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[@ValetStories]

This was one of those stories where I thought we were going to get into serious trouble but we stayed professional and did our job, everyone was still very happy. Thank you again for watching our stories. We try to share weekly stories on our new page. Please check them out!

[@theanomalous1401]

I always enjoy your stories Alex, not only for the sometimes humorous and awkward scenarios that play out, but also for the lessons that you actually teach on how to professionally deal with potential negative outcomes and turn them into positives. It starts with taking ownership of the mistakes and applying the same formula for your companies success to the process of resolving conflicts. I have had the great fortune of working for some very successful business owners and managers and learned many lessons from them. Lessons that have served me well as I applied them in my managerial experiences. I wish I could have had the opportunity to meet and work for you Alex. Because you are like an encyclopedia of managerial expertise. #Respect

[@stuartd9741]

See watching this I can't help feeling 4hrs to park 5000 cars isn't really enough time in anyone's book. Also having cars still arriving at 7pm race start time will always cause that last minute rush. I know it's easy with hindsight, but opening the gates at Midday and then subsequently closing the gates at 6 - 1 hr before race start might of been easier allowing that last hour for celebrities/VIPs or other issues. Them the "last minute rush" would be an HR before race start. Another option would be to allocate a parking "time window" starting from midday -2pm 2pm - 4pm... 4pm - 6pm that would be a 3 tierd pricing structure that would increase closer to race start. The parking window would be notified ( printed ) on purchase the ticket. This way youd have some idea of how the incoming car flow. I'm not knocking anyone. You did everything you could. But as you know from experience Alex and I from life experience, things always takes longer than anticipated... Love your stories.

[@daexion]

How did they not take human nature into account? Historically, more people start showing up the closer an event gets to starting. Interesting story though.

[@bigruben1089]

Been here since the start, keep it up Alex love to see it !

[@monunyabidness5949]

One of the simple ways to get around some of the last minute rush is to charge cheaper parking earlier in the day. $20 all day/ event parking if you arrive and park between 3 and 4pm. $25 for arrival and park between 4 and 5pm. $40 for arrive and park after 5.

[@connorquinn7071]

I see valet, I click

[@briandonovan5434]

Truth!

[@rianaustin9724]

Fr tho

[@Degen.Diesel]

That simple.

[@ianmcconnell7093]

Ya he tells good stories but he doesn't talk very well which is strange lol

[@warden6101]

Exactly

[@MianCowell]

"I'm John, the site manager" "Sure you are buddy"

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Me: "I'm sorry but your application for being "Site Manager Somewhere" has been denied. Plus you don't have 30 pieces of flair. BEGONE!!" (I continue to collect money and drugs as payment) 😂😂😂

[@stuffhappens5681]

People always procrastinate. Doesn’t matter what’s going on, count on everyone showing up at the last minute. Human nature.

[@redram5150]

I hate those sorts of people

[@kittymande]

I don't procrastinate. I just like to get to the event 20minutes to 45 minutes before it starts.. The last thing i want to do is start paying 15.00 a beer for Coors light

[@OlivierCaron]

But at the same time you can't blame people for not wanting to spend 3-4 hours doing nothing, although I assume they have some pre-event entertainment on the site.

[@ViolentMLG]

@@kittymande Or sitting for hours for no reason.

[@ViolentMLG]

@@OlivierCaron Exactly. Typically you'll just end up sitting there. One hour is fine, 4 is a nogo.

[@HashiriyaSquadron]

Who ever placed the ads on this vid, may your next bathroom visit be painful.

[@Welcome2TheOhioState]

This guy always has some of the best stories lol

[@larry1931]

You are correct

[@stereotypicalwhitemale848]

This is a waste of time...

[@JadRaouda]

He should have seen this coming and advised his client - I see it as part of his job, his expertise. Seems pretty obvious that the majority of people will arrive in the last hour before the race.

[@Bikaz]

honestly that was the most boring of all his stories. sure there was some interesting side info, but the main part of the story was, customer didnt expect all his viewers to appear within last hour (which is to be expected) and traffic backed up so much he had to advice the valet company to not charge any more cars coming in. I was really expecting a real story out of this how someone tricked one of the guys collecting the money or something but this was just a story of mismanagement.

[@SeamHead33]

He usually does. But this story was pretty anticlimactic

[@knote4958]

They didn't think the bulk of people would come in within the last hour? Have they even operated a venue before!? I haven't and even I know people don't all trickle in at a constant rate, they tend to think alike and arrive around the same time.

[@gamerslockerslife4444]

yeah people always come in the last hour

[@jamesbizs]

The weird part is, they said they were parking non stop. So how would more people arriving earlier; helped on this situation?

[@kevinmartin7354]

I went to college in Atlanta during the ‘90’s and one of my part time jobs was parking cars in a lot for the Fox theater and the other was delivering food for Take out Taxi so I love hearing these stories about Atlanta.

[@mzimm460]

OMG didn’t know take out taxi was a thing outside PA. Worked for them maybe a couple weeks in the summer back in the 90’s

[@MrBaconstrips13]

Love this guy's stories! Glad to see him back.

[@AutoYoung]

You make it seem like Alex fell off the face of the earth. He just had a video here a couple of weeks ago. Lol

[@oGPoLa]

These valet stories are nightmares.

[@ValetStories]

I try to share the nightmare stories. I do not think anyone wants to hear that we parked 1000 cars and nothing exciting happened ;-)

[@andrewhood4997]

Great business lesson learned that way, customers never behave how you first think. Then once you know how they act, revise your plan of action.

[@przemekkozlowski7835]

At University I had a professor who was an expert on these kinds of issues. It is a queueuing problem and there are complex models on how to deal with them. You will get spikes where you will get too many people arriving and lulls where your employees don't have enough to do. It is similar to how restaurants have to schedule around lunch and dinner rushes or grocery stores schedule cashiers. In this case, what they needed was a fourth or fifth parking lot that they could open when the last-hour rush became too great to handle with three lots.

[@cheapshot7244]

I would have them advertise that parking charge doubles after a certain time so people will be included to show up before the last hour of the event

[@Dude-hm4eu]

That's actually a good idea but the more I think about it the more time you would waste arguing with customers who complain/refuse to pay the price increase. Would end up backing up the line.

[@jamesbizs]

@@Dude-hm4eu the people that would arrive late wouldn’t know the price has increased. Because the price would have changed before they came to see the original price

[@paddington1670]

@@jamesbizs make it cheaper before a certain time then and keep the standard rate for those after that time, then advertise the cheaper parking price, say $5 off. A lot of cheap people out there will try to help you out

[@richdiscoveries]

I'm not sure why, but listening to this gentleman reminds me of listening to Eazy-E . Anyways, always loved the stories, keep up the great work

[@theenzoferrari458]

This guy is so fucking awesome. His stories, his voice, his attitude and personality is amazing. 10/10 I want more of this guy.

[@ValetStories]

Check my channel out and you will find weekly stories from us. Thank you so much for watching!

[@simonvinson5886]

Valet stories are legit some of my favorite vinwiki stories. I love every story this guy tells!

[@G35370]

I had a job as a lot porter at a dealership and every time I moved something expensive I thought about this guys valet stories lmao

[@redram5150]

I was at a Chevy dealership years back and saw someone tear a$$ around the building in an 90s Impala SS. Pulls it into the detail bay, and the moment he gets out, the owner runs up and cold cocks him, curses the guy out while he’s on the floor, then gets in his car and leaves.

[@G35370]

@@redram5150 holy shit that’s a crazy story! I remember a c7 z06 coming thru and when I was in the back lot I floored it. Well that was a big mistake bc that supercharged beast tried to fucking kill me. I returned it to the owner no questions ask LMAO

[@awsomo53]

Sounds like a great way to launder money

[@christopherv.carmona5453]

Hands down Alex is a great story teller 🎉🍾🎈

[@ValetStories]

Thank you for that comment. I try to please

[@joechurch6680]

That's just ignorance and piss poor planning by the property owner.

[@rjnation5042]

Great T shirt buddy, love your storytelling, no one knows better than you about valet service, Rj in Oz

[@Killshot15]

Love the videos especially the valet ones thanks for this Ed!

[@cainmarko659]

He had his own picture on his shirt thats awesome lol

[@ValetStories]

Someone made me the shirt and I had to wear it.

[@KunalPatel0208]

Love Alex’s valet stories! He’s a great story teller.

[@clifbradley]

Those fines can be steep. Especially if they have to have police officers pulled in to direct traffic around them. Then the city starts billing for the officers times, but all the cops involved which could be up to 30. And at the 'event rate' cops get paid at for working off duty events, which could be up to $35 per hour. Then there is the fine the city just straight levels and that can be up to $5000. You lose $16k in revenue, but you save yourself 25k in fines.

[@ValetStories]

Perfectly said Clif but now the officers off duty are $50hr.

[@charlie1832]

Where do you live that they get paid $35 an hour for a detail , think they’re around 60-75 where I live for a detail

[@rogerwhittemore9950]

The Valet stories are consistently the best content on Vinwiki. Come back soon Alex.

[@WaywardPondering]

First thing that comes to mind is to offer a discount if people arrive early. Basically, some time of incentive to arrive early so that the parking is more spread out. Is this why some places have promotions with gifts for the first 100 fans or if you arrive before X time?

[@MissKay1994]

As a person who used to have to cross Tara Blvd regularly, I know exactly the effect traffic at Atlanta Motor Speedway has. When you get traffic for events at the track, it backs up Route 1941 for miles upon miles. Back before the intersection where I lived was redone, you legitimately could not get out of the main exit for the subdivision on NASCAR race weekends and had to go 2 miles to another exit where there was a traffic light to go down towards Jonesboro

[@Pienimusta]

These valet stories are super interesting. Plus, he is really good 'story teller'.

[@jacksonford535]

That place made around 800k. That's absolutely insane! 1/8 of the profit was just parking.

[@JCD87]

When going into this video, was under the impression one of the valetparking guys has lost a backpack. But I was relieved to hear this was due to an unforseen logistical bottleneck. And yes Alex has a great storytelling voice. But my favorite will be Ed, he is in my opinion the next in line next to Morgan Freeman haha really

[@nunyastockson5901]

need more valet stories. this guy is the best.

[@burnout10567]

one of the best storytellers keep em coming

[@deadmansfire]

Hi,Alex! Great story as always

[@chazmichaelmichaels88]

One of my favorite guys on this channel. I have even enjoyed the videos from is channel.

[@henrycollins2478]

What did everyone think of the first episode of car trek 4?

[@Seasonal50]

I loved it.

[@MrInternFTL]

Pretty good better then 2 and 3 better editing better jokes

[@theanomalous1401]

@@MrInternFTL It's going to be hard to beat. "More cringe than hearing your grandmother say, Intercourse" ❗

[@EvanGunStuff]

Vin wiki > any other channels

[@bowlingking300hd9]

I can’t get enough of these

[@user-yt5cz5eo8i]

Love these valet stories

[@caractacuspott4581]

He seems like a very reasonable and honest businessman.

[@andyvalenzuela9763]

God I can't get enough of the valet stories!

[@cns1776]

Wondering if the fine for blocking the road was more than 16k?

[@tstryker03]

The only way people are going to trickle in like that is if there is something to do like a tailgate party. Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City is the Tailgating capital of America, if the game starts at 12 noon the lot starts filling up at 8 am. Also it cost $60 to park your car.

[@MazdaratiMan69]

I always enjoy when alex shares stories

[@ussgrisham]

Same folks that ran the first cup race at KY Speedway. Idiots.......feel bad for you man that’s a tough spot.

[@claudeman]

Love this guys storytelling

[@brandenjones192]

I figured someone must’ve been pretending to be “John.”

[@rickisgrate]

20 bucks to park?!?! Maybe 1 pound an hour here in the UK isn't so bad

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

Event parking gets expensive in the US.

[@leo_brooks]

Only $20 for an event like this is pretty cheap lol

[@dasaini]

I had an experience with the opposite. At a wedding reception at a residence, the valets were parking the cars on the public street down the way. Everyone trickled in, but once everyone had dinner, everyone headed for the exits and overwhelmed the valets. In rushing, the valets almost backed into another car at a high rate of speed.

[@nateb7354]

Love the valet stories

[@jthomp997]

I kinda want to host a event just to be able to have a conversation with this guy

[@RoivonPC]

I don't' know but I fucking love the valet stories!

[@austint7533]

Idk why these valet stories are so interesting 😂

[@mtfan]

Parking a car every 30 seconds sounds pretty slow to me. Heck, my local short track parks a car about every 6-7 seconds with their attendants.

[@ValetStories]

That includes the people getting out of the car too.

[@Mr_Twiglesworth]

I'm so fascinated by this guy's valet stories

[@eatsleepdrive7034]

Now that’s a heck of a valet story!

[@matthewzepess5721]

You just made me think of something, here in Florida you pay $25-50 at the theme parks to park. Not valet just to get into their area. If 5,000x20 is 100k. These theme parks are cleaning up by charging even more, probably parking close to the same amount and still charging a entrance fee for the park itself.

[@KermitTheFrog-ez7ex]

Yall getting finessed in America lmao

[@leonguyen896]

@@KermitTheFrog-ez7ex Welcome to America. Hidden fees everywhere. Outrageous fees for just using their website. Extra fees because the city raised the minimum wage a couple years ago. Extra fees for having a table of 6 or larger.

[@KermitTheFrog-ez7ex]

@@leonguyen896 Dude sounds rough. and after paying all that money you still have to wait 2 hours to go once on a ride...

[@Erik_The_Viking]

A new Alex valet video? Yes!

[@rching5039]

Thanks for the business lesson 🙂👌👍😌☺!

[@moneyjones2323]

These are always good

[@aliassmithandjones9453]

side note- the fine for allowing cars to linger on Terra Blvd is $78.00 total

[@unknown_9100]

when the vinwiki episode ends to early

[@davidstowe5652]

Great job and good luck 👍

[@kumznaidoo773]

Good afternoon from Johannesburg South Africa 🇿🇦 ✌🏾

[@dinodossantos1912]

Howzit bro 🇿🇦🔥

[@kumznaidoo773]

@@dinodossantos1912 Howzit Bru

[@thenotoriousvlog5986]

Good stories love it

[@iwin59]

How does Valet even work with such a large amount? Do people wait 2-3 hours after to be able to get their car and leave?

[@Mpayne1472]

This isn’t even valet it’s parking charge

[@acrvids]

A burning question that I have is HOW do you hire that many honest people at one time and keep them honest? If everyone was literally walking around with backpacks full of cash it would seem tempting to "skim" some of that money given the scale of that operation. If I was one of your parking attendants I certainly wouldn't steal a single penny from you but in the back of my mind I'd be thinking about how impossible it would be to have 20 parking attendants each asking for $20 from 5000 customers and some of the money not disappear. I get that your attendants are issuing tickets and someone's always keeping count of the spaces but at the end of the day if the money comes up short, how do you know who the culprit is?

[@ValetStories]

Its not worth your job. Many of these people have been with me for over 5-10 years. If they do well, they more work will come.

[@acrvids]

@@ValetStories Makes sense. Thank you! :)

[@psavel274]

I used to work as an attendant in the city in upstate NY. Man do I have some stories for the crazy shit that happened at those lots. Some people are absolutely nuts, and truly not 'playing with a full deck.' LOL us as employees used to do some stuff there too, including drift sessions on the roof of the parking garage. It helps when you work with a bunch of car enthusiasts, and your boss is also a car guy.

[@kingjellybean9795]

Speaking from experience, parking crews at races tracks are bandits lol ya pay 10 bucks to park and "forget" to hand them a ticket now you have an extra 10 bucks lol

[@redram5150]

I never considered how much parking lots make in a day, let alone for big events. Makes me think of Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger in Black Mass, killing someone over parking income at a jai alai arena.

[@paddington1670]

i did renos for a guy who owned a few parking lots downtown, he was a multi multi millionaire. I think one of them per month was 30k after taxes, i heard from my boss at the time. PS he tipped me a dirtbike later on when i came back just myself to do some things for him.

[@MichaelR4L]

Noone wants to come to a venue 4 hours before it starts everyone is ganna come a hour before common sense

[@LuisA-rw3ul]

Another valet story 🔥🔥🔥

[@johnbalantes2261]

Those are the best swap meets n those stadiums parking lot

[@wpspeed2738]

this Discount Store Jordan Peele tells a good story

[@gameonyolo1]

Man charges 20 dollars for parking a car in a lot taking up public land paid for by tax.

[@Isaiahsucre]

Idk a Jetta with 40k miles got stolen?

[@bencartwright9359]

Talk about excitement, I had to have a lie down after this story

[@ronnie3044]

Who the hell shows up for a race 4 hours in advance? Why would anyone think customers would show up that early?

[@ValetStories]

To warm up?

[@DNR5586]

To hit the souvenir trailers and to people watch. We did that at many races.

[@WCGwkf]

Who would expect the general public to not show up at the last second?

[@Nderak]

This is why i show three hours early to all major public events. better bored than missing the event Im surprised the organziers didnt know most people would come at the end. I've been to many football games and over 50> of the attendees arrive in the last hour.

[@garyhowell738]

Show up early parking is $20, show up within one hour of the event parking $50.

[@Rndmrth3]

He invested in that Chinese scam stock like sos ticker

[@itslemmonez6692]

OOO A NEW VALET STORY, BIRTHDAY WISH CAME TRUE!

[@318ci]

This was your birthday wish?

[@itslemmonez6692]

@@318ci short term +1

[@ValetStories]

Happy Birthday from the Valet Guy!

[@theanomalous1401]

@@itslemmonez6692 No worries, it's all good ❗ #HappyBirthday❗

[@desiredditor]

me seeing 12 cars in my parking lot its too much

[@AyyyyoYogi]

I can relate with this guy 😅

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Me: "I'm sorry but your application for being "Site Manager Somewhere" has been denied. Plus you don't have 30 pieces of flair. BEGONE!!" (I continue to collect money and drugs as payment) 😂😂😂

[@iaintdonknow]

Every time I hear about these stories, I wonder why valet even exists. As an European it sounds so stupid to not park the car myself and let the young enthusiastic guys and girls park my car somewhere "safe". Edit: Lol I was too early, they did exactly what you should do in this situation. Just direct the people to the parking place.

[@HiTheNameIsBj]

Sometimes a venue will have a larger than usual event, so they don't have enough parking. They will use valet services to park the cars very close to one another, or to double park, so that they can fit a lot more cars in.

[@geetee2694]

My friend managed a store for a large multinational retailer. I was looking for another opportunity and he brought me on to help with their yearly inventory. Over three months, I set up their program and trained them. I used the companies existing software, etc. Inventory comes around and when they signed off at the end of the day, it was 0.08. I was happy. The next morning at our followup meeting, in walks regional and corporate...and they freaking grilled me. Didn't pursue that business venture any further.

[@ashproof]

He sounds like Gabriel Iglesias with a deeper voice.

[@travisbrown6777]

Why does this guy have his valets wear pilot uniforms?

[@mrmiagi6052]

Directional parking is horrible. You tell people what to do and then they just do whatever they want. Total nightmare waste of time. And then u get yelled at bc some people didn’t listen and are blocking other cars from leaving

[@jeffjames4064]

The problem with a funnel is it works both ways.

[@Revolauncher]

Moral of the story: Procrastinating pays!

[@Black_Jesus3005]

My favorite valet 👌🏽

[@marcus_w0]

As a german, I don't really get the gist of the story. Here, it is: You can park anywhere around, if you're lucky to find a spot. But If you're notz, we gonna charge you premium. A concert or any other popular venue? Find a parking spot. Or take the leap and pay $30. Not a big price to pay on a $500 event.

[@TooManyWilliams]

***Me buying car parts - Losing thousands in a matter of minutes

[@thedeadcamel]

He has too many great stories. Either a crazy eventful valet thing happens every day. Or most of these are fiction. I believe I know the answer.

[@Sahbab11]

Parking a car every 30 seconds? That's only 120 an hour and they needed to park ~5k cars lol

[@Kmanjr0]

You lose me at $20 parking

[@bryceeet]

Valet stories are fucking money lol

[@AnnoyedSquid]

100k for parking cars. I want to buy a parking lot now

[@Valks-22]

Unless you buy by some miracle empty land and asphalt acres next to a major sport/cultural/tourist venue that does not own it themselves I wouldn't count on it :)