Honny,
The valet attendants see thousands of customers a month (and hundreds a day) and many, many are ones who go there because they have appointments nearby regularly. They may wonder, but the reports are not seen by the attendants except in VERY rare cases. (If the area or location manager is in on the scheme, for instance. I have not had that happen but I know the the NYC area has had such a nasty development at least once.) And, we have rotation requirements.
It sometimes happens that and attendant say, "Oh, I remember you." I will reply something like, "It's so nice to have this garage so close to my (doctor, lawyer, therapist, adviser, professor's) office. Good to see you again." Also, in the DC Metro area there are so many political refugees who were professionals back in their home countries that we probably have the best, most highly educated and aware bunch of valet attendants in the world. And the best of those WILL remember a lot of their customers, even with a 2 month absence. The shoppers just need to develop their ways of rolling with it. And, I am sorry to say that some of the most blatant fraud incidents have been by attendants that I have shopped 20 or more times in the past 5 years. I HATE it when that happens because some of them have been especially nice on past occasions. (Blatant ticket fraud is sooo easy to spot that it is almost embarrassing.)
Finally, some hotel doormen and/or valets greet me as a returning visitor, but I have also deduced, from things they have said, that most have surmised what brings be back. (And it is not MS or prostitution, thank you !) At two locations they "know" that I am there to interview someone, and want to know which news service I work for. I am "'not at liberty," etc. Only in DC, NYC or LA would that work so smoothly. I did not have to introduce that idea; they decided that is what I do.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/02/2018 01:00PM by walesmaven.