getting tips for the night reduces their earnings to like 2-3 dollars/hr. So, yes, they basically get paid off of just their tips.
I doubt you ever worked a job that involved tipping... clearly you don't understand the whole concept.
I worked 6 years as a valet. LAZ parking charged the 5 star restaurant $5 for parking. Customer assumes I getting a cut and lowers their tip, or sometimes not tip at all because they think I'm pocketing that $5. If LAZ didn't give me minimum wage they could lower that $5 to $3 and then I get a bigger tip on every car and the customer would be right that I get a cut of $5. Thus netting me a higher per hour rate. I made $8/hr in California because minimum wage plus tips. If I wasn't getting minimum I would net more from tips in the scenario above. I was making $10-16/hr from tips alone on a good night. Why would I want the business to pay me more when tips are being shoved at me due to my performance? Why demand more from the company and put little performance or you could work your ass off and get tipped like crazy for it?
Granted that place had me parking cars in a 20 car lot and I was doing 20-60 per night solo. So it takes skill to tetris cars in that lot and not damage property, hence why it benefited me to be great at the job or else you split your tips with another guy.
These valet stories are insane. Dude you are awsome for running your company and still being able to function after that kind of stress. It says alot about your character when you can deal with these problems and still have an ok outcome or attitude.
Thank you so much for the stories - had a blast listening
Ok that opening really hooked me in this time
this valet business is so challenging...great story
I love these stories, please keep them coming!
I can’t believe how humble this guy is he’s so amazing love the video guys
I love his stories but he talks down on people which doesn’t sit well with me
That's how he was able to be an owner of such a high-profile valet service.
Leandro Montoya shut up dumbass lmao people like you are the reason people get talked down to. You’re dumber, so people have to explain things VERY thoroughly to you. It’s actually your fault too, not anyone elses. You’re just real dumb so 😂
@Leandro Montoya
*you
*you're
Welp you don't see rich people talking up to people do you? They all talk down 😂😂
Neatless to say, he's profoosely hypocritical and condescending...
I needed this
Oh hell yes I've been waiting for more of these!
Love this Valet Stories, we need more! 😁
After dug he's my favorite !
Thank you so much, please check my new channel for other crazy Valet Stories. I promise not to let you down
Best story teller on here. Besides Ed.
Thank you for that comment...Please check out more on my new channel.
I love these valet stories. Keep them coming!
So ready for this!
Excellent. Best series!
Thanks Peter
"it looks like drugs, sniff it see what it is"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A very interesting video. I'm looking forward to his next one.
I appreciate the variety of presenters you use. Rabbit is one of the best story tellers anywhere.
Always enjoy these stories, also i just received my cannon ball sign in the mail and i love it. Thanks Ed!
Omg I was just thinking that you should have him back on!!! Thanks 😁
Thank you
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"sniff it, see what it is" I like this guy, we would get along.
I can’t believe that I find this video interesting enough to watch from beginning to end. Good job!
"Completely his fault, but I assume the responsibility" This man is a gift, I know about one person who would do this and I know a few people
*God Bless this man!* 🙏🏽
Alex, your level of patience is something we should all wish to attain. *Masterclass with Alex Farrington: Is Patience your Virtue?*
It is a little bit of both but thank you for the comment
I like his stories they are inspiring.
Yeahhhhhhh this channel for the win for the best entertainment. I love to learn about all aspects of the car community.
Yay he’s back, great video!
This guy is awesome in telling story's.
one of my favorite speakers
After seeing you on VInwiki channel again it finally hit me where I remember you from. its been probably 10 years and remember meeting you through mutual friends at some of the Atlanta's car meets. You had the silver NSX that was super clean. I enjoy hearing the stories.
Honestly This guy seem like a chill person to work with.... Understanding, Relatable yet business focused and he seem to motivate his team
LMAO “NO CHASE POLICY” what, I had no idea this existed
Honestly it's a better policy. Results in fewer accidents and provides greater safety to the public. Better to track them down other ways.
It’s safer not to pursue them, you endanger more people when you try to chase them. Just try to get video footage and follow up in it with a detective.
The "racist" story is a great example of how "some people" love to play the victim role
Alot of people these days.
i've been waiting forever for this 5th installment. you are a fantastic story teller and extremely professional my friend
Thank you, that means a lot. Please check my new channel for other crazy Valet Stories
Actually is the service still open, I love your videos because they take me back to the times I used to be a valet at the Ritz. It is respectable to have the attitude have fun on your own time. The most fun part of Valet Parking is filling the puzzle out.
These are always hitters bang bang.
Kudos to the guy that admitted he damaged his car in his garage. Most people wouldn't have the guts to swallow their pride like that.
I love how this guy tells these stories!
I love these stories. As a valet myself it's always interesting to hear other stories
"Someone inadvertently got into the box."
That doesn't really make sense.
Polite for stealing.
For real
Great to have Alex back its been to long
I know, I promise I will come back to share more often
@@ValetStories you should come open a UK branch
Always love these!
Gotta respect this guys work ethic. Love the shirt!
Says a lot about the people at the Buckhead party if they wouldn’t even pay for the extra labor.
Can we a tour of Alex’s garage when it’s done?
I am working on those videos now. Please subscribe to get first access to these videos.
Interesting video Alex...crazy stories man...
Love the way this man deals with things, I hope I’m like that.
I love Alex’s stories. I actually use to work for him. I can tell you that they are not a racist company. There was a certain individual that wasn’t the nicest person, but they are not a bad company.
Thank you Paul and Yes I remember you
Lol!
OUR MAN'S IS BACK BOYS!!!!
Valet Fail videos with Alex are the BEST!!!
Thank you Andy. Sub to our new channel for more stories
Love his stories
My favourite vinwiki stories come from this guy
Thank you so much. Please take a moment to check out our new channel with insane valet stories. I am sure you will be impressed.
I love vinwiki and especially this guy
Thank you Dylan. Check out our new channel
He's one of my favorite guests. Really love the stories!
Thank you Anthony. Check out our new channel and let us know what you think about it.
These are always solid videos!
The one dislike is from a valet Alex made a story on
These never get old!👍 Farting in someone’s car is pretty low!
I love all of these valet stories
I always wait for these stories.
Thank you so much, please check my new channel for other crazy Valet Stories
Damn, valeting sounds like a dream job if you're genuinely a nice person te everyone.
It’s not
I feel like Alex would be a hard boss but you would learn a lot from him from just beging around be and observing him
Always love these videos
Thank you kindly. Check out our new channel for insane valet stories.
I can’t stop watching these videos. Alex and Rabbit Rob have golden voices for telling stories.
"They wanted to get defensive, and that doesn't do well with me when I just stole a vehicle out of your parking lot."
If this guy allowed me to, I would have brought my own personal lock box and chained it in a hidden spot inside the restaurant with a skeleton style key lock. I have one of those safes. True, they cost $200 but they have a slot to drop the keys in and if it's difficult getting the key to fit and unlock the box, it'll be pretty tough to pick it too. Why? Distraction. The thieves will think the cars I'm responsible for have keys in the main lock box. They won't be able to see my personal lock box. It also helps keep my stories separated when someone else royally effs up by being lazy. I worked in retail for over 10 years, I know most of the distraction tricks thieves will use, especially the one where he mentioned a fake valet asking the client to switch out parking ticket stubs. Sorry, but the customer was sloppy for not demanding ID from the valet supervisor before switching the parking stubs. That's an OLD bait and switch trick.
Love the way he pronounces "VoVo"
Alex is that straight forward cool boss who you just don't get on his bad side and he will spoil you. Lol
Thank you kindly. Please subscribe to my new channel for other insane stories!