We commit valet parkers – multitude we do n’t even know – with thousand of dollars ' Charles Frederick Worth of our machinery . What they do in – or with – our cars , is not under our control . Ferris Bueller , am I correct ?
While 300 - mile joyrides are rare ( more on that soon ) , some of the eldritch , wildest , and most illegal things that happen at eatery , materialize outside in the parking slew . To bear witness this point , I enlisted a squad of full - meter valet parkers at an upscale restaurant in a prominent Midwestern metropolis to share the craziest things they ’ve experience , and done , in someone else ’s car .
We ’re talking about much more than getting a dent fender . ( That happen all the time , apparently . )
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The sleeping passenger
" I get into this one guy ’s car , and in his rearview I see a little move , so I kind of flip out . deform out there ’s some guy sleeping in there . He woke up and goes , ' Oh , bullshit , ' and just goes into the restaurant . His friend just forgot he was in there . I always check the backseat now . "
The big old pile of drugs
" It ’s not uncommon for people to pull up stakes individual dump out in the open . But this one buster just left his bag of drugs – and not , like , weed – just out on his passenger seat . And it was n’t just some drugs , it was piles and pot of powder assign out , with zip ties .
" It ’s awful how careless the great unwashed are . "
The accusing driver
" A number one wood once got back into his car , drove off a little act , then pull over and asked to talk to our director . He was livid . finally he claimed that we occupy his diamond earring from his glovebox . He exact that our manager search all our pockets , or he ’d call the cops . Eventually he realized the earring was in his sack , but he still cursed us off and drove off .
" Like I would even wear a adamant earring ? They are stupid . "
The doggie daycare
" One girl pluck up with her dog in the automobile , cracked the window – it was temperate enough where this was not a bad bargain . But then she asked me if I would mind walk the dog once or twice while she went on her date .
" I did beware . But I did it anyway , because I lie with dogs . "
The possibly stolen car
" We had the cops occur to investigate claims that one of our customers was driving around in a stolen car . The car matched some report , and I guess a vigilant citizen reported it . It stop up not being truthful – but it was super ill-chosen . "
The incredible B.O.
" This is funny , because it ’s like the reverse of that classicSeinfeldepisode . This dude ’s car smell so defective that I really had to hold my head out of the windowpane .
" When I left , the smell stayed with me till I lave my apparel and charter a shower . "
The super-quick joy ride
" Not going to lie , I took a Porsche out for a really immediate twirl around the block at one pointedness . It was myFerris Buellermoment . But like , that never really happens in actual life . And if it does , it ’s very unforesightful . "
The “hey, do you just want to come home with me?”
" When one woman find fault her machine up , she got in and would not result . She just sit there endeavor to make low talk of the town , and when that did n’t work she just straight - up go , ' So , are you trying to go home with me ? '
" I order her I ’d have intercourse to , but I was work all night . She drove off disappointed . But I got a self-aggrandizing top . "
The oops, wrong car
" This is by all odds the funniest thing I ’ve seen . Two cars – same make , mannequin , and color – were both in at the same time , and no one really realized it , because it was a Saturday night and we were extremely busy .
" Obviously you may gauge what materialize next : we unify them up , because whoever was work did n’t look at the ticket . One family notice right away . But the other car – their genuine car – had been given away about half an hour beforehand . Now , these the great unwashed also paid with John Cash , so there was literally no way of life to hump who they were , or to get in touch with them . There was about 10 min of sodding , raw nerves – then the car rolled back in and we all laughed about it . Happy ending , right ? "
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