Valet Parking
samsung1
Ohio
Just wondering what you guys have experienced with valet parking at strip clubs. I might be able to sneak off to Penthouse Club in Detroit this weekend but they have valet parking for $7. I don't mind paying the $7 fee but I don't trust a strip club employee with my car. Hell I would offer him a $20 if he would just let me park the car myself. Also just wondering if and how much you guys tip the valet? Tipping is expected at the end of services..but in this case I could see why I would want to tip before service.
I have also read you can try parking nearby on the streets and walk over to avoid the valet but I don't want to risk getting my car towed while out of town. Not to mention the valet parking is probably safer. Are the valets working on both Saturday and Sunday? Are there any private parking garages within walking or taxi to the club? Or a motel I can park at and walk over/taxi over?
I have seen several videos such as this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSmeUMq1R…
about how valets abuse the cars for reasons ranging from they are upset you did not tip them or they are just plain crazy (I think the plain crazy would apply to strip club employees).
I still remember one time I was at a club with a coat check. I gave them my coat and they wrote my name attached to the hanger (some clubs give you a ticket). Anyways at the end of the night I go to the desk and tell them my name. She goes and searches for my coat and claims she can't find it. She gets help from a bouncer and they both spend a good 5 minutes in the back room looking for my coat. They try to blame me saying I have had too much to drink and telling me they don't remember me having a coat when I came in. After I describe my coat in detail, they realized they wrote down the wrong name on my coat. Also another time I was given a ticket for the coat check and lost the ticket while getting a LD. The bouncer went back to the LD area and thankfully found the ticket but it was a good 10 minutes delay for me to leave. Also during this time I was describing my coat and the contents inside the pockets and the bouncer just gave me the tough guy attitude that I need the ticket or else I was not going to be getting anything.
I have sent a couple PMs to Detroit guys and appreciate their advice but I wanted to also hear what anyone has to say on the discussion board. I am sure other cities have the strip club valet parking as well.
I have also read you can try parking nearby on the streets and walk over to avoid the valet but I don't want to risk getting my car towed while out of town. Not to mention the valet parking is probably safer. Are the valets working on both Saturday and Sunday? Are there any private parking garages within walking or taxi to the club? Or a motel I can park at and walk over/taxi over?
I have seen several videos such as this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSmeUMq1R…
about how valets abuse the cars for reasons ranging from they are upset you did not tip them or they are just plain crazy (I think the plain crazy would apply to strip club employees).
I still remember one time I was at a club with a coat check. I gave them my coat and they wrote my name attached to the hanger (some clubs give you a ticket). Anyways at the end of the night I go to the desk and tell them my name. She goes and searches for my coat and claims she can't find it. She gets help from a bouncer and they both spend a good 5 minutes in the back room looking for my coat. They try to blame me saying I have had too much to drink and telling me they don't remember me having a coat when I came in. After I describe my coat in detail, they realized they wrote down the wrong name on my coat. Also another time I was given a ticket for the coat check and lost the ticket while getting a LD. The bouncer went back to the LD area and thankfully found the ticket but it was a good 10 minutes delay for me to leave. Also during this time I was describing my coat and the contents inside the pockets and the bouncer just gave me the tough guy attitude that I need the ticket or else I was not going to be getting anything.
I have sent a couple PMs to Detroit guys and appreciate their advice but I wanted to also hear what anyone has to say on the discussion board. I am sure other cities have the strip club valet parking as well.
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If a club has a mandatory coat check, I leave my coat in the car and avoid having to pay any fee. I don't give a shit if it is -20F out. Walking a minute through a blizzard in a t-shirt won't kill you.
I've seen more than a few Vettes, Porsches, a couple Ferraris and a Ford GT at these clubs. Why do these people trust there $100,000+ cars with the valets and you won't let them touch your ride?
As for a tip, I asked and was told $2-5 is common. I give a couple $2's. If you are really worried about it, give $10 when you get there and demand they park it right up front and watch them do it. I did this in Vegas with a friend's car. Then tip another $10 on the way out.
That said, do they have someplace to lock up bikes if one rides there? Just curious.
See the review just posted by chloeb1 for Polekatz. He just ejected after valet gave him a hard time.
"A little grease makes the world go 'round." So I would do what PAS suggests, offer the valet $10 to park it up close where you can see it and promise him another $10 when you leave.
And I liked the PAS temptation test concept--it would sure clear up the basic question of trust in a hurry. But you have to be prepared to give it up!
Those that own a Ferrari, Porsche, or Lamborghini likely don't have the same concerns as we do. Now if it a collectible of those vehicles, a different matter.
i didn't say they do not care. Try reading! I said they do not have the same concerns! Big difference!
Every fighting bull and every prancing pony is a collectible. Just ask anyone that owns one, their car was the most amazing thing ever built by the manufacturer. Many of the original owners have been to the factory and saw their cars in production and have driven like model cars at the plant's track. It's a whole different mindset to be the first owner of these cars.
However...
As far as their tricked out Escalade, they could care less. Every body shop in town can cure just about anything that could happen. If not, there's dozens of brand new Escalades on the lot just waiting to be pimped.
Sidebar...
Lamborghini was a tractor company that evolved into a car company. Nothing like being able to pull a plow from 0 to 6 in 2.1 seconds...
Real simple. I've had a couple of collectible cars, and YES, I would just about kill someone for a door ding. Matter of fact, a guy I knew DID take a ball peen hammer to a car that dinged one of them. Part of the reason is the cost of repair and such on my limited budget.
Now if I had nearly unlimited funds, not such a big deal.
I have found those with the truly exotic vehicles tend to appreciate having me enjoy observing their vehicles.